Georg Henning Behrens

Georg Henning Behrens (born June 5, 1662 in Goslar , † January 11, 1712 in Nordhausen ) was a German author and doctor.

Life

Behrens studied from 1680 at the universities of Erfurt and Jena. After receiving his doctorate in Erfurt in 1688, he settled as a doctor in Nordhausen . He was there initially deputy and from 1706 acting city physician .

He is still known today through his travel description Hercynia Curiosa or Curiöser Hartz-Wald […] from 1703. The successful work was reprinted in 1712, 1720 and 1899 and translated into English in 1730. Written in the typical Baroque style, the book is the first attempt at a detailed literary study of the Harz Mountains , whereby Behrens relies above all on legendary, sometimes superstitious traditions. He deals in detail, for example, with the Rammelsberg , Gröningen Castle (where he drinks from Duke Heinrich Julius' giant wine barrel ) and the Rübeland Baumannshöhle .

Works (selection)

Hercynia Curiosa or Curiöser Harz Forest. This is a special stretcher description and index of those curious caves, lakes, wells, mountains and many other things worth thinking about in and on the Harz, with various useful and enjoyable medical, physical and historical notes published for lovers of such curiosities . Nordhausen 1703 ( digitized and full text in the German text archive )

literature

Article Behrens, Georg Henning. In: August Hirsch (ed.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of all times and peoples before 1880. 3rd edition, volume 1. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1962, OCLC 730105450 .
Uwe Lagatz: Hercynia Curiosa or Curiöser Hartz-Wald. In the footsteps of early Harz travelers. Jüttner, Wernigerode 2011, ISBN 978-3-910-15715-6 .
Dieter Lent: Behrens, Georg Henning. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 76-77 .

Web links

Literature by and about Georg Henning Behrens in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by and about Georg Henning Behrens in VD 17 .
Works by Georg Henning Behrens at Zeno.org .

Individual evidence

↑ Article Behrens, Georg Henning. In: August Hirsch (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples before 1880. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 3rd edition Munich 1962, Volume 1, p. 433.
^ Dieter Lent: Behrens, Georg Henning. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 77 .

personal data
SURNAME	Behrens, Georg Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1662
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goslar
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1712
Place of death	Nordhausen

[1] Article Behrens, Georg Henning. In: August Hirsch (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples before 1880. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 3rd edition Munich 1962, Volume 1, p. 433.

[2] Dieter Lent: Behrens, Georg Henning. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 77 .