page_title: Institutes of Agriculture of Bydgoszcz
section_title: Prussian period
hierarchical_section_title: Institutes of Agriculture of Bydgoszcz / History / Prussian period
caption_attribution_description: English: Agriculture institutes ca 1914
context_page_description: The Institutes of Agriculture of Bydgoszcz are a complex of historic buildings belonging today to city public administration, focused since their erection to teaching and research. They are located in the area delineated by Ossoliński Alley, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Alley, and Karol Szymanowski Street. The ensemble dates back from the early 20th century and is registered since 1992 on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.
context_section_description: The establishment of agricultural institutes in Bydgoszcz stems from long-lasting efforts to create a university in the city. First steps were taken in 1873 while celebrating the 100th anniversary of Netze District joining Kingdom of Prussia: a municipal petition was then sent to the government in Berlin supporting the creation of a higher education facility, but the idea did not prevail, mainly because of the low number of high school graduates in Bromberg. Another request was proffered in 1886, still with no avail.
  Appeals to the Prussian government succeeded on August 26, 1902, as this time the petition was supported by the governmental program aiming at bolstering the economy of the eastern lands of German Empire. As consequences of this policy, Prussian authorities decided to create universities in Gdańsk and Poznan, while Bromberg was targeted for hosting a research centre in agricultural production, since the city was located in a highly agriculturally developed area (Kujawy, Krajna, Pałuki, Chełmno Land). Such institutes already existed in other higher faculties, such as in Königsberg, Wrocław and Berlin, but they were too far away to carry out proper research in relationship with the agriculture in the area of Poznan and Pomerania. The scientific program of the institution was inspired from the one operating in the Institute of Berlin. The official approval from the government of Prussia to establish an Agricultural Institute in Bromberg was made in October 1902. The same year was decided to build a complex of edifices, in the one hand to promote research works, in the other hand to carry out professional training of farmers practitioners, teachers and to host administrative staff.
  In the same year they are taken to the decision to build a complex of buildings for institutes and imposed their task research of practical. November 15, 1902 conference was held with the participation of Commissioners of Public Works and the Ministry of Finance and Agriculture, on the organizational matters related to the establishment of the Institute. The city authorities Bydgoszcz pledged to give up the construction of the facility area at the contemporary north-eastern edge of the town and there pave new streets –  Hohenzollernstrasse  and  Bülow Platz  (today al. Ossolińskich and square Weyssenhoff). The city has also bringing water and gas and, in the near future, the transfer of assets for experimental purposes.
  The initial blueprint was designed in 1903 by construction engineer Herman Delius. He designed three buildings, serving as scientific institutes:
  The main building for the Institute of Plant Pathology and Technical Melioration (German: Pflanzenpatchologische und Meliorationenstechnische Institut);
  The building of the Institute of Animal Hygiene (German: Tierhygienisches Institut);
  The building of the Institute of Chemical and Bacteriological Agriculture (German: Agrikultur – Chemisches und Bakteriologisches Institut).
  In the vicinity of these institutes were auxiliary buildings: two stables, two greenhouses, a barn and three habitation houses.
  Construction started in April 1903, and was completed by spring of 1906. Institutes official opening took place on June 11, 1906, but its activity kicked off as early as July 1, 1904, when dr. Gerlachowi, from the Agricultural Experimental Station in Poznan took charge of the institution. The original name of the Institute, Landwirtschaftliche Versuchs und Forschunganstallten (Agricultural testing and research facilities), was changed in September 1906 to Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Landwirtschaft zu Bromberg: it kept this naming till the end of World War I.
  The facility was associated with the scientific society Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften (Kaiser-Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science). A board of trustees comprising farmers, representatives of the region of Poznan and Bromberg, and the director of the institute, had direct control on the institution and linked with the provincial authorities and with other agricultural bodies. This boar
caption: Agriculture institutes ca 1914
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