Hermann-Josef Rapp

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Hermann-Josef "Jupp" Rapp (* 1944 in Wiedenbrück ) is a German forester and conservationist . He is known as the "voice of the Reinhardswald ".

Life

Training and professional activity

Hermann-Josef Rapp worked as a forester in Reinhardswald from 1972 .

Hermann-Josef Rapp joined the Hessian Forest Administration in 1961, where he completed his training as a senior forest service . He then worked in the field and in the field in various regions of Hesse. In 1972 he came to the Reinhardshagen Forestry Office as district manager . In his last ten years of service until his retirement in 2000, Rapp was the deputy head of the forestry department.

The "voice of the Reinhardswald"

Even after his retirement, Hermann-Josef Rapp, as an intimate connoisseur of the Reinhardswald, remained a sought-after contact person for forest visitors and the media. By 2011, he designed and led around 1,000 guided tours, held numerous lectures, and acted in an advisory capacity and as an interview partner on several television documentaries and film shoots. He is the editor and co-author of the books Reinhardswald - Eine Kulturgeschichte (2002) and - together with Marcus Schmidt - giant trees and bracken. The "Primeval Forest Sababurg" in Reinhardswald (2006). He also worked as an author on the book Beberbeck between Sababurg and Gesundbrunnen. A journey through time through the region (2008) with. In addition, he has published numerous articles in specialist publications and is one of the longstanding authors of the series Jahrbuch Landkreis Kassel and the nature blog natur.reinhardshagen.de . This extensive public relations work and, last but not least, his powerful voice earned him the honorary title “Voice of the Reinhardswald”.

As a nature conservation officer, Hermann-Josef Rapp takes care of the nature reserve " Urwald Sababurg "

Rapp is involved in the Naturschutzbund Deutschland NABU Altkreis Hofgeismar eV and in the Kassel working group of the Hessian Society for Ornithology and Nature Conservation. V. (HGON) . As a voluntary representative of the Upper Nature Conservation Authority, he looks after five nature reserves , including the internationally known nature reserve Urwald Sababurg , for which he is particularly strong. Rapp is also a sponsor of the Reinhardswald Ecomuseum. He also campaigns for the stork breeding pairs in Reinhardshagen-Vaake, which have become known nationwide since 1998.

In addition, Hermann-Josef Rapp is one of the pioneers of natural burial in Germany. It is largely thanks to his initiative that the first FriedWald in Germany was established in Reinhardswald in 2001, the FriedWald Reinhardswald . Rapp was thus the first "FriedWald forester" nationwide.

Rapp also became known throughout Hesse in the dispute over the Schloss-Beberbeck-Resort planned in Beberbeck . As a vehement opponent of the expansion plans, the forester was involved as a spokesman for the “Beberbeck Action Alliance”, in which the large nature conservation associations also participate. According to the alliance, the holiday resort project, which finally broke down at the end of 2010, is not only too big for the intended location, but above all also means significant interventions in nature and the landscape - not least for the Sababurg primeval forest. Alternatively, Rapp and his colleagues advocate developing the state domain into a “model project for sustainable tourism” and designating a Reinhardswald Nature Park for this purpose .

Union engagement

Rapp is a member of the Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union (GGLF) or its successor organization, Industrial Union of Construction, Agriculture and Environment (IG BAU) , where he has been involved in boards and committees for many years. He was a member of the State Board of Hesse and spokesman for the “Future of Forestry in Germany” initiative of the IG BAU State Representation in Hessen. He is a regular employee of the IG-BAU magazine Forstliche Mitteilungen , in which, among other things, he looks after the book tips section .

Forstoberamtsrat a. D. Hermann-Josef Rapp has lived in Reinhardshagen with his wife Christine and children since 1972.

Honors

In 2011, the Federal President awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his commitment to numerous honorary posts - especially for his services to nature and environmental protection as well as trade union and public relations work . At the handover of the order in the Landgrave's room of the Sababurg , the Hessian Minister for Economics, Transport and Regional Development, Dieter Posch, said: “The prince kissed Sleeping Beauty awake and Rapp kissed the Reinhardswald awake.” Rapp the Reinhardswald kissed awake. "). In his honor, one of the ancient oaks in the "Reinhardswald Primeval Forest" was baptized in his name.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Short portrait of the author at Euregioverlag ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved January 29, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.euregioverlag.de
  2. ↑ a b c -tty-: Voice of the Reinhardswald: Federal Cross of Merit for Hermann-Josef Rapp. Hermann-Josef Rapp received a high distinction from Minister Dieter Posch . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine ; Online version from July 26, 2011; Retrieved January 29, 2012
  3. ↑ -zch-: Popular film set for broadcasters - the Reinhardswald serves camera teams as an informative and fairytale location . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine ; Online version of October 29, 2009; Retrieved March 1, 2012
  4. ↑ See his various entries in the blog  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / natur.reinhardshagen.de  
  5. ↑ -ant-: confusion on the eyrie . Storks came and flew away again - now there is another bird without a partner . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine ; Online version from April 16, 2010; Retrieved March 1, 2012
  6. ↑ NN: FriedWald - Die Bestattungsalternative: A book by Sylvia Frevert  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release from FriedWald GmbH dated February 14, 2011; Retrieved January 29, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.friedw.de  
  7. ↑ NN: Promote nature tourism in Beberbeck now. NABU Hessen and action alliance welcome the end of the megaproject , NABU press release from December 15, 2010; Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  8. ↑ -kil-: Reinhardswald Nature Park: Strong criticism of the Ministry's decision. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine ; Online version from May 16, 2011; Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  9. ↑ See also -EB-: Award: Federal Cross of Merit awarded to Hermann-Josef Rapp. In: Forstliche Mitteilungen. Issue 9/2011, p. 4.
  10. ↑ a b -IS-: A "veteran" of Reinhardswald [sic!] - Federal Cross of Merit awarded to Hermann-Josef Rapp. In: Germany today from July 27, 2011; Retrieved January 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Rapp, Hermann-Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rapp, Jupp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forester and conservationist
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiedenbrück