August Christian Niemann

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Memorial stone in the forest tree nursery in Kiel

August Christian Heinrich Niemann (born January 30, 1761 in Altona ; † May 21, 1832 in Kiel ) was a German forest and camera scientist . As a university lecturer in Kiel, he became known for his collection and poetry of student songs.

Life

Niemann began studying law at the University of Jena in 1780 . After three semesters he moved to the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . He was the court master of a noble fellow student . With him he went to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 1782 to study camera science. In 1783 he returned to Kiel, where he became a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . He completed his habilitation in 1785 and initially taught statistics and police science .

Under the influence of the Jenenser and Göttingen student days, Niemann published his well-known Academic Songbook , in which he collected songs and presented his own poems, including Landesvater, Schutz and Rater . The homage and covenant song goes back to earlier versions from the 17th century and is still sung in Niemann's version (heavily abridged) on large commers of many student associations . It is followed in the Academic Songbook by the song Heil, Kaiser Joseph, Heil , which became the model for numerous German prince and state anthems based on the melody of the British royal anthem .

Niemann was appointed associate professor in Kiel in 1787 and took over the position of director of the newly opened forestry school in Kiel . From then on he devoted himself entirely to forest science and its importance in the state economy. In 1788 he set up the forest tree nursery in Kiel-Düsternbrook, which today still exists as a (popular) restaurant in a heavily modified form . In 1794 Niemann became full professor . In 1811/12 and 1829/30 he was rector of the CAU.

He dedicated himself in a special way to poor relief and social welfare and was a co-founder of the Kiel society of voluntary poor friends . The “fine” Niemannsweg in Düsternbrook , which is characterized by villas , was named after him by a resolution of the city of Kiel on June 4, 1869.

Works (selection)

The Niemannsweg in Kiel-Düsternbrook
  • Academic songbook , Dessau and Leipzig 1782 (2nd volume 1795)
  • Industry, its obstacles and means of transport , Altona 1784
  • Collections for Forest Geography , 1791
  • Outline of the so-called camera study and determination of its purpose for itself and in connection with legal scholarship, for his lectures , Kiel 1792
  • Principles of State Economy , Altona 1796
  • Overview of safety devices against fire hazards and conflagrations , Hamburg 1796
  • Overview of the new poor relief in the city of Kiel , Altona 1798
  • Handbook of Schleswig-Holstein regional studies , 1799
  • Schleswig-Holstein Patriotic Studies , Altona 1801
  • Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Reports, Altona 1787–1800 and 1811–1818
  • Topographic pocket sheets , Hamburg 1802
  • Abrises of statistics and statistics along with fragments of their history , Altona 1807
  • Forest statistics of the Danish states , Altona 1809
  • Epitome of Forest Science , 1814
  • Patriotic forest reports , Altona 1820–1822
  • The Holstein dairy industry , Altona 1823
  • Ancillary lessons for internal national studies , Altona 1823
  • The love of the fatherland being and working , Kiel 1828

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
  2. ↑ Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein: State capital Kiel , Wachholtz Verlag , Neumünster 1995, p. 304. - Sievers, Kai Detlev: The Niemannsweg. History of a street, its people and houses in Kiel-Düsternbrook (special edition by Ges. F. Kieler Stadtgesch., Ed. By Jürgen Jensen, vol. 79). Kiel, Hamburg 2016, p. 9.

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personal data
SURNAME Niemann, August Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niemann, August Christian Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forest and political scientist; Songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1832
Place of death Kiel