Christian Ludwig Bosse

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Christian Ludwig Bosse (born February 11, 1771 in Wolfenbüttel , † August 10, 1831 in Neusüdende in Rastede ) was a German court gardener and garden planner in the service of the Duchy of Oldenburg .

biography

Bosse came from a family that had been gardening for several generations . He was the son of the Brunswick court gardener Ludwig Johann Bosse (1716–1775) in Wolfenbüttel, the later Oldenburg court gardener in the palace gardens of Rastede Carl Ferdinand Bosse (1755–1793) was his brother. Bosse attended grammar school in Braunschweig and completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in the court garden there after graduating from secondary school. He then worked for three years as a gardening assistant in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe and then in the Great Garden in Dresden. In 1791 he helped his sick brother Carl Ferdinand in Rastede with the management of the palace gardens and then took another job in Wilhelmshöhe. After Carl Ferdinand's death in 1793, he was appointed to his successor as court gardener in Rastede that same year.

From 1807 to 1811 he was also responsible for the palace gardens in Oldenburg , which he laid out for the first time before being destroyed during the French occupation from 1811 onwards.

In addition to his work for the Oldenburger Hof, Bosse worked for numerous clients, such as the city of Bremen . In the period from 1802 to 1804, the Bremen city fortifications were demolished and the Bremen ramparts were built. In 1802, the Bremen Senate commissioned this transformation into a landscape park, first Bosse and then from 1803 Isaak Altmann . The work on this was carried out from 1803 to 1811. The ramparts were flattened and an English park was created. Bosse was responsible for the section between Herdentor and Weser .

Last but not least, this order enabled Bosse to acquire a piece of land in Neusüdende near Rastede, where he built a farmhouse and set up a gardening business . During the time of the French occupation of Oldenburg (1811-1813) he devoted himself entirely to commercial gardening and the cultivation of his land. After the return of Oldenburg Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig from exile in Russia, Bosse was no longer willing to return to court service. The office was taken over by his nephew Julius Friedrich Wilhelm Bosse (1788–1864). However, he continued to guide the ducal garden administration, such as in terms of afforestation of sandy areas and the establishment of a nursery on cooperative base 1821 in Rastede, the economically weaker yards of the promote fruit tree culture small farmers and settlers should serve. Bosse is therefore considered to be the founder of the Ammerland tree nursery tradition. Together with Christoph Anton Burmester , Bosse was also one of the first members of the Oldenburg Agricultural Society , which was newly founded in 1818. Bosse died in 1832.

family

Bosse married on August 15, 1794 Johanne Christiane Friederice geb. Seuter (1759–1817), the widow of his brother Carl Ferdinand. As a result, he was also the stepfather of his nephew Julius Friedrich Wilhelm Bosse. The marriage came from Carl Gottlieb (1799-1885), who later also emerged as a gardener. In 1818 Bosse concluded a second marriage with Metta Sophie Carstens (1798–1868). The son Christian Ludwig, born in 1822, came from this marriage, who also learned the trade of gardener and emigrated to North America around 1855, where he successfully ran a commercial gardening business.

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personal data
SURNAME Bosse, Christian Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court gardener and garden architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1831
Place of death Rastede