Heinrich Herzog (circus director)

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Heinrich Herzog (* 1827 ; † 1893 in Riesbach ) was a German circus director .

Life

Herzog trained as a circus director at Circus Wollschläger , was then employed by Ernst Renz in the circus and married Ernestine Johanne Renz (born September 10, 1830). In 1871, when the German Empire was founded, he founded a circus with Max Schumann (1853–1933). In 1879 the Herzog circus was looking for the strongest Bavarian and poster this campaign across Bavaria. Hans Steyrer was hired and performed alongside a tightrope dancer and Louise Renz with a horse act. From 1888 to 1893 there was a stand of the Circus Herzog in Riesbach according to plans by Conradin Zschokke and Cie, a light wooden construction with a main building for the circus arena and ancillary buildings with stables. In 1888 Frank Wedekind traveled for six months as a secretary with the Herzog circus and, after its dissolution, went on tour with fire painter Rudinoff through England and southern France. In 1890 he returned to Munich with Rudinoff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Art Collections Dresden , Big Presentation. Herzog, Heinrich (1827-1893) | Circus director Schumann, Max (1853-1933) | ArtistSchumann, Martha (active around 1875) | ArtistSchumann, Gotthold, http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/ artists? id = 12813261 & filter  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / skd-online-collection.skd.museum  
  2. ↑ Cornelia Bauer, Thomas Bolt, Hanspeter Rebsamen, Inventaire suisse d'architecture: 1850-1920 1992 p. 425
  3. ↑ Circus Thoughts . Three articles in the features section of the “Neue Zürcher-Zeitung” on the occasion of the performances of the “Circus Herzog” in Zurich-Riesbach. s. Frank Wedekind, Works: Poems and Unfortunately. Prose. "Frülings Erwachen" and the Lulu-Dramen, Winkler, 1990, 1661 p . 792
personal data
SURNAME Duke, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German circus director
DATE OF BIRTH 1827
DATE OF DEATH 1893
Place of death Riesbach