Wilhelm Lauche
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Wilhelm Lauche was a German gardener, dendrologist and pomologist.
in Gartow
, and so early was familiar with the nursery. He received his horticultural training at the Schloss Ludwigslust
park and deepened it in various places such as Erfurt
, Hannover, and Potsdam
. Lauche spent five years planting nurseries near Potsdam, until he founded his own market garden.
Because of his reputation, in 1869 he was transferred as a royal garden supervisor to the technical management of the Royal Gardening and Nursery School (Königlichen Landesbaumschule und Gärtner-Lehranstalt) in Potsdam, which is closely linked with his name. From 1877 to 1879 he was managing director of the German Pomological Society (Deutsche Pomologenvereins).
Models of fruit that he made for a "pomological cabinet" are still visible today in the collection of the German Horticultural Museum, Erfurt.
Horticultural career
Lauche was the son of a palace gardener for the Count of BernstorffBernstorff
Bernstorff is a German-Danish noble family of Mecklenburgian origin. Notable members of the family include:* Albrecht von Bernstorff diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister...
in Gartow
Gartow
Gartow is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the easternmost tip of Lower Saxony, on the river Elbe, approx. 30 km northeast of Salzwedel, and 20 km west of Wittenberge...
, and so early was familiar with the nursery. He received his horticultural training at the Schloss Ludwigslust
Schloss Ludwigslust
Schloss Ludwigslust is a castle in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It was built as a hunting lodge, rebuilt as a luxurious retreat from the ducal capital, Schwerin, then became for a time the center of government...
park and deepened it in various places such as Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
, Hannover, and Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
. Lauche spent five years planting nurseries near Potsdam, until he founded his own market garden.
Because of his reputation, in 1869 he was transferred as a royal garden supervisor to the technical management of the Royal Gardening and Nursery School (Königlichen Landesbaumschule und Gärtner-Lehranstalt) in Potsdam, which is closely linked with his name. From 1877 to 1879 he was managing director of the German Pomological Society (Deutsche Pomologenvereins).
Models of fruit that he made for a "pomological cabinet" are still visible today in the collection of the German Horticultural Museum, Erfurt.
Works
- Deutsche Pomologie, Berlin 1879 – 1884, 6 sections, 300 colour illustrations
- Deutsche Dendrologie, Berlin 1880
- Handbuch des Obstbaues, Berlin 1881
- Supplement to Eduard Lucas & Johann Georg Conrad Oberdieck, Illustriertes Handbuch der Obstkunde, Parey, Berlin 1883
- Rudolf Goethe & Wilhelm Lauche: Handbuch der Tafeltraubenkultur. Berlin, Paul Parey, 1895. Produced after Lauche's death, this book uses his illustrations of grapes, one of which is shown to the right.