Johann Huntemann

Johann Huntemann (born January 20, 1858 in Moorkamp near Delmenhorst, † July 30, 1934 in Wildeshausen near Oldenburg ) was a German agriculture teacher , business consultant and author of specialist books .

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Johann (Jan) Huntemann, son of a farmer, attended the secondary school in Delmenhorst and from 1873 to 1875 the teachers' college in Oldenburg. He then taught at several elementary schools for over a decade. During his free time he researched the native meadow and pasture plants and dealt with agricultural issues. From 1892 he studied agriculture at the University of Halle and at the Agricultural University in Berlin . From 1894 to 1925 he headed the agricultural school in Wildeshausen. At the same time he worked as a business consultant.

Huntemann has propagated the advantages of modern farming methods through his more than thirty years as a teacher , consultant , lecturer and book author . Above all, he advocated converting bog and heather areas into pasture and arable land through green manure and the application of mineral fertilizers . He accorded plant protection a high priority in agriculture . From 1905 he headed a newly created plant protection office in Oldenburg. Huntemann was considered an agricultural authority in the Oldenburg area. In 1916 he received the title of economics councilor , and in 1919 he was awarded the badge of honor of the Oldenburg Chamber of Agriculture .

Books and writings

• Brief instructions for cultivating the bog soil. Shown based on practical experience . Bültmann & Gerriets publishing house, Oldenburg 1904; 2nd edition. Verlag L. Lassen, Wildeshausen 1911.
• The Low German names of our cultural plants and wild species in Oldenburg and in the province of Hanover . Oldenburg 1911 = work of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Duchy of Oldenburg H. 8; 2nd edition under the title The Low German names of our cultural plants and wild plant species . Verlag der Landwirtschaftskammer Oldenburg, Oldenburg 1931; 3rd edition (unchanged reprint of the 2nd edition). Published by the Heimatbund Oldenburger Münsterland, Cloppenburg 2007.
• Instructions for the cultivation of the heather on mineral soil (wasteland culture). Shown based on practical experience . Löschen's bookstore, Wildeshausen 1914.

literature

• Floeß: Economist Johann Huntemann † . In: Die Phosphorsäure Vol. 4, 1934, pp. 575-576 (with picture).
• Herbert Kirrinnis: Jan Huntemann's importance for the Oldenburg Geest . In: New Archive for Lower Saxony, Vol. 6, 1953, pp. 169–170.
• Hans Friedl: Johann (Jan) Huntemann, agriculture teacher. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , pp. 340–341 (with picture and list of scriptures).

Web link

• Literature by and about Johann Huntemann in the catalog of the German National Library