Wilmersdorf Teaching and Research Station
The Gut Wilmersdorf teaching and research station offers a unique opportunity for students, researchers, farmers and external experimenters to conduct practice-oriented research in the fields of organic arable farming and crop growing, agroecology, grassland ecology, agricultural engineering and soil and landscape science. Since 2005, innovative research projects and applied teaching have been carried out here on around 4 hectares of arable land in order to promote the transfer of knowledge between science and practice.
The LFS Wilmersdorf in the "Future vision for agricultural and horticultural field trials in Brandenburg
Highlights and Impressions from the Field Day 2024
Highlights and Impressions from the Field Day 2024
Highlights and Impressions from the Field Day 2024
Highlights and Impressions from the Field Day 2024
Highlights and Impressions from the Field Day 2024
Practice-oriented research and teaching for students, researchers and farmers
In contrast to traditional experimental or research stations, where research takes centre stage, the Wilmersdorf teaching and research station combines both scientific research and practice-oriented teaching. The station is linked to the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and acts as an interface between academic education and agricultural practice. Students and researchers can not only deepen theoretical concepts here, but also carry out practical experiments and field research.
In addition, the Wilmersdorf teaching and research station is a central meeting point for specialist events and network meetings. In cooperation with the → Innovation Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, it is part of a regional network of farmers that promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience. In addition to stationary trials, practice-orientated "on-farm" trials are also carried out, enabling innovative approaches to be implemented directly in agriculture.
The Wilmersdorf teaching and research station is the only organic-certified research station in Brandenburg and offers a valuable platform for anyone interested in sustainable agriculture and organic farming methods. Work here is carried out in accordance with the highest organic standards and experiments are conducted exclusively in the field of organic arable and crop farming.
Our research focuses on the following areas: Agrobiodiversity, legume cultivation, climate adaptation strategies, biostimulants to strengthen plant resilience, biodiversity and integration of nature conservation services in arable and crop growing.
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The team at the Wilmersdorf Teaching and Research Station offers a wide range of services on the premises - for HNEE students and researchers, for farmers, for external experimenters and for interested members of the public such as school classes. There is also extensive technical equipment and a seminar room with an office and kitchen.
Offers for students
- Basis for research as part of scientific theses, opportunities for Bachelor's and Master's theses can be requested from the team
- Excursion location
Offers for teachers
- Jobs for student and research assistants
- Field internships for students
- Show and demonstration facility for field trips and seminars
Offers for researchers
- Safeguarding experiments as part of current research projects
- Basis for research as part of scientific theses, opportunities for Bachelor's and Master's theses
- Carrying out ecological experiments for external experimenters
Offers for farmers
We will be happy to advise you:
- as part of the field day
- as part of the dialogue on the future of organic farming
Offers for external trial participants
We are happy to make external trial organisers an offer to carry out their field trials at the LFS, e.g:
- Investigation of plant strengthening agents for organic farming
- Variety trials
- Growth processes
If you are interested in using the LFS, please contact Prof Dr Ralf Bloch.
Propagation for the conservation of plant genetic resources
HNEE's partner for seed propagation and conservation cultivation is VERN e.V., which annually establishes plots for the conservation of plant genetic resources on the LFS areas.
Knowledge transfer activities
- Annual field day
- Future dialogue in cooperation with the Julius Kühn Institute
- Annual meeting of partner farms
- Transfer events on partner farms
- Thematic field trips
- Specialist events
Test technology & equipment
In addition to a seminar room for around 20 people, the technical equipment at LFS Wilmersdorf also includes all the important equipment for soil cultivation, sowing and harvesting.
- Without cabin
- Engine power 43 hp
- Displacement 1,826 cm³
- Lifting force at coupling point 1,750 kg
- Three-point linkage with front-mounted power lift
- PTO front and rear
- Standard tyres or maintenance tyres (as required)
- Without cab
- Engine power 52 hp (water-cooled)
- Mixing-free harvesting thanks to conveyor belt intake with 2 intake rollers
- Threshing box conveyor belt and pneumatic grain conveyor
- Simple operation thanks to multifunction lever for controlling all driving and harvesting functions
- Hydraulic steering like hydrostatic drive
- Easy transport and high manoeuvrability thanks to compact design
Wintersteiger plot seed drill "Plotseed S"
- Accord CX disc coulter with or without pressure roller
- Specially developed for the precise sowing of trial plots
- Different distribution systems allow the seed to be divided into several rows within a plot
- Sowing is carried out completely and without mixing in a non-stop process
- Number of coulters can be used from 2 to 12 rows
- Seed coulters are adjusted via seed gears and countershaft
- Working width 1.3 m
- Exact harrow
- Adjustable row spacing and sowing depth: 12.5 cm; 25.0 cm; 37.5 cm; 50.0 cm
- Plot length adjustable from: 2.0 m - 40.0 m
Nordsten seed drill + fine seed box " Kongsklide Ecoline FS 1125"
- Working width 2.5 m
- Loading height 1.2 m
- Hopper capacity 68 litres
- 23 seed coulters
- Row spacing min. 12.5 cm
- Seeding system steering wheel
- Working width 1.7 m
- 3-row
- 18 tines
- Grid roller pressure adjustable via additional top link
- Working width 1.3 m
- Tine aggressiveness Hole adjustment
- Fine adjustment of the tines manually adjustable in steps
- Harrow sections individually suspended on chains
- Height-adjustable support wheel with screwed-in wheel hubs and angular roller bearings
Vogel & Noot 850 plough
- 2 coulter full reversible plough
- 2x disc coulters
- 2x fertiliser inserter
- Cutting width 28 - 40 cm
- Depth adjustment via control hydraulics and support wheel
ARGUS cultivator/Kress agricultural engineering
- Working width 1 - 1.6 m
- Rear attachment
- Fine control
- Parallelogram-guided working tools between the rows
- All tools spring-mounted
- Hoeing coulters and disc coulters
Agria 3400 single-axle tractor
- Engine power 10.2 hp
- 1-stroke 4-cylinder petrol engine (fan air-cooled)
- PTO drive
- Suitable for slopes
- Clutch with brake
- 4-speed transmission, forward and reverse
- Differential lock can be engaged
- Single wheel steering and brake clutch
- Steering bar height and sideways adjustable
- Drive wheel sizes: 4-8 and 5-10 incl. wheel weights
- Attachments: single-share plough, 50 cm milling machine, 2 m bar mower, 80 cm mulcher
KERN scales / compact scales
Compact scale
- Up to 1.2 kg
- Readability from 0.01 g
Scale
- Up to 100 kg
- Readability from 10 g
Small thresher
- For sampling
- Battery-powered hand thresher
- Also suitable for flavoured and aromatic herbs
Sample cleaner type MLN PFEUFFER
- Shaker screen cleaning with blower and end burner
Binder "ED Classic Line" series drying and heating ovens
- With natural convection
- Drying and sterilisation work up to +300 °C
- Temperature range from +5 °C to +300 °C
- ATP.line ™ preheating chamber technology
- Adjustable exhaust air flap
- Controller with time functions
- 2 chrome-plated slide-in grilles
- Temperature selection limiter class 2 (DIN 12880) with visual alarm