Heini Holtenbeen

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Heini Holtenbeen, around 1905
Heini Holtenbeen monument in Schnoor

Heini Holtenbeen , actually Jürgen Heinrich Keberle (born April 18, 1835 in Bremen ; † September 13, 1909 in Bremen- Osterholz ), was a well-known Bremen city ​​original .

biography

Jürgen Heinrich Keberle - spelling also Käberlé - was the son of a shoemaker from Bohemia . The family lived in Bremen, Auf der Tiefer 20 and from 1864 on Klosterstrasse 13. The father died in the same year. The mother bought into the Ilsabeenstift ; she died in 1877. Keberle completed an apprenticeship with a tobacco master . From a fall through a skylight during his apprenticeship, he retained permanent brain damage and a lame leg, which is why he later became known as Heini Holtenbeen  - Low German for "Heini wooden leg" (although he had no wooden leg).

As a result, he initially hired himself as a servant , traveled through Bremen with a handcart and took on odd jobs. He lived very modestly, for a few years in various houses in the Schnoor , and walked around the old town with a worn coat, battered bowler hat and stick. He regularly got food in the kitchen of the artists' association in Bremen . He later became known for politely greeting the merchants in front of the stock exchange on the market square and taking their smoked cigars from them at lunchtime, as smoking was prohibited there. Whenever he asked for money, he only accepted it as a loan that he wanted to repay one day. Over time, his whimsical and bizarre behavior and his quick-witted, Low German sayings made him a well-known original in the city. In 1899 he was sent to a poor house . From 1900 he lived in the Stephaniquartier , in front of the Stephanitor 11 in an attic.

Holtenbeen died on September 13, 1909 in the St. Jürgen Asylum in Osterholz-Ellen. He was buried in the cemetery in Bremen- Oberneuland .

Well-known sayings

  • "Schanne worth, Schanne worth!"
  • "Segg mal, I can't learn half a penny, I wrote it in the main book."
  • However, Heini Holtenbeen's saying: “Teindusend coffins! Teindusend coffins swam along the Weser un keen Minsch wants to starve. ” Also handed down in the variant: “ Teindusend coffins! Thousands of coffins swam along the Weser un keenen for mi. "
  • "And when the world ends, I'll go to Hanover, I have relatives there."

monument

In Bremen- Mitte , in Schnoor near the Concord House, behind the wooden door ( position ) that the sculptor is since 1990 Claus Homfeld created monument Heini Holtenbeen from bronze .

Honors and memories

  • There is the Schnoor Association named after him, Heini Holtenbeen , whose founding chairman was Senator Rolf Speckmann .
  • A character named after Heini Holtenbeen plays the main role in a play by Gottlob Bünte - Keberle himself was present in the theater at the premiere of the play.
  • In his honor, a herbal liqueur and bitters Heini Holtenbeen was dedicated in the 1930s , made by another Bremen original, the acoustician Heinrich W. Lüdeke .
  • In the Bremer story house in Schnoor Heini Holtenbeen is represented by changing actors, part of the museum tour.
  • The Bremen originals Heini Holtenbeen and Fisch-Luzie meet in the musical Nachts in Bremen .
  • In Bremen-Walle , the Heini-Holtenbeen-Weg was named after him.
  • The Bremer Straßenbahn has appointed a tramcar after him.

literature

Web links

Commons : Heini Holtenbeen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files


Individual evidence

Links point to locations in the Bremen address book, digitized online at the State and University Library Bremen. The year of issue of the address book is in the link text.

  1. ↑ The parents were written to Käberlé : father in 1864 , mother (as a widow) in 1865 .
    Heini Holtenbeen is also named Käberlé or Käberle in the address book from 1867 to 1873 . The only deviation from Keberle : 1866
  2. ↑ Residential addresses according to the address book: Schnoor 8, 1866 ; Schnoor 6, 1867 , 1868 , 1869 ; Schnoor 5 1870 , 1871 , 1872 , 1873 .
personal data
SURNAME Holtenbeen, Heini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keberle, Jürgen Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bremen original
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1909
Place of death Bremen