Johann Wilhelm Bornemann

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Johann Wilhelm Jakob Bornemann (born February 2, 1766 or 1767 in Gardelegen , † May 23, 1851 in Berlin ) was director of the Royal Prussian State Lottery .

Bornemann was also a turner, singer in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and a poet , especially of Low German poetry (in Altmark dialect ). Jakob Wilhelm Bornemann is known as the author of the song Im Wald und auf der Heide (but at that time with the beginning of the song "In green-leafed heath, I look for my joy ..."). In Gardelegen, a street bears the name Bornemann in his honor. His son was the future Prussian Minister of Justice Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Bornemann .

literature

  • Wilhelm Bornemann: The Zeltersche Liedertafel in Berlin. Publishing house of Decker's Secret Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin 1851.
  • Carl Bornemann (Ed.): Wilhelm Bornemann's Jagdgedichte. , Berlin 1869
  • Carl Bornemann (Ed.): Wilhelm Bornemann's Plattdeutsche Gedichte. With the portrait of the author and 13 pen drawings by Theodor Hosemann , Schenck, Berlin 1891.
  • Gerhard Cordes :  Bornemann, Johann Wilhelm Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 469 ( digitized version ).
  • Otto Held: Johann Jacob Wilhelm Bornemann. In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3: Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Century. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 253–255.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Plaque on the house where he was born
  2. ↑ Cf. Otto Holzapfel : Lied index: The older German-language popular song tradition ( online version on the Volksmusikarchiv homepage of the Upper Bavaria district ; in PDF format; ongoing updates) with further information.
personal data
SURNAME Bornemann, Johann Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bornemann, Johann Wilhelm Jacob; Bornemann, Johann Wilhelm Jakob; Bornemann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1766 or February 2, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1851
Place of death Berlin