Hermann Cordes

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Hermann Cordes (born April 18, 1931 in Bremen ; † December 3, 2014 in Bremen) was a German botanist , professor at the University of Bremen and nature conservation activist.

biography

Cordes studied botany and pedagogy and was later with a thesis on the landscape history of the Bremen block Lands Dr. rer. nat. PhD . As Borgfelder he campaigned for the local plants and birds in the post-war period and was active and well-known as a nature conservationist. He initially worked as a teacher in Bremen-Borgfeld and Rockwinkel. After 1970 he was appointed to the University of Bremen and held the chair for vegetation science and nature conservation . From 1974 to 1976 and from 1992 to 1995 he was the spokesman for the department of biology and temporarily vice rector of the university.

He made a significant contribution to the fact that the designation of landscape protection areas in Bremen increased considerably from the 1970s, when Albert Müller (SPD), as Senator, was primarily responsible for nature and the environment in Bremen (see list of landscape protection areas in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen ) .

He became known in the 1970s / 1980s, together with Gerold Janssen , through the fight against the extensive development plans with a "Hollerstadt" in Hollerland in Horn-Lehe . The area is internationally important because of its biodiversity. The citizens' initiative for the preservation of the Hollerland achieved the preservation of the northern German cultural landscape. In 2004, the Westliches Hollerland nature reserve was the third largest in Bremen with 293 hectares. Cordes described the collaboration with his friend Janssen as follows: “We fought with different weapons. He with the mallet, I with the foil. "

Cordes was born in Gröpelingen and lived in Borgfeld .

Further memberships

  • Cordes was a long-time member of the Wittheit zu Bremen and from 1975 to 1991 vice president of the society.
  • He was a member, working group leader, chairman and honorary chairman of the Natural Science Association in Bremen .
  • He was a member and for many years chairman of the BUND - Landesverband Bremen.

Honors

Works

  • Research on the formation of the blockland near Bremen , Kiel, 1966.
  • The liverwort - the flower of the year 2013 . In: Heimat-Rundblick . History, culture, nature. No. 104, 1/2013 (spring 2013). Druckpresse -Verlag, ISSN  2191-4257 .
  • with Thomas Kaiser, Henning von der Lancken: Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve. History, ecology, nature conservation. Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-36-X .
  • Involved in: Atlas of the fern and flowering plants of the Weser-Elbe area Bremen . Hauschild, Bremen 2006.

literature

  • Johannes Rehder-Plümper: Hermann Cordes died at the age of 84. Pedagogue, botanist, conservationist, teacher, author. In: Heimat-Rundblick . History, culture, nature. No. 112, 1/2015 ( spring 2015 ). Druckerpresse-Verlag, ISSN  2191-4257 , p. 9 (obituary).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Göckeritz: A tireless activist for nature . In: Weser-Kurier of May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Weser-Kurier of December 10, 2014, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Cordes, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist, teacher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 2014
Place of death Bremen