Post on 02-May-2018
Recent Challenges in Land Consolidation
in GermanyNicosia/ Cyprus, 13th of October 2010
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Thomas, Münster/ Germany
Congratulation !!!!!!!!
Re-arranging of rural land tenure
to improve the production and working conditions in
agriculture and forestry
to promoting the general use of agricultural land
to promoting land development
(land development = improving the living conditions
in rural areas)
(legal definition in the „German Land Consolidation Act“)
Projects, which pursue these goals =
„comprehensive or regular land consolidation“
„Land Consolidation“
in the „German sense and application“
Land Consolidation „Kreuzau-Nideggen“
Land Consolidation „Kreuzau-Nideggen“
The need for
land consolidation projects in Germany
Year Sum
number of projects area in hectares
1980 4.681 4.242.172
1990 4.015 3.412.724
German Re-unification !!!
1995 10.060 3.246.834
2001 7.031 3.100.415
2002 6.791 3.136.018
2007 7.461 2.985.198
2008 6.972 3.009.112
The current land consolidation projects amount to ca. 8,4% of the area of the FRG in total!
the essence of „land consolidation“
Special Planning
“Improvement
of Agricultural
Structures”
Land
Re-adjustmentand
the recent challenges in Germany
Efficient accompanying of big public infrastructure projects
Support of the implementation of the
EU-Water Frame Directive
Reducing the undamped consumption of agricultural land for
public purposes
Making wood availably as renewal energy (forest LC)
Resolving the socialistic legacy (in East Germany)
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany
Efficient accompanying of
public infrastructure projects
highways and other transport
constructions,
high speed rail ways,
dams for drinking water,
airport/ harbour enlargement,
flood prevention
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany
Support of the implementation of the
EU-Water Frame Directive
The challenge ( for example in the State NRW):
From 60.000 km water bodies
2.ooo km have to be changed by construction measures
ca. 2000 hectares of land along the waters have to be conveyed to the public
until 2020
and (as political proportion!)without any administrative compulsion or just expropriation
=>A squaring of the circle!!!!
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany Reduction of the
undamped rededication of agricultural land
Preference to inner/ interior development of rural settlements!
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany
Inner development of
rural settlements
Village development!
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany forest land consolidation
recent challenges of
land consolidation in Germany
In East Germany:
Continuing the determination,
restitution and re-arrangement
of private real property (in
consequence of the socialistic
legacy)
resumee
land consolidation was ever „means to an end“
land consolidation was ever established in order to realize socio-economic goals
Therefore, land consolidation is „the timely answer“ to guaranteeing of the constitutional rights for freedom and free availability of real property of human beings in a pluralistic society in a liberal democratic state!
resumee
land consolidation was ever „means to an end“
land consolidation was ever established in order to
realize socio-economic goals
Therefore, land consolidation is „the timely answer“
to safeguarding of the constitutional rights for
freedom and free availability of real property of
human beings in a democratic state!
former and new land tenure
structure
benefits for the privates
merging of parcels
better shaping of parcels
reducing of working ways and working time in general
construction of new rural roads and better access to the plots
enlargement of the plots nearby the farm holds
rearward access of the farm holds within the villages
measures against water and wind erosion
All that led to a distinct increasing of farming incomes
benefits for the public
village renewal measures
communal road bypasses
landscape development
nature protection measures
design and implementation of a walking paths network
establishing of playgrounds within and nearby the village
enlargement of the area for waste disposal
embellishment of the church surrounding and other
public places within the
village
etc.
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005
XX special importance
high importance
medium importance
low importance rural development
- allocation of areas for nature
- implementation of landscape planning
integrated
Source: Thomas, J. (2005): Zur Bedeutung und zum Bedeutungsw andel der Flurbereinigung in Deutschland. Flächenmanagement und
Bodenordnung, 4/2005
legend
land
consolidation integral land
consolidation
promoting the
general use
cultivating of fallow land / forest clearing
cultivating of moor
- measures of soil improvement
- measures of soil conversation
nature protection and landscape conservation
- landscape development
- allocation of riparian land
- renaturation of w aterbodies
soil conservation
goals measures
dehydration of w etlands
drainage
w ater bodies
- straighthening of w ater bodies
programmatic primary goals
increase of
production
increase of
productivity
development of
the rural areas
EG-VO 1257/1999
FlurbG 1953 FlurbG 1976 FlurbG 1994
2
historical retrospective
swamp
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005
XX special importance
high importance
medium importance
low importance rural development
rural tourism
integrated
diversif ication
legend
land
consolidation integral land
consolidation
developing of land
and rural areas by
re-arrangement of
agriculture land
rural settlements
- settlements for refugees
development of communal settlement
village renew al
village development
goals measures
- relocation
- settlements for farm w orkers
decongistion of villages
readjustment of villages parcels
programmatic primary goals
increase of
production
increase of
productivity
development of
the rural areas
EG-VO 1257/1999
FlurbG 1953 FlurbG 1976 FlurbG 1994
3
historical retrospective
Source: Thomas, J. (2005): Zur Bedeutung und zum Bedeutungswandel der Flurbereinigung in Deutschland. Flächenmanagement und
Bodenordnung, 4/2005.