Hermann Duckek [SEP] date of death
Hermann Duckek
Hermann Duckek (* 9. September 1936, Ulm/Donau,Germany, † 3. March 2001, Hoersholm, Denmark) was a German farmer and riding-master who built equestrian arenas throughout the World.
Hermann Duckek’s attention to detail and performance excellence won him the title “Duke of Dirt” - in German, “Bodenpapst”. 
From the foundation of the “International Dressage Trainer Club” in 1986 until his death, he was the President of this elite Club.
Equestrian
Biography.
At the age of 26, Hermann Duckek decided to hand over the daily running of his Parent’s farms to another family member, and to turn his hobby, riding, into his "métier".
In 1966, at the age of 29, after an education in Flensburg, Germany with the famous old-master Karl Diel, Hermann Duckek achieved his Riding-Master title.
Hermann Duckek’s riding lessons brought him into contact with a group of Danes. The Danes asked Hermann Duckek to come