August Hach

Friedrich August Hach (born May 13, 1810 in Lübeck , † October 7, 1882 in Kiel ) was a German farmer and association official.

Training and working as a farmer

August Hach was a son of the diplomat Johann Friedrich Hach and his wife Justine Eleonora Rettich. Together with his brother Hermann Wilhelm Hach , he attended Johann Hinrich Borchers 'private boys' school in Lübeck from 1815. He then attended the Katharineum in Lübeck up to Prima , which he left at Easter 1825. Until 1829 he received an agricultural training from his uncle Meno Rettich, the father of Meno Rettich , who owned the Harkensee estate in Klützer Winkel (today a part of Dassow ). Until 1831 he worked as an administrator on Kühren near Preetz. Then he returned to Harkensee, where he was estate inspector until spring 1833.

On June 9, 1833, Hach married Wilhelmine ( Minna ) Dorothea Elisabeth Becker (born April 7, 1811 in Kiel; † February 4, 1888 there). Her father Ove (Uwe) Becker (1814–1889) owned an estate on Freudenholm near Preetz. In the same year he moved to Holstein and bought the Bredenmoor Meierhof in the parish of Bovenau . This had not belonged to the main Kronsburg estate since 1817, but was still under its jurisdiction.

During the next ten years, Hach was not very successful. He was unhappy, suffered multiple losses, and had multiple problems. His father wrote in 1839 about "the improved condition of Bredenmoor and the content life of my August and his Minna despite their childless marriage". The time on Bredenmoor was marked by grief over the childlessness and illnesses of the couple. They had to see doctors and traveled to health cures, for example to Bad Ems in 1843 .

In 1843 Hach sold his estate to the owner of Kronsburg for 30,000 thalers. He worked here as a tenant until 1859 and dealt with amelioration . He invested in the farm, especially after receiving money after his father's death in 1851. He was able to increase the income of the property. In 1855, 286 tax tonnes were set for the Bredenmoor. That was 38 tax tonnes more than in 1841. Nevertheless, he parted with the lease and relocated to Kiel.

Writing activities

During his time on Bredenmoor, Hach had already worked extensively as an agricultural writer and editor. His articles appeared between 1842 and 1847 in the "Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung for the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg", which was published by the "Schleswig-Holsteinische Landwirthschaftliche Generalverein". From 1867 until the end of his life, Hach took over the editing of the “Landwirthschaftlichen Wochenblatt für die Duchtenschaften”, which was published by the same association. In particular between 1851 and 1853 he wrote his own articles.

In 1861, Hach wrote "The Schleswig-Holstein Economic System" for the first time in more detail. In 1861 he dealt with the choice of suitable crop rotations, which were awarded by the "Wagrische Landwirthschaftliche Verein" from Lensahn . As a supplement to this, he wrote about land prices in 1863. In the last two decades of his life he also wrote articles for the agricultural notebooks of the Central Commission of the General Agricultural Association.

Hach did not design his work according to scientific standards. Instead, he wrote in a practical and modest way, with a committed and convinced mood. He worked in a moderately progressive way.

Act as a functionary

Since the beginning in Bredenmoor, Hach belonged to the "Landwirthschaftlichen Verein am Schleswig-Holsteinischen Canel" and worked for many years as its secretary. Together with Wilhelm Hirschfeld , he founded the “Schleswig-Holstein Agricultural General Association” and developed it significantly. While Hirschfeld took over the presidium, Hach was initially involved as secretary, from 1857 to 1865 as chairman director and from 1867 to the end of his life as full-time general secretary.

From 1848 Hach worked for many years as director of the "Schleswig-Holsteinische Hagelassekuranz-Gesellschaft", then for some time as accounting officer for the Bovenauer Sparkasse. In addition, he took over the chairmanship of the “Bordesholmer Agricultural Association” and the “Agricultural and Volkswirthschaftliche Verein” in Schönkirchen. In the last years of his life he was involved in the "Landes-Ökonomie-Collegium" and represented Schleswig-Holstein in 1868 at the Congress of North German Farmers in Berlin . He also attended the meeting of the "Commission for Animal Breeding" there in May 1875. At the end of 1876, the King of Prussia appointed him an economic councilor.

Working as a reviewer

As he was known nationwide, Hach received assignments as a valuer and appraiser, which brought him additional income. In the spring of 1864 he worked as a "march commissair" on the west coast. He was supposed to mediate between the troops of the federal government that marched through here and the population. The high court in Glückstadt commissioned him at the end of 1864 with estimates that became necessary in the context of fidaikommissarischer conflicts. Hach repeatedly worked as chairman in the context of appraisals and expropriations that arose in the areas in which new railway lines were being built. These included the Lübeck-Hamburg route and the Neumünster-Plön-Neustädter Bahn.

Political activity

From 1848 Hach also participated in state politics. In 1848 he received a seat in the Schleswig-Holstein constituent state assembly. This sent him to Lübeck, where he was supposed to find out how the Malmö armistice would be organized. In August 1849, Hach was a member of the state assembly in Schleswig. In February 1850 he traveled as a councilor to the area around Lübeck, where he helped to determine the income tax .

estate

The Hach couple stipulated in their will that a family foundation should be created from the assets they left behind. The purpose of the foundation was to help needy members of the family and to finance the education of offspring. Due to the First World War , the foundation became penniless. The descendants of Hach did not pay any new money. The foundation therefore existed formally until it was dissolved in 1958.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 145.
2. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, pp. 145-146.
3. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 146.
4. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 146.
5. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 146.
6. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 147.
7. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 148.
8. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 146.
9. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 147.
10. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 147.
11. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 147.
12. ^ Therese Frentz: Hach, August . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 148.