Werner Kirsch (animal breeder)

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Werner Kirsch (born January 2, 1901 in Osterode , East Prussia , † May 20, 1975 in Kiel ) was an agricultural scientist , feeding expert and animal breeder .

Life

Kirsch passed his matriculation examination, underwent an agricultural training from 1919 to 1922 through teaching and administrative work, studied agriculture and zoology at the University of Königsberg , did his doctorate in the field of animal breeding under Wilhelm Voeltz and completed his habilitation in this subject in 1928. As a private lecturer he was deputy head from 1929 to 1933 and then until 1944 full professor for animal breeding and animal husbandry and director of the institute for animal breeding in Königsberg , from 1947 to 1954 director of the institute for milk production of the Federal Research Institute for Dairy Industry in Kiel and at the same time deputy professor for feeding studies, Animal breeding and husbandry at the University of Kiel . In 1954, Kirsch accepted a position at the Hohenheim Agricultural University , where he succeeded Jonas Schmidt and worked until his retirement in 1967.

In his research work, Kirsch mainly dealt with the constitution and health of lowland cattle as well as the feeding and feed quality with regard to their influence on milk yield. He published approx. 200 publications, mostly of experimental content.

Main work

  • The silo feed preparation in the cold fermentation process. 1930.
  • Fermented fodder, its extraction and use. 3. Edition. 1942.
  • Feeding the dairy cows in northwest Germany. 2nd Edition. 1949.
  • with H. Splittgerber: Complete nutrition for dairy cows. 2nd Edition. 1953.
  • with H. Splittgerber and R. Fangauf: The feeding of the landw. Farm animals. 1954. (3rd edition 1962)

Awards

  • Kirsch was awarded the Henneberg-Lehmann Prize by the University of Göttingen for his theoretical and practical work .
  • He received the Adolf Köppe needle from the German Society for Breeding Science .
  • The University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover awarded him the title of Dr. med. vet. hc
  • The German Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Berlin appointed him a corresponding member in 1957.
  • In 1967 Kirsch was awarded the Hermann von Nathusius Medal by the DGfZ for his achievements in animal breeding.

literature

  • Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. Biographical Lexicon . NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin, ISBN 3-936735-67-0 and additional information from Hartmut Boettcher, animal breeding manager in Weimar
  • Manfred Raupp: Problems of the agricultural market in Germany. In the farmer's agriculture school at the University of Hohenheim . 1971.
  • Harald Winkel (Ed.): Festschrift for Günther Franz . History and science in Hohenheim . Thorbecke publishing house, Sigmaringen 1982, ISBN 0-7181-2842-7 .
  • Werner Kirsch in the Kiel list of scholars
  • D. Parau: Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Kirsch died. In: Berlin and Munich veterinary weekly. 88, 1975, p. 384.
  • Ernst Klein: The academic teachers at the University of Hohenheim (Agricultural University) 1818–1868. 1968, DNB 457217545 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Kirsch in the directory of scholars
  2. ↑ Werner Kirsch on the DGfZ website
personal data
SURNAME Kirsch, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agronomist and animal breeder
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterode , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1975
Place of death Kiel