History and events of the working group ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and soil evaluation” (or with its participation)

Initiative to found the working group

Establishment of the working group ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and soil evaluation” at the annual convention of the German Soil Society (DBG)

Meeting of the coordination group; definition of the tasks and structure

1 conference including field excursion to Central Hessen; organisers: German Soil Society (DBG), Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), Oberfinanzdirektion/Regional Finance Office Frankfurt am Main, Hessian Agency for Soil Research (HLfB), University of Giessen, University of Frankfurt and Federal Soil Association (BVB); field excursion: ”Inspection of federal samples from the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and long-term soil observation areas in the Eastern Hintertaunus, the Butzbach Basin and the Giessen Threshold as well as of recultivated soils in the Horloff Rift”

4. - 12.9.
1999

Lecture block of the working group in the context of the DBG annual convention; field excursion to ”the soils at the periphery of the Hannover metropolitan region” with special consideration of the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung)

26./27.9.
2000

2 conference of the working group with the BMF on the topic of ”evaluation of heaped-upsoils suitable for agricultural use“ with field excursion on ”problems of soil assessment of restored soils suitable for agricultural use” in open-cast lignite mining of Central Germany

1. - 9.9.
2001

Annual convention of the DBG and the ÖBG; field excursions for Austrian soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) in the Weinviertel region and the Alpine foreland; lecture block and meeting of the working group

3 conference (workshop): ”Cautious reform of the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) - possibilities of strongerconsideration of the soil water budget” on the occasion of an excursion of the Federal assessment board at the BMF

Versuchsgut Marienborn (Uni Gießen)

4 conference including field excursion to the south-east of Hessen; central topics of the lectures: "German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and water regime", "requirements of the soil research for the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung)", "approaches to a cautious reform of the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung)"

30.8. - 7.9.
2003

Lecture block at the annual convention of the DBG; field excursion to restored soils in the Lusatian lignite mining area: ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) of strongly changed soils”

Publication of the booklet ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and soil evaluation - use and collection of German soil assessment data”

23./24.3.
2004

5 Conference including field excursion together with the working group of information systems in soil science and the Regional Finance Office Erfurt; central topics: ”Conditions and developments for the use of digital Bodenschätzung data for pedological surveys, the soil evaluation and applied soil protection”; field excursion near Gotha: ”Pedological and fiscal location description, data preparation and derivation of soil functions for non-fiscal purposes” 

20./21.9.
2004

6 conference (workshop) with field excursion together with the working group of information systems in soil science, Regional Finance Office Munich, Bavarian State Institute of Agriculture; various topics; Field excursion to new federal samples in the area of Kempten/Gunzesried/Schwangau

3. - 11.9.
2005

Lecture series of the working group at the annual convention of DBG; half-day field excursion ”three approaches for the evaluation of location of agriculturally usedsoils in the Amöneburge Basin” and a one-day field excursion for German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) in the Rhenish Massif (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) and Westerwald

12./13.9.
2006

7 conference (Colloquium) with field excursion together with the working groupsoil science of the University of Oldenburg and the Regional Finance Office Hannover; field excursion: ”Pristine grounds and technosols (Kultosole) in moorland and geest”.

17./18.4.
2007

8 conference; series of lectures and workshop together with the working group soil information systems in soil science of DBG on ”conditions and view of the use of digital German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) data”; organiser: Hessian Agency for the Environment and Geology (HLUG), State Office of Geology and Mining Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the State Ministry of the Environment, Forests and Consumer Protection  Rhineland-Palatinate

2. - 9.9.
2007

Lecture block of the working group at the annual convention of DBG; field excursion to ”the possibilities and borders of the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung)”

Reestablishment of the working group ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and soil evaluation” due to restructuring of DBG

11./12.9.
2008

9 conference; lecture and field excursion conference together with Thuringian Regional Finance Office and Thuringian State Institute for the Environment and Geology; various topics

5. - 13.9.
2009

Annual convention of DBG; lecture on: ”75 years of German soil assessment law (BodSchätzG)”; field excursion: ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) in the Lower Rhine Basin (Niederrheinische Bucht), a strongly anthropogenic nature area”

7. - 9.9.
2010

10 conference; lecture symposium and field excursion together with State Office of the Environment, Agriculture and Geology Saxony and Regional Finance Office Chemnitz; different topics of the lectures; field excursion to the area of Görlitz on the topic: ”Describing soil profiles according to the Bodenschätzung law (BodSchätzG) and the mapping guidance, 5 edition”

19. - 21.09.
2012

11 conference; organiser: State Office forEnvironmental Protection and OccupationalSafety, Department of Soil Protection and Forest Ecology together with the Bodenschätzung of the tax administration of the Saarland; Field excursion: ”Marginal land in a border area”

7. - 12.9.
2013

Lecture block of the working group at the annual convention of DBG; field excursion: ”German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern using the example of federal samples”

24. - 26.09.
2014

12 conference (lecture symposium and field excursion) on ”Using German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) data for planning, soil protection and site assessment”; field excursion to the Upper Rhine Graben area near Pfungstadt; organisers: Oberfinanzdirektion/Regional Finance Office Frankfurt am Main and Hessian Agency for the Environment and Geology (HLUG)

5. - 10.9.
2015

Lecture block of the working group at the annual convention of DBG;  field excursion: "Federal samples of the German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) near Munich”

13 conference (lecture symposium and field excursion) on ”Using  German soil assessment (Bodenschätzung) and soil evaluation in regions with intensive land use”; field excursion to the Ilm-Kreis district including Chernozems overlying Keuper  and Regosols overlying Permian rocks (Rotliegend); organisers: Thuringian Agency for Environment and Geology (TLUG) and Landesfinanzdirektion/Thuringian Regional Finance Office