Bernhard Danckelmann

Bernhard Joseph Engelbert Danckelmann ( born April 5, 1831 forester's house Obereimer in Arnsberg, † January 19, 1901 in Eberswalde ) was a German forester and forest scientists. He was from 1866 Head of the Forestry Academy Eberswalde.

Life and work

Danckelmann was the son of the chief forester Bernhard Danckelmann. He graduated from the secondary education in Paderborn and studied forestry at the Higher forest institute Eberswalde. He then worked for several years as a forester. Since 1855, he studied law and political science in Berlin. After that, he worked for some time in the outer forest service again and in 1862 Chief Forester in Hambach near Jülich. Two years later he was Forstinspektor in Potsdam.

In 1866 Danckelmann was appointed Director of the Higher forest institute in Eberswalde. In the years of its activity the establishment was greatly reformed. Danckelmann taught among other things, the Forest Research beings in Prussia and established the scientific point later main station of forest research system in Eberswalde. In addition Danckelmann was involved in the founding of the Association of Forest Research stations in Germany.

Since 1869 he was the editor of the Journal of Forestry and Hunting and the Yearbook of the Prussian forestry, hunting legislation and administration. From 1879 he was a member of the Prussian State College economy. Danckelmann was co-founder and Chairman of the times, founded in 1899 German Forestry Association.

Danckelmann was the author of numerous forestry scientific and legal works. As an expert in the hunting and forestry law, he was a member of the second Commission on the drafting of the Civil Code and expert for the Reichstag since 1890. He also participated as expert in forestry legislation.

In 1900 he was made ​​an honorary citizen of Eberswalde.