Heinrich Bohnsack
Heinrich Bohnsack (full name August Heinrich Bohnsack ; born April 8, 1735 in Borckau in Mecklenburg , † April 13, 1815 in Hanover ) was a German officer and author of a diary for the years 1803 to 1814. His work is considered one of the most important eyewitnesses - Reports on the time under the occupation of Germany by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops .
Life
Heinrich Bohnsack, born in Mecklenburg in 1735, joined the Hanoverian army as an artilleryman in 1755 in the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . In 1789, when the French Revolution began , he was promoted to major . In 1794 he was retired.
In his retirement, Bohnsack lived in the Calenberger Neustadt near Hanover. During the so-called " French era " until the beginning of the Kingdom of Hanover , he wrote a diary for more than a decade about the events he experienced in the years 1803 to 1814. Title of the work: Diary of the one I saw in Hanover since 1803 . During this time he lived in the house at Calenberger Strasse 236, the owner and landlord of which was the baker and grain dealer Johann Gerhard Helmcke .
literature
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Herbert Mundhenke (arrangement): Hanover 1803–1814. A diary , 3 episodes in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter ,
- New Series Vol. 13 (1960), pp. 49-122
- Neue Episode Vol. 14 (1961), pp. 143-166
- New Series Vol. 15 (1962), pp. 117-160
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d o. V .: Bohnsack, Heinrich in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of April 17, 2015, last accessed on April 22, 2020
- ↑ a b Eckart Klessmann (Hrsg.): Germany under Napoleon in eye witness reports (= dtv 1131 ) (= dtv eye witness reports ), in the text unabridged edition of the first edition from 1965 under license from Rauch-Verlag (Düsseldorf), Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch- Verlag, 1976, ISBN 978-3-423-01131-0 and ISBN 3-423-01131-9 , p. 22; Preview over google books
- ↑ Information about the Jisc Library Hub Discover
- ↑ Herbert Mundhenke (arrangement): Hanover 1803 - 1814. A diary , in Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series, Vol. 13 (1960), pp. 49–122; here: p. 76; Preview over google books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohnsack, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bohnsack, August Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | artilleryman and officer from Hanover, author of a diary about the so-called French era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borckau , Mecklenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1815 |
| Place of death | Hanover |