Heinrich August Blochmann

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Heinrich August Blochmann (born February 12, 1787 in Reichstädt near Dippoldiswalde , † December 8, 1851 in Friedrichstal near Radeberg ) was a farmer, author of several specialist books and was involved as a commissioner in the royal Saxon agricultural reform in the first half of the 19th century.

family

Blochmann's parents were Gottlieb Sigismund Blochmann (* September 5, 1750, † August 12, 1798; pastor in Reichstädt) and Henriette Juliane Blochmann, née. Bucher († 1813). He had seven siblings (two sisters and five brothers), three of whom died early. Three of his brothers were also well-known personalities of their time: Rudolf Sigismund Blochmann (* 1784, † 1871; entrepreneur and engineer, pioneer of gas lighting in Germany), Karl Justus Blochmann (* 1786, † 1855; educator) and Ernst Ehrenfried Blochmann (* 1789 , † 1862; founder of Blochmannsche Druckerei in Dresden ). Heinrich August Blochmann had a son and four daughters.

Life

Grave of Heinrich August Blochmann (right) in the Trinitatisfriedhof

Blochmann first attended grammar school in Bautzen . Because of his strong interest in nature and agriculture, however, he dropped out of school prematurely and completed an agricultural training in Friedersdorf am Queis (today Biedrzychowice , part of Poland ).

In 1807 he became tenant of the Großseitschen manor . In 1815 he moved to Lauska ( Wendish Lusk ). For 10 years he took over the supervision of 23 counts' properties in Silesia and Lusatia. In 1825 the Zschocha manor came under his administration. His careful and successful work in the difficult time after the wars of liberation helped him to gain a great reputation among the population.

In 1829 he was appointed to a commission for the appraisal of real estate. In 1830 he received the status of the commission council. In 1832 Blochmann was appointed a real commissioner and played a decisive role in the agricultural reform of the Kingdom of Saxony . His sphere of activity during the reform was the redistribution of the municipal lands in Saxony. His work Business Instructions for the Trial Assessment of Land Property in the Kingdom of Saxony for the purpose of taxation was the basis of the work of the commission and is considered an important milestone for the modernization of Saxony in the 19th century.

In 1831 Blochmann became head of the royal soldiers ' boys ' institute Kleinstruppen and owner of the neighboring Neustruppen manor . In 1835 he moved to Dresden to devote himself entirely to his official activities. From 1836 to 1841 he took over the administration of the Potschappel manor near Dresden. In 1841 he bought the Wachau estate and founded an agricultural association and a school for farmhands there. In 1845 he acquired the Friedrichstal estate near Radeberg, where he finally settled from 1849.

For his biographer William Löbe, Blochmann was one of the most intelligent farmers of our time . He died in 1851 and was buried in the Trinity Cemetery in Dresden .

Works

  • Business instructions for a trial appraisal of real estate in the Kingdom of Saxony for the purpose of taxation (1829)
  • Comments on the appraisal of the land: For the purpose of restructuring the existing property tax system in Saxony (1833)
  • Practical instructions for economic bookkeeping according to a simple and clear plan (1836)
  • Communications from the field of agriculture for peasant landlords and budding economists (1840)
  • The manor and village of Wachau, historical, statistical and agricultural relationships (1845)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Fiedler: Blochmann, Heinrich August , in: Frank Fiedler, Uwe Fiedler: Lebensbilder aus der Oberlausitz . BoD, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8423-5177-6 , p. 31 ff. ( Preview on Google Books )
  2. ^ Yearbook of Agriculture and Agricultural Statistics, Volume 5. Accessed August 30, 2012 .
  3. ^ William Löbe:  Blochmann, Heinrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 708 f.
  4. ↑ Blochmann at Google Books. Retrieved August 30, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Blochmann in the literature database of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz. Retrieved August 30, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Blochmann, Heinrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farmer and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichstädt near Dippoldiswalde
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1851
Place of death Friedrichstal near Radeberg