Heinrich Essig

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Heinrich Essig (born January 9, 1808 in Leonberg ; † October 11, 1887 there ) was a German dog breeder who bred the Leonberger breed in the mid-19th century .

Life

The landlord's son Essig learned the dye trade during his traveling years . In 1829, at the age of 21, he married the widowed Kronenwirtin Maria Benzinger; the daughter Mathilde emerged from this marriage. In 1834 he bought a sawmill, but he found his true calling in agriculture. His activities as a rancher and dog dealer received local attention. He was very active in the urban community at the time. Between 1837 and 1855 he was a member of the municipal council for a total of 14 years . He re-founded the children's festival on Engelberg. Initiatives in favor of various insurance companies also took up substantial space.

Essig built a total of five houses in Leonberg. In the last house he lived in, Heinrich-Längerer-Str. 5 a relief bust and an inscription with his name were attached. The building was demolished in April 2017. Relief and inscription were recovered and are to be attached to the clubhouse of the German Club for Leonberger Dogs.

Heinrich Essig died at the age of 79. In his will, he confessed to a daughter born out of wedlock in 1881. He found his final resting place in today's Old Cemetery on Seestrasse in his hometown in the district of Böblingen .

Dog breeding

Essig began breeding dogs in 1835. Probably in 1846 he succeeded in crossing a St. Bernard with the black and white type of the Newfoundland (later called Landseer ) and the Great Pyrenees , which he called Leonberger . According to legend, he wanted to breed a dog that would resemble the heraldic animal of the city of Leonberg, a lion. Numerous celebrities of the time bought a Leonberger, including Napoleon III. , Giuseppe Garibaldi , Richard Wagner , Otto von Bismarck and Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary ("Sissi").

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Fischötter: The Leonberg citizen Heinrich Essig (1808-1889). In: Stadt Leonberg, Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Forays through 750 years of Leonberg city history (Contributions to city history, No. 7), 2000. pp. 155–165. ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A cosmopolitan Leonberger Schaffer. Leonberger Kreiszeitung, No. 236, October 11, 2012, page II.
  2. ↑ A part of the city's history is flattened. Leonberger Kreiszeitung, May 3, 2017.
  3. ^ The grave of Heinrich Essig. In: knerger.de. Klaus Nerger, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ A visionary's proud animal. Leonberger Kreiszeitung, September 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ Celebrity Dog . Focus online, November 5, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Vinegar, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dog breeder
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Leonberg
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1887
Place of death Leonberg