Courses at the Hessian State Domain Frankenhausen

In the summer semester, full-day practical courses in plant cultivation for the three first years of study take place on the domain, which complement and accompany ongoing lectures. Further exercises such as soil mapping practicals are offered by the Department of Soil Science.

For project, bachelor and master theses, the experimental farm offers ideal opportunities for research-based learning. Whether in soil science, plant cultivation, animal husbandry, further processing or in the socio-economic field, topics can be tackled here that are more difficult to address on practical farms and can be supported and supplemented by the management of the experimental farm. In projects of the study the farm is analyzed regularly with students under most different points of view and suggestions for the advancement are given. The abundance of completed work shows that there is great interest on the part of students and teachers in the domain (see publications).

A colloquium on current projects and results from the domain is held regularly each winter semester in Witzenhausen.

Cereal and root crop days are held in early summer for practitioners and advisors to present the respective trials.

For schools, farmers, associations and research institutions, the domain offers targeted tours of the farm and trial fields upon request.