Wilhelm Strecker (agronomist)

Wilhelm Strecker (born February 24, 1858 in Klein-Mantel near Königsberg ; † May 26, 1934 in Leipzig ) was a German cultural engineer and grassland scientist .

Live and act

From 1878 to 1883, Strecker studied natural sciences, cultural engineering and agriculture at the Agricultural Academy in Bonn-Poppelsdorf , then moved to the Agricultural Institute of the University of Göttingen , where he wrote a dissertation on nitrogen enrichment in the soil when growing legumes under the aegis of Gustav Drechsler 1886 Dr. phil. received his doctorate.

After several years as a lecturer for agricultural machinery and land improvement at the University of Göttingen, Strecker took over the management of a special commission for regional culture in Witzenhausen in 1890 . In 1895 he was appointed professor for agricultural machinery and melioration at the University of Leipzig . His teaching assignment here covered the entire field of agricultural engineering , cultural engineering , agricultural soil science and grassland theory . For over 30 years he was one of the most successful teachers in agriculture at the University of Leipzig. In 1927 he retired.

Throughout his life, Strecker taught and researched according to the principle that science must serve practice. His numerous publications also served this goal, especially the books on grassland theory, meadow plants, soil science and agricultural machinery and equipment, some of which appeared in several editions. In addition, Strecker wrote over 100 reports on agricultural machinery testing. For many years he headed the machine test center of the Saxon State Culture Council.

In 1918, Strecker was appointed Hofrat by the Saxon government. Colleagues and students honored him on the occasion of his 70th birthday with a festschrift.

Major works

• Recognizing and identifying meadow grasses. Instructions for farmers, creditors and cultural technicians . Verlag Paul Parey Berlin 1888. Further editions, some with a different title; 10th edition, ibid. 1927.
• The culture of the meadows, their value, their improvement, fertilization and care. Guide for economists, farmers and foresters, cultural technicians, amelioration and administrative officials as well as for use in all agricultural educational institutions . Publisher Paul Parey Berlin 1894; 4th edition, ibid. 1923.
• Recognition and identification of the butterflies (papilionaceae, clover-like plants). Instructions for farmers and foresters, cultural technicians, surveyors and creditors as well as for use at all agricultural teaching institutions . Paul Parey Berlin 1902.
• Agricultural machinery and equipment . Verlag M. Jänecke Hannover 1902 = Library of the whole of agriculture, Vol. 9.
• Field measurement and leveling. Instructions for use by farmers and agricultural schools . Verlag M. Jänecke Hannover 1909 = Handbook of the whole of agriculture, Vol. 53.
• The tillage . Publisher M. Schäfer Leipzig 1910.
• The conquest of nitrogen in the air and its economic significance . Verlag Globus Leipzig 1917 = Library for Economics and World Economics H. 40.

literature

• Festschrift for the seventieth birthday of Friedrich Wilhelm Strecker . Published by the Regional Culture Department of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Free State of Saxony; 1928 (with picture).
• Joachim Seidemann: Prof. Dr. phil. Wilhelm Strecker. Director of the Institute for Agricultural Machinery and Improvement (1895–1927) . In: Karl Marx University Leipzig 1409–1959. Contributions to university history . tape 1 . Leipzig 1959, p. 539-544 .

Web links

• Overview of the courses of Wilhelm Strecker (agronomist) at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1895 to summer semester 1914)
• Wilhelm Strecker (agronomist) in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig