Andreas Busch (historian)

Andreas August Busch (born June 16, 1883 in Nordstrand ; † July 7, 1972 there ) was a German farmer and local researcher.

Live and act

Andreas Busch was a son of the farmer, miller and baker Friedrich Andreas Busch (born June 30, 1850 in Epenwöhrden ; † November 10, 1932). The ancestors on the father's side were a long -established family of farmers and millers in Dithmarschen . His mother Anna Catharina, née Michelsen (born December 6, 1858 in Nordstrand; † February 24, 1944 there) was a daughter of the Nordstrander farm owner Bahne Thomas Michelsen and Sophie Dorothea, née Erichsen. It was a long-established family of farmers.

Busch attended the Nordstrander elementary school from 1890 to 1899, which was initially a single class, then a two-class. Already during this time he liked to create maps. However, his lack of schooling prevented him from pursuing the career aspiration of surveyor. Instead, he worked as a farmer.

In 1921 the Lithschleuse was built near Busch's Hof. Surprisingly, the remains of a church in the former village of Lith came to light, which was lost during the Burchardi flood in 1634. Busch helped to analyze these traces. In the same year he started research on the region around Rungholt . The area had been covered with silt since the Second Marcellus Flood in 1362. Busch now systematically examined the traces of culture that became increasingly visible through the tides . This enabled him to prove that Rungholt had existed as a trading place and port. In order to be able to correctly document his findings, he also dealt with geological, meteorological and hydrographic issues. In addition, he dealt with statistics on storm surges, historical cartography and planning and execution of dikes and sluices .

Busch had the problem that the traces of culture he discovered on the Hallig Südfall , inhabited by Countess Diana von Reventlow-Criminil, were significantly deeper than modern systems. Therefore he tried at first to work out the influences and connections between natural and civilizing processes from literature on the theory of the so-called coastal subsidence. Friedrich Müller had recognized that this theory could not be scientifically maintained and that other reasons must be present instead, e.g. that the sea ​​level was fundamentally rising.

Busch took up Müller's suggestions regarding rising sea levels and studied more recent literature. He expanded his own measurements and spoke to experts about his considerations. These were fundamental approaches with far-reaching consequences for the applied water system in the coastal landscape. Busch recorded his findings in writing, but did not publish them during his lifetime. This article was taken from the estate and published in 1977 under the title On Criticism in the Level Shift Question .

Busch also dealt with land and water management, local history and genealogical topics. He reported on this in many smaller articles, which were often fundamental or encouraged other scientists to deal further with the topics. When appraising his work, it should be taken into account that his schooling was poor. In 1963 he received the University Medal from the University of Kiel .

Busch was married to Anna Süsseline Erichsen (born June 16, 1886 in Nordstrand; March 4, 1956 there). Her father Boy Friedrich Heinrich Erichsen (1853-1940) owned a farm and was married to Engel Hedwig, née Jacobsen (1864-1923). The Busch couple had five daughters and two sons.

Fonts

• New observations in the Rungholt-Watt in 1935. Reprint from Die Heimat , No. 3, March 1936, Wachholtz, Neumünster.
• Today's Hallig Südfall and the last traces of Rungholt and Über Clades Rungholtina . Reprints from Die Heimat , Husum-Heft, July 1957, and Heft 9, 1952, u. a., Wachholtz, Neumünster.
• Dyke heightening through six centuries, Rungholt research and sea level rise . Reprint from Die Heimat , 70th year, issue 6, June 1963, Wachholtz, Neumünster.
• From the estate of Andreas Busch - On the criticism in the level shift question , 1977

literature

• Marcus Petersen: Busch, Andreas . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 8. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1987, pp. 50-51.