Max Güntz

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Max Güntz (born March 4, 1861 in Thonberg near Leipzig ; † May 20, 1931 in Vippachedelhausen near Weimar ) was a German farmer and agricultural historian .

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Max Güntz, son of a doctor and grandson of Eduard Wilhelm Güntz , obtained his school-leaving certificate in Rudolstadt and studied theology at the University of Leipzig since 1881 . In 1882 he broke off his studies and completed a two-year agricultural apprenticeship on a farm. From 1884 he studied agriculture at the University of Leipzig and received his doctorate there in 1886 with the dissertation investigations into the anatomical structure of the Gramineae leaves in their relationship to location and climate with the attempt to group the Gramineae based on the same . In 1888 he bought the manor Vippachedelhausen near Weimar. He gained a high reputation among farmers through a lively publication and lecture activity. In 1899 he was elected secretary of the main agricultural association in Weimar .

Güntz's main interest was early on in the history of agriculture . During his historical studies, he soon discovered that the older agricultural literature was not adequately indexed bibliographically and was therefore difficult to access. He tried to remedy this deficiency by publishing a literary guide. After entrusting the practical management of his manor to a manager, he traveled to German libraries for many years, worked through their catalogs and produced extensive extracts from the most important agricultural books. The result of these library studies was the three-part handbook of agricultural literature (1897; supplement 1902). In this work, Güntz also bibliographically recorded the oldest agricultural books and magazines and created short biographies of the authors. The book is still an indispensable reference work for the early history of agricultural sciences. An unchanged reprint appeared in 1977.

Since 1902 Güntz published the Landwirtschaftlich-Historischen Blätter , the first agricultural-historical journal in Germany. In the beginning Güntz was editor, publisher, editor and author in one person. From 1913 to 1942 the journal appeared under the title Yearbook of the Society for the History and Literature of Agriculture , and since 1953 it has been continued as the journal for agricultural history and agricultural sociology . On April 11, 1904, Güntz founded the Society for the History and Literature of Agriculture in Eisenach , whose management he kept until his death. After an interruption due to the Second World War, the society was re-established in 1953 as the Society for Agricultural History .

Main work

  • Handbook of Agricultural Literature . Verlag von Hugo Voigt Leipzig 2 parts. 1897, supplement 1902. - Unchanged reprint of all three parts in one volume by Topos-Verlag Vaduz / Liechtenstein 1977.

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SURNAME Güntz, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farmer and agricultural historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Thonberg near Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1931
Place of death Vippachedelhausen near Weimar