📋 Tender Overview
October 27, 2025
(October 27, 2025) Munich - Forestry Minister Michaela Kaniber announced two key personnel decisions in the forestry department of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism in Munich today. From November 1st, Dr. Karin Hoglmeier heads the Forestry Support and Advice department. She succeeds Urban Treutlein, who moved to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Community as head of department. Dr. will follow on January 1, 2026. Klaas Wellhausen as the new head of the Corporate Forest, Controlling department.
Dr. After studying forestry in Munich and completing her state examination in Bavaria, Karin Hoglmeier gained her first professional experience at the Ministry of Forestry. In 2012, the native of Lower Bavaria completed her doctorate at the TU Munich in the Chair of Wood Science. This was followed by a multi-year assignment at the ministry in the Forest Information team, which she headed from 2017. In September 2019, Dr. Hoglmeier is the head of the forestry department and the deputy head of the authority at the Passau Office for Food, Agriculture and Forestry. In August 2021, she returned to the State Ministry as deputy head of the Forestry Policy and Environment department and took over the management of the Corporate Forests, Controlling department on June 1, 2023.
Dr. Klaas Wellhausen studied forestry at the Georg-August University of Gottingen. After the state examination in Bavaria and initial positions at the State Institute for Forestry and Forestry (LWF) and the Ministry of Forestry, he worked at the Chair of Forest Growth Science at the Technical University of Munich from 2013 to 2016 as part of his doctorate. After taking part in the State Chancellerys administrative management course, Wellhausen took over as deputy head of the Forestry Policy and Environment department in October 2017. In July 2021, he became head of the forestry department at the Ebersberg-Erding Office for Food, Agriculture and Forestry. Since July 2022, he has headed the Soil and Climate department at the LWF.
