German Soil Science Society


The German Soil Science Society is a non-profit organisation of soil science experts and others interested in this area.

Mission and aims

Founded in 1926 in Berlin as a section of the International Soil Science Society. After the Second World War the society was formed in Wiesbaden. Today there are around 2000 members, and its headquarters have been in Göttingen since 2012. The bi-annual meeting of the DBG is the most important platform of German-speaking areas for the exchange of new findings in soil science. The 2013 meeting was in Rostock, that of 2015 in Munich. In 2017 it will be held in Göttingen.
Board members are: Georg Guggenberger, Ute Wollschläger, Jens Utermann, Friederike Lang and GF Christian Ahl.
Honorary members are: Hans-Peter Blume, Hendrik de Bakker, Hans-Joachim Fiedler, Immo Lieberoth, Monika Frielinghaus, Dietrich Rau, Othmar Nestroy, Peter Hugenroth, Günter Roeschmann, Hans Sticher, Udo Schwertmann, Bernhard Ulrich, Botho Wohlrab, Wolfgang Zech.
The DBG includes the following disciplines whose chairmen are members of the extended executive board.
The society's journal is the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science which is published together with the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pflanzenernährung. In addition there is the Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft in which the Excursion Guide and annual meeting reports also appear. The Green Pages include last-minute communications about meetings and developments in soil science institutes. There is also an on-line publication, Berichte der DBG.
  • The society awards the Emil-Ramann-Medal,
  • Fritz-Scheffer-Prize and the
  • Ulrich-Babel-Prize.

    International network

  • Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz
  • International Union of Soil Science
  • Österreichische Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft
  • World Congress of Soil Science

    Literature

  • Hans-Peter Blume: 1926–2001. 75 Jahre Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft. in Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft Vol. 97, 2001.