Hans Eidig

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Hans Eidig. Drawing by Otto Speckter 1835.

Hans Eidig (born January 29, 1804 in Klein-Klecken , † 1836 or 1837 in New York ) was a game shooter and folk hero in the Lüneburg Heath .

Live and act

Eidig was born the son of the forester Benedix Eidig and his wife Magdalena Margaretha (née Niemeyer) on January 29, 1804 in Klein-Klecken and baptized Johann Christoph on January 31, 1804 in the church in Hittfeld . Johann became the nickname Hans.

At the age of 16, Eidig trained with a forester in Stelle. After his apprenticeship, he started his job as a hunter with a forester at Gut Borstel near Winsen . During this time he also noticed that the feudal hunting industry is not interested in the keepers and certainly not in the game damage that farmers suffer every year. In this way, Eidig becomes a game shooter to help the rural population.

Soon Eidig was being hunted by foresters, gendarmes and soldiers. Under the increasing pressure of persecution, he moved his hunting area north of the Elbe, took up residence in Hamburg's Geesthacht and hunted in what was then the Danish Sachsenwald . Mostly he escaped with the help of peasants who hid him. But he didn't always succeed, so that he was arrested and had to be incarcerated more often. Somehow, however, he managed to escape again and again. Since 1834 Eidig was searched for and declared outlawed.

Finally, the Danish and Hanover governments offered him 100 thalers each if he would leave the country. Eidig accepted this offer and in 1835 he emigrated to New York via Hamburg . He died in New York in 1836 or 1837. His widow Katharina Margaretha (née Petersen) returned to Hamburg in April 1837 with their son Franz Werner (* 10.6.1836 in New York).

Honors

The Hans-Eidig-Straße in Rosengarten and Steinbeck (Luhe) , the Hans-Eidig-Weg in Bendestorf , Radbruch und Stelle , the Hans-Eidig-Platz in Klecken and the Eidigweg in Trittau and Holm-Seppensen . A memorial stone has been erected in Steinbeck (Luhe) , where Hans Eidig grew up.

Adaptations

In 1952 the NWDR Hamburg produced a radio play by Konrad Tegtmeier under the title: Eidig, who was a Wildschütz; A morality - life and deeds of the famous and notorious heather poacher Hans Eidig

Directed by Hans Freundt spoke:

The director Jürgen Schulz filmed the life of Eidig in the documentary film Hans Eidig - The Robin Hood of the Heath? for the film series People Who Made History . The basis for the film were recordings by August Freudenthal from 1892 and recordings of Eidig's descendants from the USA. The premiere will take place on October 12, 2015 in Winsen (Luhe) .

Web links

literature

  • William Bochart: Eidig, Hans. In: Schleswig-Holstein Lexicon. Edited by Klaus-Joachim Lorenzen-Schmidt and Ortwin Pelc . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2006, ISBN 3-529-02441-4 , p. 138
  • William Bochart: Eidig, Johann (Hans) Christopher . In: Hamburg biography . Volume 2. Christians, Hamburg 2003, p. 116 f.
  • JF Heinrich Müller: Hans Eidig. A biography of the most popular and well-known game shooter of the Lüneburg Heath and the Sachsenwald , compiled from the sources . Buchholz / Nordheide 2001 ISBN 3-9808139-0-8
  • Ernst Behrends: “ Hans Eidig. Heidewildschütz and folk hero. A cheerful novel. ", Hohenstaufen-Verlag, 1971, ISBN 3805622058
  • Siegfried Cohrs: 2nd Eidig Festival 1954 in Klecken, Harburg district - A local festival of the Lüneburg Heath on the occasion of the 150th birthday of Hans Eidig, Wildschütz and folk hero of the Lüneburg Heath . Peter, Jesteburg 1954
  • August Freundenthal: Eidig, the game shooter. A picture of life from d. Heide (1892) and some other memories of Hans Eidig. With the picture by Hans Eidig . Ravens, Winsen (Luhe) 1935
  • Claus-Peter Lieckfeld : The escape of the great hunter. Across the sea to another country . Novel. KJM Buchverlag 2018. ISBN 978-3-96194-053-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eidig: Charming Hallodri and feared poacher , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 21, 2015, page 1
  2. ↑ On illegal stalking for the poor , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 21, 2015, page 4
personal data
SURNAME Oath, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eidig, Johann Christoph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Poacher in the Lüneburg Heath
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Small blobs
DATE OF DEATH 1836 or 1837
Place of death New York City