Hinrich Kroymann

Hinrich (Hinrichsen) Kroymann (baptized January 6, 1748 in Schuby ; † August 15, 1823 ibid) was a German publicist and publisher.

ancestors

Kroymann's ancestors lived as farmers in Schuby. On their father's side they had the surname Hinrichsen, but also the name Kroymann, Kreuzmann or Cräumann, which goes back to a field name in the Schuby community. The surname Kroymann established itself in the mid-18th century.

Kroymann's father Peter Hinrichsen, called Kroymann (baptized on May 1, 1711 in Schuby; † August 4, 1771 ibid) was a half-hoofed man and married to Catharina, née Hildebrandt (baptized on March 31, 1715 in Schuby; † November 5, 1797 ibid ). The ancestors on his father's side were the half-hoofed Jürgen Hinrichsen (1672–1751) and his wife Catharina, née Knuth (1680–1746). The ancestors on his mother's side were the half-hoofed Jürgen Ratje Hildebrandt (1685–1760) and his wife Maria, née Hinrichsen (1693–1781).

Kroymann had four brothers, including Jürgen and Hans, who was born on July 5, 1754 in Schuby, was organist at the Copenhagen Garrison Church from 1788, where he gained some importance, and died in Copenhagen in 1808 .

Live and act

Kroymann attended Schuby's winter school until his confirmation in 1763. He then worked on his father's farm, which he took over in 1771. He often wandered through the surrounding area. At the same time he worked as the schoolteacher for Schuby. In 1776 he let his brother Peter lease the hooves and moved to Husum . Here he founded the paper Der verreiste Bauer ... , which he had printed in Flensburg. He also applied to be admitted as a writer. The mayor of Husum ruled that Kroymann was one of the number of uncomfortable and wretched scribblers because of "the poor teaching he enjoyed in his youth and ... because of his burlesque, comic, touchy, sultry and unchangeable style". For this reason he rejected Kroymann's application in 1777. He could have put the magazine out, but obviously he didn't.

What Kroymann did in the next few years is not exactly known. He himself noted in 1798 that he had worked as a "traveling battery builder". In 1799 he sold the farm in Schuby to his brother and lived temporarily in Hadersleben . He traveled mostly on foot and with great privation through the duchies, Denmark, Germany and several European countries and allegedly reached Turkey. During the trip he worked as a farm hand, managed estates in Jutland and Funen , advised on agricultural matters and tried out new products. He got to know the ideas of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment more or less extensively and said that it was "my university".

From around 1783 Kroymann published many German and Danish individual writings and essays. In it he made recommendations for improving agriculture, heavily criticized the treatment of serfs , reported bluntly about the plight of the peasants that resulted from the coupling , and wrote about new transport projects. He also explained and reported on topics from the areas of administration, ethics, folklore, cameralistics, meteorology and philology. He showed himself to be a knowledgeable, pacifist and humane author.

In 1790 Kroymann founded the magazine Der Monats-Correspondet . The paper was published in Hadersleben and contained practical advice, funny, instructive and edifying stories and poems which he sometimes composed himself. From 1792 the paper was called The Correspondent . Kroymann complained in the paper about new burdens for the farmers and therefore had to give it up in 1792. There was also a sharp warning. In 1794 Kroymann founded two new magazines in Hadersleben with the Sendebudet for Danskholsteen and Kroymanns Reiseemerkungen . In these he again criticized various abuses and was sentenced to two weeks in prison. The reason given by the authority was that he was trying to "induce dissatisfaction among the peasants and lower classes with their situation and opposition to their authorities". Then Kroymann moved away from Hadersleben and, from 1802, successfully carried out dikes and renovation measures near Bratskov . In 1809 he bought land in Nørre Skovsgaard and resettled it until 1814. He then lived alternately in Brovst and Schuby, where he had bought a cottage in 1780, which was his family's residence.

family

Kroymann married Agneta Hamann on May 11, 1773 (baptized October 1, 1751 in Hüsby; † February 28, 1821 in Schuby), with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

literature

• Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , pages 148-150.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dates of death according to Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 148; Different date of death of the DNB: 1804
2. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 148.
3. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , pages 148-149.
4. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 149.
5. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 149.
6. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , pages 149-150.
7. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 150.
8. ^ Georg Juergensen: Kroymann, Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 149.