Hans Erdmann Franz Stosch-Sarrasani

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Sarrasanihaus with a picture of Hans Stosch-Sarrasani senior, on the left in the background the former headquarters of Myraplast

Hans Stosch-Sarrasani senior Born as Hans Erdmann Franz Stosch (born April 2, 1873 in Lomnitz , Meseritz district , Posen province ; † September 21, 1934 in São Paulo ) was a German dressage clown, founder and owner of the Sarrasani Circus .

Live and act

Hans Stosch-Sarrasani senior was born in Lomnitz / Posen as the son of the chemist and glassworks owner Albert Friedrich Stosch. In 1888 he joined the Bavarian Wanderschauspieler Kolzer , where he is the groom to the famous dressage - Clown highly worked, as what he did in 1892 was the stage name "Giovanni Sarrasani".

On March 20, 1901, he rented an apartment in Radebeul , Saxony , at Gartenstrasse 30. In the same street at number 54, today called Sarrasanihaus , he set up his own circus company in the winter of 1902, which premiered on March 30, 1902 in Meißen as “ Circus Sarrasani ”.

Grave monument of the Stosch-Sarrasani family on the Tolkewitz urn grove

From 1904, Hans Stosch added the artist name to the previous family name and from then on called himself Hans Stosch-Sarrasani, with the addition sen. to distinguish it from his son Hans Stosch-Sarrasani, born in 1897 . Worldwide guest appearances followed. In 1912 Sarrasani built the first permanent circus building in Europe in Dresden. In 1926/27 there were two giant tents for 10,000 spectators each, 800 employees, 250 horses, 100 predators, 22 elephants and 175 vehicles. In 1934 Hans Stosch-Sarrasani senior died. in São Paulo . His urn was buried in the Tolkewitz urn grove .

His son Hans Stosch-Sarrasani continued the family tradition.

On the occasion of the 60th birthday of Hans Stosch-Sarrasani sen. In 1933, the Radebeul city council gave the garden street Sarrasanis its name; In 1945 the socialist city administration reversed this. A decision to make him an honorary citizen of the city could no longer be realized due to the unexpected death of Sarrasani in São Paulo. In 1999 Radebeul remembered the circus dynasty with a newly named Stosch-Sarrasani-Straße.

literature

  • Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Large district town of Radebeul (ed.): Stadtlexikon Radebeul. Historical manual for the Lößnitz , 2nd, slightly changed edition 2006.
  2. ^ Frank Andert (editor): Stadtlexikon Radebeul. Historical manual for the Loessnitz . 2nd, slightly changed edition. City administration, Radebeul 2006, p. 193
personal data
SURNAME Stosch-Sarrasani, Hans Erdmann Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stosch-Sarrasani senior, Hans; Stosch, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German circus director and dressage clown
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Lomnitz , Poznan Province
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1934
Place of death São Paulo