Heinrich Wilhelm Bensen

Heinrich Wilhelm Bensen (born September 12, 1798 in Erlangen , † January 10, 1863 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) was a German teacher and historian .

Life

Born as the son of a university professor, Bensen studied Protestant theology in Erlangen, Halle and Berlin after attending the Erlangen grammar school . In 1816 he was one of the founders of the Teutonia Erlangen fraternity and in 1819 he became a member of the Old Halle fraternity Germania . In addition to his studies in Halle, he worked as a teacher at the Franckeschen Foundation . In 1820 he became a high school teacher in Erlangen. He was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . Bensen belonged to the youth union . In 1822 he became sub-principal and high school teacher in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. In 1832 he took part in the Hambach Festival . In 1848 he became a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Munich . He was also a member of a Masonic Lodge .

Publications (selection)

• History of the Peasants' War in Eastern Franconia ... Erlangen 1840.
• The proletarians, a historical memorandum. Stuttgart 1847.
• A hospital in the Middle Ages. Regensburg 1853.
• The fate of Magdeburg. A story from the great dichotomy of the German nation in the 16th and 17th centuries. Schaffhausen 1858.
• Hieroglyphs and letters. A historical study. Schaffhausen 1860.

literature

• Franz Xaver von Wegele :  Bensen, Heinrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 341 f.
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 69-70.