Ferdinand Zenker
Ferdinand Zenker (born February 17, 1792 in Berlin , † March 1864 in Brunow ) was a German fighter in the Wars of Liberation, farmer and landowner.
Life
Ferdinand Zenker was a son of the professor of surgery in Berlin Johann Gottlieb Zenker (1759-1807). Ernst Ludwig Heim was often a guest in his parents' house. After lessons at home, he attended the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster until 1810.
He chose agriculture. He found his first job with the Amtsrat Cochius in Dreetz and as a second inspector on an estate in the Amt Lützow .
In early March 1813, he joined in Wroclaw the Lützow Free Corps and was it only Oberjäger ( Sergeant ) and then sergeant . On August 26, 1813, he witnessed Theodor Körner's fatal wound in the Rosenow Forest near Lützow . For his service in the Battle of the Göhrde on September 16, 1813, he received the Iron Cross 2nd class. After the Freikorps was transferred to the Prussian Army , he served in the 6th Uhlan Regiment , where he was promoted to lieutenant.
After the regiment returned from Belgium, he said goodbye and found a job with the Donner office in Berge as an estate inspector.
In 1823 he bought the Brunow manor. He expanded the estate into a model operation, set up test fields, experimented with various agricultural machines and built a distillery .
When the church burned down in 1839, he had it rebuilt in Wriezen as a church patron according to a plan by the land builder Neubarth.
In September 1839 he took part in the assembly of German farmers and foresters in Potsdam and presented a plow he had developed.
In his work, Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg recommended the natural sciences as the subject of instruction in 1849 Zenker's business as a destination for agricultural and forestry teaching excursions.
In December 1863, Zenker prepared a report for Friedrich Christoph Förster on the circumstances surrounding Theodor Körner's death. Along with those by Anton Probsthan and Fritz Helfritz, this is one of the three reports on Körner's death that Emil Peschel considers to be authentic.
tomb
Ferdinand Zenker was buried in a family grave built for him and his family in the Brunow churchyard. The grave is one of the most important examples of a late Classicist architectural grave complex in the countryside in East Brandenburg and is a registered monument of the State of Brandenburg.
Fonts
- To my children: memories from my life. Written down by Ferdinand Zenker in 1862 and 1863. Promoted to print as a manuscript by his children. Berlin: Joseph Royer 1864
literature
- Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg : Forest Science Writer's Lexicon. Berlin 1874, p. 515 f ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Bothe: History of the Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6. Berlin: Decker 1865, p. 66
- ↑ History of the Brunower village church ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Alexander von Lengerke (ed.): Official report on the assembly of German farmers and foresters in Potsdam in September 1839. Berlin: Hold 1840, p. 226 and so on.
- ^ Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg: The natural sciences as an object of instruction. , P. 410
- ^ Friedrich Christoph Förster: History of the Liberation Wars 1813, 1814, 1815. 7th edition, Volume 1, Berlin: Hempel 1864, p. 847
- ^ W. Emil Peschel, Eugen Wildenow: Theodor Körner and his own. Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1898, p. 112.
- ↑ Zenker grave packed for winter , report of the Märkische Oderzeitung from October 10, 2013, accessed on May 20, 2015
- ↑ List of architectural monuments in Heckelberg-Brunow
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zenker, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German fighter in the wars of liberation, farmer and landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1864 |
| Place of death | Brunow |