Nicholas of Bodman

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Johann Nikolaus Freiherr von und zu Bodman (born February 23, 1903 in Bodman , † October 25, 1988 in Radolfzell - Möggingen ) was an ornithologist and nature conservationist, who came from the former noble family Bodman .

Life

Bodman was born as the younger son of Count Othmar von und zu Bodman and his wife, Countess Maria, née Countess von Walderdorff , on Shrove Monday of 1903 in Bodman Castle . His older brother was Dr. Johannes Graf von und zu Bodman.

After attending elementary school, Bodman came to the school boarding school in Ettal Abbey in Bavaria in 1915 , the grammar school in Ravensburg and, until 1924, the Stöckle pedagogical school in Bad Wörishofen , where he passed the school leaving examination. He then studied until 1931 at the University of Bonn and the agricultural universities of Bonn-Poppelsdorf and Hohenheim .

From April to June 1927 he went on a research trip with the director of the Museum Alexander König , Prof. Dr. Adolf von Jordans , to the Balearic Islands and worked in 1928/29 as an intern on an agricultural estate owned by Count Brühl in Kolho near Cottbus .

In 1932 Bodman took over the management of the Möggingen moated castle near Radolfzell. - His grandmother, Countess Maria von Walderdorff, née Countess von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen , acquired the former rule of Möggingen in 1900 and bequeathed it to her grandson Nikolaus through her daughter.

In 1935 Bodman married Monika Leopoldine Antonia Josepha Huberta Maria, Countess von Spee (1907–1992) and had three sons with her:

  • Johann Wilderich Maria Othmar Hubertus, Baron von Bodman (born December 12, 1936 in Möggingen am Mindelsee ; ∞ Maria-Claudia, Freiin von Stotzingen)
  • Johann Othmar Mariano Hubertus, Freiherr von und zu Bodman (born June 24, 1939 in Möggingen am Mindelsee; ∞ Utta Lauffs)
  • Johann Konrad Franz Hubertus Maria, Freiherr von und zu Bodman (born October 13, 1941 in Möggingen am Mindelsee; ∞ Christiane Becker)

From 1941 to 1945 Bodman did his military service in France .

Four days after his death, on October 29, 1988, Bodman was buried in the family crypt in Möggingen .

natural reserve

In addition to his professional activity, Bodman was strongly committed to nature conservation, in particular to the protection of the bird world. In 1928 he was with Kurt Floericke co-founder of the " Süddeutsche Vogelwarte " and its chairman from 1931 to 1938. After its dissolution he set up the "ringing of Baden and Wuerttemberg" in his moated castle in Möggingen as a kind of branch of the Ornithological Rossitten , which he after she became homeless, she took up there in 1946. The station was then continued as the “ Radolfzell Vogelwarte ” on Lake Constance and as the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.

Another achievement of Bodman is the establishment of numerous nature conservation and landscape protection areas on Lake Constance, for example on the Höri and Bodanrück . He also campaigned for the protection of the shores of Lake Constance from over-development. The Constance District Administrator Ludwig Seiterich , with whom Bodman worked closely, implemented corresponding ordinances in ordinances.

Publications

  • 1960: The Möggingen crypt chapel , in “Möggingen 860–1960”, ed. Herbert Berner, 1960, Vol. VI Hegau Library
  • 1960: The Mindelsee , in "Möggingen 1860–1960"
  • 1979: Castle Möggingen am Mindelsee , castle guide
  • 1984: Möggingen Castle , in "Der Mindelsee", monograph of a nature reserve on the Bodanrück, ed. from the State Institute for Environmental Protection in Baden-Württemberg, Institute for Ecology and Nature Conservation Karlsruhe
  • 1984: Hunting and Game , in "Der Mindelsee"

Memberships and honors

  • 1931: Member of the German Ornithological Society
  • 1936 to November 25, 1971: Municipal Council in Mögglingen; also deputy mayor (1937, 1945) and mayor (1939, 1968) of Mögglingen
  • 1949–1969: District hunter in the district of Constance; then honorary district hunter master
  • 1953: Co-founder and advisory board of the Lake Constance group of the "Association of German Water Protection"
  • 1955–1975: District commissioner for nature conservation in the district of Konstanz
  • from 1955: Advisory board to the Hegau history association
  • September 24, 1960: Awarded honorary citizenship of the municipality of Möggingen
  • 1961: Re-establishment of the "International Working Group on Lake Constance Nature Conservation" (founded in 1926 and fell asleep)
  • 1963: Foundation of the "Bund Naturschutz Bodensee-Hegau", a forerunner organization of the BUND state association of Baden-Württemberg
  • 1964: Member of the board of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Beauftragter für Natur- und Landschaftspflege e. V. "
  • 1968: Award of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by District Administrator Dr. Ludwig Seiterich

“I greet you as a noble nature conservationist from head to toe, conscious of tradition, close to the present, committed to the future, a faithful eckard of nature conservation in the western Lake Constance area. Tireless in safeguarding all interests of nature and landscape. A fearless fighter in the defense of the homeland and the hunted work. Never despondent, rarely discouraged, always present, always ready for selfless commitment, a loyal and courageous companion. "

- District Administrator Dr. Ludwig Seiterich during the award of the Federal Cross of Merit.
  • June 9, 1972: Awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Medal by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS
  • 1975: Founding member, 1976/77 board member and from 1977 to 1988 chairman of the board of trustees "Stiftung Deutsche Umwelthilve e.V."
  • 1975: Ring of honor of the district of Constance
  • 1979: Plaque of honor from the Freiburg Regional Council
  • 1982: Hegau Prize from the municipality of Steißlingen
  • 1983: Dedication of the book Der Mindelsee bei Radolfzell - monograph of a nature reserve on the Bodanrück (Ed. LfU Baden-Württemberg).

literature

  • Bärbel Häcker: 50 years of nature conservation history in Baden-Württemberg. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4472-7 . (Main source for the article)
  • Arthur Ostermaier: Awarding of the Hegaupreis to Freiherr Nikolaus von und zu Bodman in Möggingen. In: Hegau, 39, 1982, pp. 291-293.
  • Herbert Berner: In memory of the nature conservation baron Johann Nikolaus Freiherr von und zu Bodman (1903–1988). In: Hegau, 45, 1988, pp. 259-261
  • Peter Berthold : In memory of Johann Nikolaus von und zu Bodman 1903–1988. In: Vogelwarte, 168, 1989, pp. 35, 158.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Nikolaus, Freiherr von und zu Bodman on geneall.net
  2. ↑ www.mpg.de ( Memento from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.5 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Bodman, Nicholas of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bodman, Johann Nikolaus Freiherr von und zu; Bodman, Johann Nikolaus from and to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conservationist
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Bodman
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1988
Place of death Möggingen am Mindelsee