Green campus Geisenheim

The Geisenheim university location has a lot to offer when it comes to greenery. In addition to the numerous courses on the subject of plants and green structures, the campus offers a wide range of green topics with its two historical parks and many planted areas.

The outdoor facilities at Geisenheim University are subject to different areas of competence. The management of park maintenance from the area of competence of the Plant Use Professorship has an overview of most of the green areas and the parks. It surveys the green developments on the university campus and tries to bring them together in a meaningful way. Individual projects and general maintenance are then taken over by the park maintenance team, provided capacity permits. Larger projects or more specialist tasks, such as regular tree inspections and tree care measures, are also outsourced. In addition to these general topics, the various study areas also manage some of their own projects, research areas and areas of competence on the topic of green.

Head of park maintenance team

Manfred Müller

Building 6701
Room 019
Phone +49 6722 502 543
Manfred.Mueller(at)hs-gm.de Details

Park maintenance team

Martina Brendel

Building 6701
Room 019
Phone +49 6722 502 543
Martina.Brendel(at)hs-gm.de Details

Jochen Lüdcke

Building 6701
Room 019
Phone +49 6722 502 543
Jochen.Luedcke(at)hs-gm.de Details

management of park maintenance

Prof. Dr. Alexander von Birgelen

Building 6701
Room 107
Phone +49 6722 502 773
Alexander.Birgelen(at)hs-gm.de Details

Professorship Planting Design

The historic parks Monrepospark on the South Campus and Rudolf-Goethe-Park on the North Campus are defining elements and deeply linked to the roots of the Geisenheim university location. Over time, a diverse and old tree population has developed there. The park and the trees it contains, like many of the university's buildings, are listed buildings. But here too, the effects of climate change are increasingly becoming apparent. Once very favorable in terms of climate, the mild warmth develops into summer heat. The Mediterranean-like climate develops persistent dry phases. The future of the university parks must now be well thought out and precisely planned so that the old trees can be largely preserved, renovated in a way that is compatible with monuments and the climate, and developed in a resilient manner.

An exciting task.

More about the history of the parks can be found on the following pages.

History of the University and the Research Institute

There are beds and plantings of various ages throughout campus. As diverse as the choice of plants can be, the function of green elements is just as diverse. Plantings can separate or connect the room through their spatial effect. A certain character or atmosphere can be created with flowers, colors, structures and textures. Plants shape the space with their liveliness and also with their ecological benefits when people and animals benefit from them.

The skills of planning with plants are discussed and addressed in various subjects. The Plant Use Professorship has fully embraced this topic. She develops existing and designs new green elements on the grounds of Geisenheim University. Many beds are also used for teaching and are designed as display beds.

Professorship of Planting Design

Prof. Dr. Alexander von Birgelen

Building 6701
Room 107
Phone +49 6722 502 773
Alexander.Birgelen(at)hs-gm.de Details

Professorship of Planting Design

The university location is committed to preserving old, special habitat trees. Of course, parks should be attractive, vital and well maintained. Dying or already dead trees apparently do not belong in the picture. But these old "habitat trees" offer a particularly large amount of living space for a wide variety of creatures - from birds and bats that nest in tree hollows to special species of beetles that appropriate the wood. The decomposition processes may limit the stability of habitat trees and dead wood and are therefore particularly carefully monitored and checked. But not all habitat trees are dying or are already dead wood.

Healthy trees can also provide special habitats - which is why there are habitat trees in the park that have been awarded a plaque. The most important examples are explained here.

Competence Area Tree Nursery & Woody Physiology

Dr. Jörg Kunz

Building 1000
Room 318
Phone +49 6722 502 538
Joerg.Kunz(at)hs-gm.de Details

Tree Nursery & Woody Physiology

More about the Professorship for Planting Design

Hochschule Geisenheim Marks Hessian Sustainability Day with a Packed Program

09/27/2024

The Minister for Agriculture Ingmar Jung was among the visitors to the Sustainability Day event at Hochschule Geisenheim University. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

What do apples, packaging solutions, biological diversity, and community activism for wind power have in common? These topics all represent different facets of sustainability and were the subjects of diverse talks held yesterday at Hochschule Geisenheim University’s Hessian Sustainability Day event. Interested citizens and local families had the chance to learn all about sustainability, with plenty to see and do on campus.

Over 40 children were able to learn more about cultivating and processing apples, as well as about their sensory properties, at the ongoing children’s university event series. In the university’s new Logistics Building, Dr. Moritz Wagner, a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology, presented on the topic of sustainability in viticulture before Professor Andreas Holzapfel, head of the Department of Fresh Produce Logistics, gave guests a tour of the department’s facilities. Afterwards, kids and teenagers – and any adults feeling particularly youthful – could learn more about biodiversity by taking part in an escape game. At the same time, Udo Zindel, a representative of the project development company Windenergiepark Heidenrod GmbH, also presented on community activism in support of wind power in the municipality of Heidenrod.

Minister for Agriculture Ingmar Jung among the Guests

Among the attendees of the Hessian Sustainability Day program was the Hessian Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, Ingmar Jung. He visited the children’s university event and attended the tour of the Fresh Produce Logistics facilities, commenting: “It is fascinating to see how Hochschule Geisenheim University understands and supports the topic of sustainability so completely. With all the projects on show during the Hessian Sustainability Day, the university is highlighting the importance of the transfer of knowledge across all areas of its activities, as well as its strong connection to the local region.”

Jung was accompanied by Michael Schlepper, First City Councilor of the City of Geisenheim, among others.

“We would like to thank all those involved for making this fantastic event possible. With our focus areas being wine and beverages, food, horticulture, and landscape architecture, among others, the topic of sustainability plays an integral role in all of Hochschule Geisenheim University’s degree programs and is a key focus of our research. This is why Sustainability Day is such a special event for us, and why we are particularly pleased to have Mr. Jung visit the event today,” commented University President Professor Hans Reiner Schultz.

The complete program for the Hessian Sustainability Day at Hochschule Geisenheim University was the result of cooperation between Hochschule Geisenheim University’s Department for Strategic University Development & Sustainability, Office of Research and Innovation Services, and Department of Fresh Produce Logistics, as well as the Energy Team, Geisenheim’s Solarstammtisch, and the Kompetenzzentrum Erneuerbare Energien Rheingau-Taunus.

At Hochschule Geisenheim University, sustainability is not only part of research, teaching and practice in the region, but is also integrated into university operations as part of a whole institution approach. This is done transparently, with the participation of all university members and with the goal of strengthening existing engagement. More information on sustainability at Hochschule Geisenheim University can be found here: www.hs-geisenheim.de/en/university/profile/sustainability/

Categories: MyHGU-App, Mein-Netzwerk, Logistik und Management Frischprodukte, Kinder-Uni, Wissenstransfer, Logistik und Management Frischprodukte (B.Sc.), Frischproduktlogistik, Nachrichten

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Over 600 events took place throughout Hesse on Hessian Sustainability Day. Photo: Stieffenhofer/Hochschule Geisenheim University

The Minister for Agriculture Ingmar Jung was among the visitors to the Sustainability Day event at Hochschule Geisenheim University. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

Over 40 children learned lots of interesting facts about apples at the Kinderuni event. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

The diverse new apple varieties from Hochschule Geisenheim University could also be tasted, here Ingmar Jung with University President Professor Hans Reiner Schultz. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

Measuring apples. Photo: Stieffenhofer/Hochschule Geisenheim

Dr. Christiane Jost and Sabine Rasim welcome the children to the Kinderuni event. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

At the university's Department of Pomology, red-fleshed and columnar apples are primarily bred and cultivated for research and teaching. Photo: Stieffenhofer/Hochschule Geisenheim

Professor Andreas Holzapfel showed guests the fresh produce logistics facilities in the university's new Logistics Building. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

Minister of Agriculture Jung in conversation with guests during Professor Moritz Wagner's lecture on sustainability in viticulture. Photo: Torsten Silz/Hochschule Geisenheim

During the tour of the university's new Logisitics Building. From left to right: Professor Andreas Holzapfel, Professor Moritz Wagner, Michael Schlepper (First City Councilor in Geisenheim); Professor Mirjam Hey (Vice-President of Academic & Student Affairs), Ingmar Jung, Professor Hans Reiner Schultz.

Biodiversity escape game. Photo: Stieffenhofer/Hochschule Geisenheim

Udo Zindel presenting on the Heidenrod wind farm model. Photo: Stieffenhofer/Hochschule Geisenheim

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