University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde
| University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde | |
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| founding | 1830 (1992) |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
 Eberswalde
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| state |
 Brandenburg
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| country |
 Germany
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| president | Wilhelm-Günther Vahrson |
| Students | 2.083 WS 2014/15 |
| Employee | approx. 270 (as of 2013) |
| including professors | 54 (as of 2013) |
| Annual budget | € 13.8 million, of which third-party funding: € 5.6 million (as of 2014) |
| Website | www.hnee.de |
The University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (abbreviation: HNE Eberswalde or HNEE) was founded in 1830 as a higher forestry school in Eberswalde (Brandenburg) and has existed in its current form since 1992. The President of the HNEE has been Wilhelm-Günther Vahrson since December 1997 .
Since it was re-established as the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences in 1992, the range of courses and content has been consistently geared towards sustainable development, the environment and nature conservation, making it a leader in Germany in terms of a “green” teaching profile. In 2010, the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences was renamed the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (FH). On March 1, 2015, the abbreviation (FH) in the name of the university was dropped.
history
The forestry apprenticeship in Eberswalde has seen an eventful development. It emerged from the forest lectures at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . At the instigation of Georg Ludwig Hartig , a forest academy was founded at Berlin University in 1821. Wilhelm Pfeil (1783-1859) was appointed its first director . The task of the forest academy should be to ensure "the forest-technical, scientifically based training for the forest administration service" in Prussia. In 1830 the academy was relocated to Neustadt-Eberswalde as a higher forestry school under the direction of Pfeils. As a teaching building, the state bought the massive two-story house built in 1793 for the banker and owner of the steel and iron goods factory David Schickler . The building was reduced by one floor in 1913. In the main entrance of the now one-storey plastered building with a hipped roof, a medallion with the portrait of the arrow is set in memory.
Lectures began on May 1, 1830, initially with the three Professors Pfeil, Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider and Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg . 25 students from Berlin came to Eberswalde, where another 15 were matriculated. At the same time, Georg Ludwig and Theodor Hartig held forest lectures at Berlin University until 1838.
In 1868 the forestry school Eberswalde in Königl. Eberswalde Forest Academy renamed. From 1874 to 1876, a new administration and lecture hall building in the neo-Renaissance style was built at Schicklerstrasse 5 (New Forest Academy). In 1921 it was converted into a forest university with a rectorate constitution, doctorate and appointment rights. The first doctoral candidate was Johann Albrecht von Monroy , who received his doctorate in forest sciences in June 1924. After the Second World War , under the then active founding dean Johannes Schubert - the Johannes Schubert Foundation was established in his honor in 1995 - there was a new beginning in 1946 as the forestry faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin in Eberswalde. However, the faculty was closed in 1963 for political reasons. Only the Institute for Forest Sciences remained in Eberswalde. From then on, forestry university education in the GDR only took place in Tharandt . Robert Albert taught in Eberswalde until 1950.
Lessons only started again in Eberswalde in 1992, when the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences was re-established in the course of reunification . This created the forest campus in Alfred-Möller-Straße, which houses the departments of forest and environment (until 2007 forestry) and wood engineering (until 2015 wood technology), and the city campus in Friedrich-Ebert-Straße / Schicklerstraße, where the departments landscape use and Nature conservation and sustainable economy (until 2011 economy) are housed. On March 26, 2010, the university was renamed and was named University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (FH). Since March 1, 2015, the university has dispensed with the abbreviation (FH).
Locations
The university for sustainable development is divided into three locations: the city campus, the forest campus and the forest botanical garden. The premises of the city campus include the presidential building, administration, the central ecological laboratory and the university's library, the façade of which was made of photo concrete by the photo artist Thomas Ruff. The architects Herzog & de Meuron received an architecture award for the successful integration of the new building into the city's surroundings.
In addition to the university's own workshops and lecture buildings, the forest campus also houses the Thünen Institute for Forest Ecosystems , the State Competence Center Forst Eberswalde and the Eberswalde materials testing institute .
The Eberswalde Forest Botanical Garden was founded in Eberswalde in 1830 together with the Höhere Forstanstalt. It was run as a teaching garden and was intended to give students a clear understanding of native and foreign trees. Even today, the 8 hectare forest botanical garden, which is one of the oldest in Europe, is used for forest science and university teaching. In addition, it fulfills other important functions for nature conservation and the public: demonstration and conservation of endangered areas of nature, educational function, environmental education, recreation. It is home to over 1200 species of trees from all over the world, a living collection of native and foreign trees and shrubs, rare native plants that are threatened with extinction and entire plant communities. Special features are also the special facilities (such as the Afrikanum, the Ostasiatenquartier or the Alpinum), the natural spring moor with a giant horsetail that is up to two meters high and a herb garden as an insight into natural medicine. There is also a geological trail for boulders on the site. The central facility of the Forest Botanical Garden also includes the functional building with greenhouse, laboratory and office space, a horticultural library and the extensive collection of wood samples.
Course offers
In 2015, the four departments of the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde offered eight bachelor's degree programs with an annual capacity of 383 study places and nine master’s degree programs with an annual capacity of 226 study places. Around 2,200 prospective students apply for these courses every year.
Degrees to be acquired are the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Science or Master of Arts. Practical teaching and research as well as innovative courses make the HNE Eberswalde an attractive location for science. The special profile of the university with its focus on the topic of sustainability means that the course is in demand nationwide. Due to the high attractiveness of the study places, a numerus clausus is levied on most degree programs. Since it was founded in 1992, 5,000 graduates have already completed their studies at HNE Eberswalde (as of May 2015).
Bachelor degrees
- Financial management
- forestry
- Wood technology, also dual
- International Forest Ecosystem Management
- Use of the landscape and nature conservation
- Organic farming and marketing
- Regional management
- Corporate management
Masters courses
- Forest Information Technology
- Forestry System Transformation
- Global change management
- Wood technology
- Communal services
- Sustainable tourism management
- Sustainable business management
- Eco agricultural management
- Regional development and nature conservation
- Strategic sustainability management
Courses that are no longer offered
- Marketing management
Research priorities
The HNEE is one of the most research-intensive universities of applied sciences in Germany. As the only national and international one of the few colleges and universities that focuses on the research areas of "sustainable development of rural areas" and "sustainable production and use of natural substances", the HNEE is already a pioneer in these subject areas. The president, Wilhelm-Günther Vahrson, is aiming for an interdisciplinary doctoral college at the HNEE.
Since 2009, the HNE Eberswalde has received 4 of 15 research professorships awarded to the five Brandenburg universities of applied sciences. The committee for the selection of research professorships met in mid-November 2014 and confirmed the research professorships for Ibisch (extraordinary research professorship), Piorr, Häring, Steinhardt and Welp.
The main research areas include:
Sustainable rural development
- Regional economic development
- Monitoring and planning in large protected areas
- Geographic information systems (GIS for short) and remote sensing
- Business consulting
- Tourism development
- Organic farming and marketing
Sustainable production and use of natural substances
- Wood processing and processing
- Renewable energy
- Renewable raw materials
- Forest protection
sustainability
The term “ sustainability ” has been firmly anchored in teaching and research since the beginning of the university. The topic of "sustainable development" has been continuously developed at the HNE Eberswalde. Under the motto "With nature for people", the university operates in harmony with the economy, society and the environment.
All processes and procedures in the departments, but also in administration and research, are designed according to the precautionary principle. In addition to the relation to sustainability in teaching and research, environmental performance in the operation of the university as well as social interaction are in the foreground of university development. For example, there is a mandatory sustainability lecture for all students across departments. In addition, the university focuses on future industries and key areas such as renewable energies, regional management, sustainable tourism, nature conservation, forestry, organic farming, adaptation to climate change and sustainable economy.
Inspired by the renaming of the university from “University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde” to “University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde”, the round table for “Sustainable Development of the HNE Eberswalde” was launched in June 2010. The aim is, together with members from the entire university sector, to continuously advance the development of the HNE Eberswalde as a sustainable university. In this context, among other things, principles for the sustainable development of the university were developed by students and employees of the university. In 2013 the sustainability principles were adopted by the Senate. The principles have formed the basis of reporting since 2014, when the report on sustainable development at the university was published for the first time. This combines a large number of reporting obligations of the university such as the annual report, the teaching and research report and the environmental statement.
Another topic of the round table is the climate neutrality of the university. This goal has been achieved since 2014. Since then, the University for Sustainable Development has been the first university in Germany to be climate-neutral.
In 2009, the HNE Eberswalde was named the greenest university in Germany by the Internet portal Utopia. Since 2010 the university has received the European EMAS Award for its exemplary environmental management.
Foundations and associations
Johannes Schubert Foundation
The Johannes Schubert Foundation was established in 1995 in honor of the founding dean Johannes Schubert. The purpose of the foundation is to promote and award scientific theses (bachelor or master theses) by particularly qualified students at the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde in the field of ecology and meteorology, as well as bachelor or master of science who are scientifically active at the university and work on ecological, especially meteorological, topics. In this context, prizes are awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in the context of theses. The first award ceremony took place on April 26, 1996 in the old forest academy in Eberswalde. It is the first foundation under private law in the state of Brandenburg to honor academic work by students.
WaldWelten Foundation
The Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development set up the WaldWelten Foundation together with the City of Eberswalde in 2010. The foundation was recognized on October 22, 2010 as a non-profit foundation under civil law by the state of Brandenburg. The purpose of the WaldWelten Foundation is to promote forest-related science and climate impact research, public environmental education, the promotion of forest-related art and culture as well as nature conservation. [3] The foundation bodies are the foundation council and the executive board.
Association for study and teaching
Since 1993 the Eberswalder Association for Teaching and Research has supported the development of the university. The focus of the association's activities is the promotion of students, science, research and teaching. Especially the support of students and the recognition of their extraordinary achievements are matters of the heart for the association. Therefore, in addition to the engagement award for students, it also awards grants for theses.
International
The University for Sustainable Development has over 70 partnerships with colleges, universities and institutes from all over the world. In addition, the Master’s degree in Forest Information Technology is a study program offered in cooperation with the Warsaw University of Natural Sciences. Students can obtain a double master’s degree from the HNE Eberswalde and the Polish university. There is also close partnership with international research and project teams in other courses.
campus
Student life in Eberswalde is characterized by numerous active groups and initiatives. Since 1999 the student club Eberswalde e. V. Events such as live concerts, parties, cinema and television evenings, improvisational theater, lectures and readings. But the association is also a platform for students who want to use cozy rooms to realize their ideas.
In addition, there are many other student initiatives like the Fair Café, the campus gardens, the University Choir , the University Orchestra , the Free Students Stage Eberswalde and university sports club.
The open day takes place every year on the first weekend in June. This event is linked to the Eberswalder city festival "FinE". The General Student Committee then invites you to the campus party.
Personalities
- Robert Albert was rector in 1926/27 and 1930/31 .
- Wilhelm Bando
- Hugo Conwentz
- Bernhard Danckelmann
- Alfred Dengler
- Otto von Hagen (curator of the Eberswalde Forest Academy)
- Max Kienitz
- Walter Liebrecht (1879–1945), Prussian officer, special courier from Kaiser Wilhelm II. In 1919, on behalf of the government, took part in the reparation negotiations in Versailles and Paris, as well as state forest master
- Albrecht Milnik
- Alfred Möller
- Wilhelm Arrow
- Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
- Albert Richter
- Alexis Scamoni
- Ekkehard Schwartz
- Egon Wagenknecht
On January 18, 1923, Walter von Keudell was awarded an honorary doctorate. In the same year, Friedrich von Kalitsch , whose Bärenthorener pine industry is considered the cradle of the German permanent pine forest , was honored in this way. In 1929 Max Kienitz was also given an honorary doctorate.
Honorary senators
Knud Caesar , a founding member of the university, was appointed first honorary senator. Because of his extensive services to the development of the university, the Senate of the University for Sustainable Development awarded the founding dean of the Department of Landscape Use and Nature Conservation, Rolf Schmidt, an honorary senator. The founding rector Gunther Wolff also received this award in 2000. In 2012, Michael Succow , winner of the alternative Nobel Prize, was also made an honorary senator.
literature
- Albrecht Milnik : History of forest teaching and research in Eberswalde . Exhibitions in the Alte Forstakademie Eberswalde, issue 1.ABM project group 2264/91, Eberswalde 1993, 52 pp.
- Rainer Wudowenz (Red.): 175 years return of the foundation of the forestry academic training at the University of Berlin by Prof. Dr. phil. hc Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil, Secret Forestry Council . Exhibitions in the Alte Forstakademie Eberswalde, booklet 7. Fachhochschule Eberswalde & Association of Friends and Supporters of Forest Science Teaching and Research Eberswalde eV, Eberswalde 1996
- Jürgen Walther: The Eberswalde Forest Academy. In: The Mark Brandenburg. Issue 63, Marika Großer Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-910134-22-5
- Eberswalde University. Then and now. Culturcon / Märkische Oderzeitung . 2012. ISBN 978-3-941092-90-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hnee.de/de/Hochschule/Leitung/Leitung-K231.htm
- ↑ a b Germany's greenest universities
- ↑ The name says it all : Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development , press release of March 26, 2010
- ↑ from left: Robert Hartig (with Peter Danckelmann in his arms), unknown, Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg , Bernhard Danckelmann , Adolf Remelé , Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider and Wilhelm Schütze
- ↑ a b History of the Johannes Schubert Foundation
- ↑ Student prank with dire consequences , accessed on May 14, 2017
- ^ Inauguration of the new library in Eberswalde
- ↑ 3rd Brandenburg Architecture Prize
- ↑ Forest Botanical Garden Eberswalde
- ↑ a b Information on the 2014 approval figures
- ↑ The start of the semester at Eberswalde University , press release from September 25, 2014
- ^ Website of the HNE Eberswalde at the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture
- ↑ A university of applied sciences with strong research demands the right to award doctorates , press release of April 20, 2015
- ↑ Research professorships at the HNE Eberswalde
- ↑ Research focus of the HNE Eberswalde
- ↑ a b c Portrait of the HNE Eberswalde
- ↑ Sustainability management at HNE Eberswalde
- ↑ Sustainability principles of the HNE Eberswalde , PDF file
- ↑ Round table on the sustainable development of the HNEE
- ↑ Climate-neutral university
- ↑ Self-presentation of the WaldWelten Foundation , website of the WaldWelten Foundation. Retrieved May 2, 2015
- ↑ Eberswalder Association for Teaching and Research e. V.
- ↑ International cooperation. In: www.hnee.de. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016 ; accessed on July 14, 2019 .
- ^ "Forest Information Technology
- ↑ a b Overview of active groups at the HNE Eberswalde
- ↑ Student Club Eberswalde e. V.
- ↑ Open day at the HNE Eberswalde
- ^ Carl H. Liebrecht: Chronicle of the Liebrecht Family , corrected and revised new edition, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7448-5108-4 , especially pp. 101-103; limited preview in Google Book search,
- ↑ top v . : Deutsche Forst-Zeitung , number 25, volume 38 (1923), p. 432; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ Awarding the honorary senatorial title to Prof. Dr. Michael Succow , press release April 11, 2013.
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