August Karl Holsche

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August Karl Holsche (also August Carl , von Holsche since July 6, 1798 ) (* 1749 in Hanover ; † January 21, 1830 in Memel , Prussian Lithuania ) was a Prussian administrative officer and topographical writer.

Life

Holsche enrolled on March 24, 1766 to study law at the University of Göttingen and then completed a two-year traineeship in Minden . He then worked for 15 years, over the period 1772–1787, as Hof-Fiskat (tax officer) in Tecklenburg . During this time he collected documents and historical information, which he processed into a book about the county of Tecklenburg and the state of the same in the 18th century, which was published in 1788. In 1787 Holsche was assistant councilor in Bromberg in West Prussia and in 1793 government councilor in Petrikau in South Prussia . In 1796 he was appointed government director and the secret judicial council in Białystok , about 180 kilometers northeast of Warsaw . At his request, in 1798 he was raised to the nobility. In 1811 he became director of the city and regional court in Memel, where he died in 1830 at the age of 81.

On October 19, 1795 in Breslau, Holsche married Eva Sophia, born v. Wlömer, who had previously been married to a Mr. Hanebek. Holsche was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle .

Works

  • Historical-topographical-statistical description of the county of Tecklenburg together with some special state regulations with annotations, as an addition to the complete description of Westphalia . Berlin and Frankfurt 1788 ( Online, Google )
  • The network district, a contribution to country and ethnology with statistical news . Königsberg 1793 ( Online, Google )
  • About the monarchical form of government . Nicolavius, Koenigsberg 1794.
  • Geography and statistics of West, South and New East Prussia. In addition to a short history of the Kingdom of Poland up to its division .

literature

  • Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 435–436 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Friedrich Große-Dresselhaus: August Karl Holsche and his description of the county of Tecklenburg . In: Heimatjahrbuch des Kreis Tecklenburg 1924, pp. 5–21.
  • Friedrich Große-Dresselhaus: August Karl Holsche's origin . In: Heimatjahrbuch des Kreis Tecklenburg 1925. pp. 77–81.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels Lexicon . Volume 4, Leipzig 1863, p. 452.
  2. ↑ Silesian Provincial Papers . Volume 23, Breslau 1796, p. 81.
personal data
SURNAME Holsche, August Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holsche, August Carl; Holsche, August Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian administrative officer and topographical writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1830
Place of death Memel , East Prussia