Robert Micklitz

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Robert Micklitz

Robert Micklitz (born February 24, 1818 in German Paulowitz , Austrian Silesia , † October 24, 1898 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Oberland forest master and Ministerialrat in the kk agriculture ministry . He was also known as a forestry writer.

biography

Robert Micklitz was born into the forester family of Franz Josef Micklitz (1784-1860) and his wife Anna Sophia Schnirch (1792-1824). He had a brother, Julius Micklitz (1821–1885), chief forester and also forestry writer. After being in Opava , the school ended, he began his training in various districts in Austria , Prussia , and in Prague , Niemes (Mimoň) and Wartenberg (Stráž pod Ralskem) . From 1838–1840 Micklitz studied at the kk forestry school in Mariabrunn . In the following years until 1852 he was u. a. worked as a forest clerk , district hunter , head forester and forester, then he was appointed as the second teacher of forest science at the newly founded forestry school in Mährisch Aussee (Úsov) . In 1855 he went as director of the forest school founded shortly before to Bohemian White Water (Bělá pod Bezdězem) near Münchengrätz (Mnichovo Hradiště) . Here he worked until 1859, then he returned to Mährisch Aussee as director and first teacher and moved with the entire school to Eulenberg (Sovinec) in 1869 . In 1872 he was offered the position of chief forestry officer with the rank of ministerial councilor in the agriculture ministry in order to take over the reorganization of the Austrian state forest administration , which was previously under the financial administration . In this capacity, he set up forest and domain directorates with skilled workers as intermediate authorities, introduced the chief forester system at the lower level, and improved the economic and social position of the state forest employees through better training. At the same time, their rank in the hierarchy of civil servants was raised and the forestry academics were given full equality with other professions, which also required academic training, and comprehensive instructions were given in 1873 to standardize the forestry facilities in the crown lands . He attached particular importance to afforestation , especially in the karst area , and from 1878 gave the forest staff detailed instructions on how to set up and treat seed and planting ridges as well as natural regeneration in the plenter forest .

In addition to his writing activities, he was also a member of numerous expert commissions , including a. 1873 member of the World Exhibition Jury , 1875-1880 member of the Central Commission in the property tax regulation , in 1882 a member of the deliberations of the railway tariff enquete and in the same year also chairman of Wienflußregulierungs - expertise . In the last year of his teaching activity (1875–1876) Micklitz was a lecturer in forest management and forest housekeeping at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna . In addition, Micklitz was President of the State Forestry Examination Commission, commissioner for the theoretical state examination at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and the teaching candidate examination for secondary schools . As an honorary member of various clubs, he was active well into old age.

Robert Micklitz was buried on October 26, 1898 in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna Group 17, Row 2. His nephew Theodor Hugo Micklitz (1856–1922) and Rudolf Micklitz (* around 1896; † June 21, 1946) lie in the family grave . His wife Franziska Schweiger († 1889) and some of his children died before him.

Works

In addition to his own works, his writing activities also include participation in many specialist journals, he edited various magazines , such as the forest and hunting calendar for Austria (until 1870), the Centralblatt for the entire forestry system founded by him in 1875 (until 1877), and also the Austrian monthly for forestry (1882).

  • Forest housekeeping: Presentation of the forest organism according to its purposes and tasks, in its justification and effectiveness, with preferential consideration of Austria, Vienna 1859, revised by Braumüller 1880
  • Forestry scheme for Moravia and Silesia , 1861
  • Robert & Julius Micklitz: Illumination of the Preßler'schen principles and rules of the rational forest manager, undertaken from the practical point of view: at the same time evidence of partly incorrectly or inappropriately developed, influential forest values, 1861
  • The ordinance for the forest state examinations in Austria, presented and critically discussed after the newly drafted drafts at the kk Forstakademie zu Mariabrunn, 1869

Honors

  • Ovation to Micklitz, who has retired from the service, from the state forest staff, written by Chief Forester Ludwig Dimitz:

As we have always been in a tight league, have been
faithful to you for many years,
so we are united today by the farewell's anxious hour
about you once more, who was our guide.
You threw it whole! On a solid foundation of knowledge
lay what you wanted, clear to you from the start
And what you will ever get! - From your mouth
every commandment also presented teaching.
Your whole being, rich in noble features
It gently pulled us all under your spell.
And just as we are given here in the picture,
our heart remains yours too, you rare man,
remains our pride to gloriously strive after you.

  • Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold , awarded at the end of 1884 in the highest recognition of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Joseph I.
  • Bust of Micklitz on Linnéplatz
    A listed monument inaugurated on May 16, 1908 ( list entry ) on Linnéplatz , directly in front of the main building of the Imperial and Royal University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. The bronze bust was removed and melted down as a "metal reserve" during World War II . On September 26, 1953, the bust, now made of stone, was able to take its old place again, as the plaster casts by the artists Josef Langer and Rudolf Weyr have been preserved.

source

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dorothea Hauff:  Micklitz, Robert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 457 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ PUBLICATION: ÖBL 1815-1950, Vol. 6 (Lfg. 28, 1974), p. 266
  3. ^ Vienna cemeteries
  4. ^ Franz Baur: Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt, seventh year, Paul Parey , Berlin 1885, p. 496
  5. ^ Hermann von Fürst: Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt, 30th year, Paul Parey, Berlin 1908, p. 503
  6. ^ Reports from the Vienna City Hall Correspondence from earlier years
personal data
SURNAME Micklitz, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian forest scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH German Paulowitz , Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1898
Place of death Vienna