Agricultural University of Berlin
| Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Berlin | |
Building of the Royal Agricultural University of Berlin in the Invalidenstraße
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| Type | Public university |
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| Active | 14 February 1881–1934 |
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Berlin, Germany 52°31′47″N 13°22′42″E / 52.52970°N 13.37822°ECoordinates: 52°31′47″N 13°22′42″E / 52.52970°N 13.37822°E |
The Agricultural University of Berlin (German: Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Berlin) was an agricultural university in Berlin, Germany. Established in 1881, it was closed in 1934, and incorporated as a faculty into the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Academic teaching in agricultural science began in Germany only after the publishing of Grundsätze der deutschen Landwirtschaft (Principles of the German Agriculture) by Johann Beckmann (1739–1811) in 1779. After the foundation of the first agricultural institute in Celle, establishment of several educational institutions in this field followed in Germany.
Mid-1860s, the then Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Count Heinrich Friedrich August von Itzenplitz (1799-1883), set up an agricultural institute in Berlin, which was subordinated to the Ministry, and was affiliated to the university. The institute was initially housed in a private home in the Behrensstraße, and then moved to the Dorotheenstraße in 1873.
On 14 February 1881, the Royal Agricultural University (Königliche Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule) was founded by combining the institute and a 1867–established agricultural museum. The university moved in a monumental three-storey building in the Invalidenstraße adjenct to the building of Chemical Institute.
In 1906, the university was divided in three faculties or departments for agriculture, geodesy and agricultural commerce. In 1929, the university expanded with the foundation of the Department of Horticulture, the first of its sort in Germany. Curriculum was in agriculture, agricultural technology, natural science, political science and jurisprudence. Graduates were awarded the title "Diplom-Landwirt" (B.Sc. Agronomy). The possibility of carrying out doctoral studies was offered as well.
Although the name of the university was changed to Agricultural University of Berlin (Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Berlin) with the fall of the monarchy in Germany by November 1918, the scientific teaching and research continued. Finally in 1934 following the Nazi regime's takeover, the Agricultural University of Berlin was closed and incorporated as a Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture (German: Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät) at the Frederick William University of Berlin, which was later renamed to Humboldt University of Berlin (German: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). After World War II, Humboldt University and so the faculty fell to East Berlin in the territory of Soviet-controlled East Germany. Following the German reunification, the Institute of Farming (German: Hochschulinstitut für Landbau) at the Technical University of Berlin was incorporated into the Faculty of Agriculture at the Humboldt University in 1992, which was renamed to Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture (Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät) in 1993.
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