Werner Schuricht

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Werner Schuricht (born April 26, 1936 ) is a German pomologist and author of specialist books. He did research in the German Democratic Republic and was involved in founding the pomologists' association after reunification.

Life

Werner Schuricht obtained his Abitur in Burgstädt and then studied horticulture from 1954 to 1959 at the University of Leipzig and at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1960 to 1961 he completed an internship at the “ people's own estate ” in Egeln . He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Special Crops at the Humboldt University until he was employed as the head of “Special Agronomists” in the Erfurt district from 1963 to 1965 . From 1965 he worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Jena, where he obtained his doctorate in 1972 with studies on the yield behavior of the sour cherry . Since 1970 he was head of a working group at the local institute for plant nutrition in Jena- Zwätze . In 1994 he ended his professional career and went into retirement.

As a pensioner, he was involved in the pomologists' association , which he was involved in founding in 1991, and traveled through Germany as the “apple pope” to identify old apple varieties and to promote their preservation. According to his own information, he can reliably identify and determine 500 to 600 of the 2000 varieties available in Germany. He is an editorial assistant for the publication of the annual journal of the Pomologists Association and was involved in the creation of several variety gardens to preserve old fruit varieties.

In 2004 he received the Oberdieck Prize .

He is married and lives in Jena.

Works

  • Investigations on the yield behavior of the sour cherry with special consideration of the structure of the yield capacity. Dissertation at the Faculty of Mathematics, Science and Technology at the University of Jena, 1972.
  • with Siegfried Kramer: Rational Bushberry Fruit Production: Findings and Experiences from the Soviet Union. VEB Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1977.
  • with Gerhard Friedrich and Ernst Halwass: Rare pome , stone and berry fruit. Large graphic company Interdruck, Leipzig 1985 (1st edition) and 1989 (2nd edition)
  • with Gerhard Friedrich and Ernst Halwass: Nuts and Quinces. Neumann-Neudamm, Melsungen 1988, ISBN 3-7888-0541-2 . (Licensed edition of the work of the same name that was published by Neumann in Leipzig (GDR) in the same year)
  • with Hans-Joachim Bannier and Wilfried Müller Incorrect image material in the current fruit variety literature. - To determine old apple varieties. Publishing house of the Pomologen-Verein, Detmold 2003.
  • On the history of fruit growing in Central Germany, Part I: Fruit growing in Central Germany from the Middle Ages to 1945. Förderverein Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum, Erfurt 2010.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Förderverein Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum Erfurt (ed.): Fruit growing in Central Germany from the Middle Ages to 1945 , 2009, p. 3
  2. ↑ a b Lecture on the occasion of the awarding of the Oberdieck Prize 2004: Oberdieck Prize Winner 2004 - Dr. Werner Schuricht from Jena (pdf; accessed on October 3, 2015)
  3. ↑ Osthessennews: Apple Pope SCHURICHT, beautiful north houses and an entertainment show , September 13, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Schuricht, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pomologist and author of specialist books
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1936