Raimund Veit

Raimund Veit (born August 30, 1785 in Großlellenfeld , † September 22, 1857 on his estate Stadelheim near Giesing ) was a pioneer of agricultural science in Bavaria in the first half of the 19th century.

Veit, son of a teacher, studied camera science at the University of Landshut and appears to have obtained his doctorate there in 1812. From 1820 to 1823 he administered the Weihenstephan State Estate . Since 1824 he worked as a professor at the agricultural school in Schleissheim . In 1832 he had to ask for his retirement for health reasons. From 1833 he taught at the district agricultural school in Augsburg . In 1843 he was called back to Schleissheim. Until 1852 he was director of this educational establishment, which was elevated to the “Agricultural Central School”. Veit is the author of several handbooks and textbooks.

Fonts

• Handbook of the estate administration or the facility and operation of the agricultural trade . 3 volumes, Augsburg 1838.
• Agriculture textbook for use in agriculture and trade schools and for self-teaching . Augsburg 1841, 2nd edition, ibid. 1846.
• Instructions for growing flax and preparing flax using the Dutch method . Augsburg 1841.
• Instructions for cultivating forage with an appendix for litter extraction . Munich 1849.

literature

• H. Raum: Schönleutner, Zierl and Veit, the pioneers of agricultural science in Bavaria in the first half of the 19th century . In: Bayerisches Landwirtschaftliches Jahrbuch vol. 32, 1955, pp. 258–275.