Johann Adam Reum

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Bust of Johann Adam Reum in the Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden

Johann Adam Reum (born May 16, 1780 in Altenbreitungen ; † July 26, 1839 in Tharandt ) was a German botanist, professor and teacher of mathematics, botany, drawing and surveying at the Tharandt Forestry University . Together with Heinrich Cotta , he founded the Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden in 1811 .

Life

Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden

After school education in Altenbreitungen and lessons by the stenographer Friedrich Mosengeil in Frauenbreitungen , Reum first switched to Meiningen University in 1798 , and then from 1802 to study theology in Jena . However, his real main interest was philosophy and the natural sciences. He was influenced, for example, by the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , who taught in Jena when Reum was studying. Reum passed the theological state examination, but then turned to the philosophical and scientific direction.

From 1805 he worked as a teacher for mathematics and botany in Heinrich Cotta's private forestry school in Zillbach . In 1808 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. at the University of Jena. When Cotta founded the Tharandt Forestry College in 1811, Reum followed him and taught at the new college from then on. In the same year he and Cotta founded the Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden as a place for practical training for the students, where he taught applied forest botany himself . During his teaching activity, Reum wrote numerous books, some of which were also translated into other languages ​​and were highly regarded in the professional world. Friedrich August I. appointed Reum in 1816 as a royal Saxon professor. Until his death in 1839 he retained this position and teaching in Tharandt. In Dresden he was a member of the Masonic lodge Zum golden Apfel .

On the occasion of the Cottafest in Tharandt on October 30, 1863, a bust of Reums was unveiled in his honor. It can be found in the forest botanical garden together with the busts of Cotta, Johann Friedrich Judeich and Max Preßler .

Fonts (selection)

  • Ground plan of the German forest botany (1814)
  • Basic mathematics for prospective foresters (1823/24)
  • Economic botany, or representation of domestic and agricultural plants, for teaching young farmers (1833)
  • Plant physiology, or the life, growth and behavior of plants with regard to their breeding and care (1835)

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Individual evidence

  1. André Kaiser: Why the Judeich monument is being implemented in Tharandt. In: Around the Tharandt Forest. Official journal of the city of Tharandt. Issue 11, November 15, 2011, p. 33.
  2. ^ Johann Adam Reum: Outline of the German forest botany. Published by Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden 1914. ( Online at Google Books. )
  3. ^ Johann Adam Reum: Basic Teachings of Mathematics for Budding Foresters, Volume 2. Published by the Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden 1924. ( Online at Google Books. )
  4. Johann Adam Reum: Economic botany, or representation of domestic and agricultural plants, for teaching young farmers. Published by Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden and Leipzig 1933. ( Online at Google Books. )
  5. Johann Adam Reum: Plant Physiology, or the life, growth and behavior of plants, with regard to their breeding and care. Published by Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden and Leipzig 1935. ( Online at Google Books. )