Johannes Erich Flade

Johannes Erich Flade (born November 23, 1926 in Dresden ; † January 6, 2011 in Wismar ) was a German hippologist , author and publicist .

Act

Education and professional career

Flade completed 1946-1951 an agricultural apprenticeship and a degree in agricultural sciences at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , which he graduated with the title of graduate farmer . He then became a research assistant at the Saxon Horse Studbook / Landesverband Dresden and at the Moritzburg Landstallamt , where he rebuilt the breeding index that was lost in World War II . He received his doctorate in 1956 with the subject of the Saxon Warmblood Horse for a doctorate in agricultural sciences at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

From 1952 to 1961 he worked as a research assistant and head of the horse breeding department at the Institute for Animal Breeding Research in Dummerstorf near Rostock, then until 1973 he headed the science organization / economy / research department at the institute, which later became the research center for animal production in Dummerstorf-Rostock. At the agricultural engineering school in Zierow in the Wismar district , Flade was a technical college teacher and head of the “horse breeding and sport” department from 1973–1991. In 1988 he graduated as an engineering pedagogue at the Institute for Training and Continuing Education for Engineering Pedagogues in Schwerin, whereupon he was appointed as a technical college lecturer. From 1976 to 1991 Flade was also a lecturer at the University of Physical Culture and Sport in Leipzig.

As a guest lecturer, Flade worked at the University of Rostock from 1976-1993 and from 1980 at the University of Kaposvár , Hungary. The latter university awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1994. After the reunification of Germany in 1989, Flade volunteered as a regional breeding representative of the VZAP ( Association of Breeders of the Arabian Horse ) and as a breeding judge at home and abroad. Together with the Arab experts Bruno Furrer and Alfred Zingg, he worked on setting up and maintaining an Internet database for Shagya Arabs .

voluntary work

• 1956 to 1974 chairman of the equestrian section in Dummerstorf
• Member of the Military Coaching Council at the GDR DPV and head of the equestrian section at the Berlin Army Sports Club
• Chairman of the professional commission for the profession of skilled worker for horse breeding at the Central Office of Horse Breeding in the GDR .
• Member of the Rostock District Equestrian Committee from 1956 to 1970
• Chairman of the training and further education working group at the Presidium of the DPV of the GDR
• from 1989 regional breeding representative of the VZAP ( Association of Breeders and Friends of the Arabian Horse )
• Honorary member of the Asil Club
• 1991 to 1996 honorary chairman of the vocational training committee and of the subcommittee “ horse manager ” at the minister of agriculture in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Services

Johannes Erich Flade was a hippologist, researcher, teacher and consultant in the field of equine science that was respected worldwide in specialist circles. A total of around 600 scientific and popular scientific publications testify to his in-depth research and well-founded detailed knowledge. This applies to the writings on horses of antiquity, Koniks , Akhal-Teke , small horses , Shetland ponies , Saxon warmbloods , Kladruber and the donkey, as well as about the Arab horse, which he particularly valued . In particular, his work on individual horse breeds, which is backed by rich scientific data, is repeatedly reprinted. His extensive knowledge in the fields of history, behavior and assessment of the horse made him a sought-after specialist and speaker for seminars and further training outside of his professional teaching activities. Had a large share in the development of horse breeding and equestrian sports in the GDR. He made lasting merits in the field of training and further education for specialist staff.

Flade's particular interest was the Arabian thoroughbred horse. The thoroughbred Arabs Abu Afas , Galka , Grazyna and Armenia , which he selected and imported from Poland for the Institute for Animal Breeding Research in Dummerstorf near Rostock , formed an essential basis for the breeding of the Arabian thoroughbred horse in the GDR. For his students, bypassing restrictive authorities, he organized excursions to the Polish Stud Janów Podlaski and awakened in them not only a passion for the Arabian horse, but also understanding and respect for the history of Poland and its people. He published his first specialist articles on Polish Arabian breeding in 1955 and 1958. His first edition of his book Das Araberpferd learned in 1962 was seven new editions, which he repeatedly revised. His book Janów Podlaski and Polish Arabian Breeding , published in 1997, is another standard work.

Publications

• The state of Polish Arab breeding , 1955 in the magazine Tierzucht
• The Lines of Polish Arab Breeding , 1958 in the Archive for Animal Breeding
• Shetland ponies 1959 Wittenberg Lutherstadt, Die Neue Brehmbücherei Vol. 243, A. Ziemsen (2.1970, 3.1974, 4.1975, 5.1981, 6.1986, 7.1996, 8.2001)
• Shetland ponies in Germany: history, stallion lines, studs, 2001 Asmussen Verlag, Gelting
• Das Araberpferd , 1962 Wittenberg Lutherstadt, Die Neue Brehmbücherei Bd. 291, A. Ziemsen (extended and revised editions 1966, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990)
• Das Araberpferd , 1962 Stuttgart, Franck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
• Small abc horse breeding equestrian sport , 1968 Berlin, VEB Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag
• Flade, Johannes Erich / Gleß, Karlheinz: Small horses , 1976 Berlin, VEB German Agricultural Association
• Janów Podlaski and the Polish Arabian Breeding , 1997 Gerlikon, ISG Verlag / tebasil Verlag
• Horse breeding and sport basic knowledge , 1984 Berlin, Dt. Agricultural publisher
• The great horse book , 1984 Leipzig, Edition Leipzig
• The house donkey , 1990 Wittenberg Lutherstadt, Ziemsen
• Die Esel , 1999 Hohenwarsleben, Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Vol. 638, Westarp Sciences
• Breeding, raising, and keeping Arabs: A breeder's guide . 1998 Hildesheim, Olms Verlag
• The Akhal-Teke horse (PDF; 1.2 MB), text for Akhal-Teke breeders and friends. V.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Erich Flade in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of the VZAP (Association of Breeders and Friends of the Arabian Horse)
• Homepage of the Asil Club

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• Obituary of the Association of Breeders and Friends of the Arabian Horse, Text: Dr. Werner Sommerfeld.
• Obituary text: Franz Wego.
• Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine, 4th exp. 2014 edition, Verlag NORA, p. 196.