Herbert Bruns

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Herbert Bruns (born July 11, 1920 in Wilhelmshaven ; † February 27, 1998 ) was a German biologist and environmentalist.

Life

Bruns already dealt with ornithology in his school days and temporarily looked after the island of Mellum protected area . After graduating from high school, he worked as a bird warden on Wangerooge in 1939 .

After the war he studied biology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . During this time of scarcity of funds, he supported the analysis of large-scale bird populations and long-term studies through publications in periodicals . In 1948 he founded the journal Ornithologische Mitteilungen , which made it possible to quickly disseminate information about field ornithological events and results. From 1949 to 1951, together with Dr. Ornithological treatises published by Otto Niebuhr changed both of them to biological treatises so that topics other than purely ornithological topics could be published.

In 1950 Bruns received his doctorate in Göttingen . As an assistant at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (1951 to 1956) he examined the possibilities of biological control of insect calamities with the help of cave breeders. In this context, he was able to publish the results of a study on chemical pesticides and their potential side effects on birds and insects.

In Hamburg he worked from 1956 to 1962 as scientific director of the state bird protection. During this time he began using his own research to differentiate between the advantages of wood-concrete nesting boxes over other nesting devices for native songbirds. From 1961 to 1986 Bruns published six volumes of Applied Ornithology , the journal of the International Union for Applied Ornithology. Bruns was elected its president in 1962.

His ecological orientation came to light in 1964 with his magazine Das Leben open, which he later renamed Life and Environment (last published in 1995). His intention to introduce the internationally common approach of bioprotection ("protection of life, protection de la vie") into the discussion about the goals of environmental protection in Germany attracted attention . In 1965 he founded the Bund für Lebensschutz e. V. and directed it. Before that, he was managing director of the German section of the World Association for the Protection of Life for several years .

Bernhard Grzimek won him over to work on Grzimek's animal life . In this series he was head of the Institute for Biology and Protection of Life / Schlangenbad . With basic ecological work and advice, he participated in the political work of citizens' initiatives and nature conservation organizations against the construction of a high-rise complex "Atlantis" in Westerland on Sylt . In the course of this commitment, which reached up to the top of the state government, he did not shy away from a fundamental socio-political discussion about “democracy and conscience”.

From 1972 to 1980 Bruns taught as a professor at the Pedagogical University of Berlin and then until his retirement in 1985 at the Technical University of Berlin . Nature conservation issues remained a central concern of his research and teaching. On-site nature conservation - again with the aim of further research - he realized with his "Biological Station" near List with considerable own resources, with the participation of students and the use of community service providers. For students as well as for beginners and advanced hobby ornithologists he conducted coastal and sea bird courses on Sylt , during the course of which he included the course participants' encounters with the country and its people.

In his publications he offered a combination of scientific papers and popular articles: for example, he wanted to address bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and specialist scientists together in avifauna studies. His wife Margarete Bruns played a major role in the organization of his publication work by taking over the publishing business for him (e.g. "Biologie-Verlag").

From April 27, 1973, he and Dr. Ulrich Brand and the first chairman Hans-Helmuth Wüstenhagen joined the executive committee of the Federal Association of Citizens' Initiatives Environmental Protection BBU. Escalating differences with Wüstenhagen, which partly affected the self-image of the citizens 'initiative umbrella organization in the area of ​​tension between ostensible environmental protection and overriding, integrative life protection, led in November 1973 with four other members of the 13-member board to leave the BBU including the citizens' initiatives they represented especially in the Bund für Lebensschutz . The competition that arose with the rapidly growing BBU, however, was not very effective.

Especially in his opposition to the expansion of atomic energy, Bruns, as a representative of several associations, was in lively exchange with the Federal Ministry of the Interior, especially under Genscher and Maihofer, and advocated the creation of an independent environment ministry with sufficient competence in ecological issues. Immediately after Hartmut Gründler's self-immolation, he published a chronological collection of the most important correspondence of his comrade-in-arms and temporary BBU board colleague.

Honors

Publications

  • Ornithological observations on the Jade Bay and in the Jeverland (Wilhelmshaven urban area and Friesland district) by Herbert Bruns and Hermann Havekost, in: The directories of the Oldenburger Jahrbuch , Vol. 48 and 49 / 1948–1949, published in 1949.
  • Our birds start singing early in Wilhelmshaven Park. in: Oldenburg Yearbook. Volume 54/2, 1954.
  • Protective costumes in the animal kingdom . Verlag A. Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1958 (= Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Volume 207); Reprint: Westarp Sciences, Hohenwarsleben 2008, ISBN 978-3-89432-653-1 .
  • Forest hygiene . Volume 5, No. 1 by Karl Gößwald , Herbert Bruns, M. Heimann, and G. Kneitz, Würzburg, self-published (paperback), 1963.
  • How do I behave in an environmentally friendly manner and in a way that protects life? . 400 pieces of advice. Issue 10–12 / 1971 of the magazine "DAS LEBEN", Biologie-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1971.
  • Ullstein Vogelbuch - ornithology, bird watching, bird lovers and bird protection as a science and hobby , in collaboration with Limbrunner, A. and Scherner, ER, Ullstein Vlg., Frankfurt / M. · Berlin · Vienna 1975 - 344 S - ISBN 3-550-07029-2 ; Special cover - Ullstein Tb (1996) - 380 S - ISBN 3-548-35593-5 .
  • SYLT - nature, recreation, research, teaching, environmental pollution, island planning and citizens' initiative (subtitle: "Documentation of the fight against" Atlantis "and for Sylt"), as volume 4 (No. 37-52) in the series "BIOLOGISCHE ABHANDLUNGEN", Biologie-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1975.
  • The birds of the Berlin Botanical Garden , reprint of the negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg in 1976.

literature

  • Manfred Temme: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Herbert Bruns. In: Corax. Issue 17, 1999, OAG - Ornithological Working Group for Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg e. V.
  • Appreciation from Walther Thiede, in: Ornithologische Mitteilungen. Volume 50, 1998
  • Obituary by Hans Oelke, in: Contributions to the natural history of Lower Saxony. Volume 51, 1998

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ With his address in Wilhelmshaven from 1938, Bruns was mentioned in the membership directory of the German Ornithological Society (published in 1940); Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01670411
  2. ↑ see 1. Arrival of the migratory birds and the beginning of singing in North and West Germany. 1948 and compared to previous years (result of a plan observation by over 110 observers between the Rhine and the Baltic Sea) and 2. Ornithological observations before and in the Trondheimfjord 1942–1945 (especially on the Tarven archipelago), in: Ornithologische Abhandlungen, Heft 2, Muster -Schmidt Vlg, Göttingen, 1949
  3. ^ Heinrich, Gerd (on behalf of the Rector, ed. V.): Contributions to the history of the Berlin University of Education , Colloquium Verlag, Berlin 1980, series: "Treatises from the Berlin University of Education" Volume VI, page 171
  4. ↑ Treatment of bird nest boxes with contact insecticides and their effects on hornets, wasps and birds , 1953; in: Journal of Pest Science 26 (1953), pp. 182-185
  5. ↑ http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/135232/data/vogelschutzwarte-broschuere.pdf
  6. ↑ see Bruns: Investigations into the acceptance of nesting devices with and without marten protection devices by cave-breeding songbirds , special edition from: Ornithologische Mitteilungen, year 9, 1957, pp. 24-26
  7. ↑ see Anzeiger für Pestkunde , Volume 36, Number 3, 1963, Springer - Berlin - Heidelberg, p. 44
  8. ↑ Hartmut Gründler , in: "Protection of life as a task of non- violent action" , in the magazine Das Leben No. 12/1973; see also: Bruns, protection of life or bioprotection as the integration of human, animal, plant, nature and landscape protection . Scientific justification and practical requirements for the preservation and creation of healthy livelihoods for humans, animals and plants. Biological treatises from the Institute for Biology and Protection of Life. Issue 32–33, Biologie-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1969
  9. ↑ cf. Ornithological communications . 1976, issue 2, literature supplement with Prof. Dr. Grzimek: Protection of life and environmental protection belong together - Dr. D. Heinemann: From additive environmental protection to integrated protection of life - Prof. Dr. R. Neutra: Architecture and protection of life
  10. ^ A. Schweigart (WSL), letter to Heisch (Luxembourg) in the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) - about BRUNS, April 3, 1970, Federal Archives B 136/5308, s. Individual documents A6 in http://www.whfm.de
  11. ↑ H. Bruns, declaration “on Bruker's letter” , WSL-D, from September 28, 1973, Federal Archives B 106/89259, s Individual documents A7 in http://www.whfm.de
  12. ↑ Grzimeks Tierleben (1968): Vol. 8, pp. 242-275 u. Vol. 9, pp. 446-458.
  13. ↑ z. B. with nature conservationist Clara Enss , see nature center modernized , archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated May 13, 2003 (accessed November 19, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.syltinfo.de
  14. ↑ SYLT , 1975, pp. 223ff, 260ff, 264f, 276ff and 361
  15. ↑ SYLT , 1975, pp. 333, 360 with 376 and 475f.
  16. ↑ z. B. Economist Manfred Wedemeyer / Klappholttal - nature conservationist Clara Enns / Kampen (Sylt) - writer and zoologist Peter Kuhlemann / Rantum; see also the bird course review by Prof. Dr. SO Hoffmann in Ornithological Messages . 1981, No. 6, pp. 165f
  17. ↑ His selection of the main focuses of the Ullstein bird book corresponded to a. the mentioned concept; see. the explanation of the layout of his book, in: Ornithologische Mitteilungen . 1975, issue 2, p. 45
  18. ^ DIE WELT Environmentalists call for nuclear power plants - construction freeze , April 29, 1973 p. Individual documents A2 - in http://www.whfm.de
  19. ^ Letter from Dr. H.-U. Fire to BBU members - Gründler, Bruns etc. resigned, November 14, 1973, Federal Archives B 106/66829, s. Individual documents A3 in http://www.whfm.de
  20. ↑ BBU membership directory, Federal Archives B 106/66829, June 16, 1973 see. Individual documents A1 - in http://www.whfm.de
  21. ↑ s. Flyer "Aktion Maihofer" , from BUL (Federal Association of German Citizens' Initiatives for the Environment and the Protection of Life, spokesman H. Bruns), October 5, 1974, Federal Archives B 106/89259, s. Individual documents A4 in http://www.whfm.de
  22. ↑ H. Bruns, Hartmut Gründler †, For Truth and Righteousness in the Protection of Life and in Biopolitics , Biologische Abhandlungen No. 53–54, Biologie-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1977
  23. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
  24. ↑ Manfred Temme: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Herbert Bruns , in: Corax , Heft 17, 1999, p. 365f
personal data
SURNAME Bruns, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmshaven
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1998