Johann Gottfried Elsner

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Johann Gottfried Elsner

Johann Gottfried Elsner (born January 14, 1784 in Gottesberg ; † June 5, 1869 in Waldenburg , Province of Silesia ) was a farmer, sheep farmer and author.

Life

Elsner was the son of a furrier. After graduating from the Lyceum in Landeshut , he studied theology , philosophy and philology in Halle (Saale) from 1806 to 1807 . He then became a private tutor in Waldenburg. After marrying an estate owner, he turned to farming.

In 1822 Elsner leased the Münsterberg city property . Through his work he contributed significantly to the spread of merino sheep breeding in Bavaria, Bohemia, Austria and Transylvania. For his services he was awarded the title of Royal Prussian Economic Council.

Works

  • What does agriculture need? Breslau: Korn, 1821
  • Agricultural journeys through Silesia including excursions to the Mark Brandenburg, Saxony, Moravia and Austria, described in letters . Breslau 1822-1824
  • Instructions for grafting the sheep. According to principles based on nature and experience; With coppers and tables / written by Rudolph André, goods inspector and member of the Kaiserl. Royal Moravian-Silesian Society of Agriculture, Natural and Regional Studies / After the author's death, published by JG Elsner, honorary member of the economic-patriotic society of the principalities of Schweidnitz and Jauer. Prague: JG Calve'sche Buchhandlung 1826 (2nd ed.)
  • Overview of European refined sheep breeding . 2 volumes, Prague: Calve, 1828
  • My experience in higher sheep farming . Stuttgart 1828; Second, greatly increased edition Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta 1835
  • German agriculture / presented according to its current status. by JG Elsner . 2 volumes, Stuttgart; Tübingen: Cotta 1830
  • German agriculture presented in its current state . 2 vol., Stuttgart 1830–32
  • Handbook of refined sheep breeding . Stuttgart 1832
    • Krótka nauka chodowania owiec poprawnych: Tlómaczenie z niemieckiego orygnalu . (Manual of the refined sheep breeding in Polish). Wroctawiu: WB Korn 1836
  • Manual and auxiliary book for the small landowner and farmer . Stuttgart; Tübingen: 1834
  • The politics of agriculture . 2 volumes, Stuttgart; Tübingen: Cotta 1835
  • About the unusual present-day natural phenomena, along with the meteorological conclusions and conclusions based on them . Breslau: Great 1837
  • The golden fleece or the production and consumption of merino wool, in economic, mercantilian and statistical terms . Stuttgart [u. a.]: Cotta 1838
  • The education of the farmer in the broadest sense . Stuttgart; Tübingen: Cotta, 1838
  • Hungary travels through, judges and describes . Leipzig: Frohberger 1840
  • The noble sheep in all its relationships . Stuttgart 1840
  • Shepherd catechism, as a guide for shepherds, according to the current state of sheep breeding in Germany . 2nd probably edition Prague: Ehrlich 1841
  • Sheep farming in Silesia . Breslau 1842, addendum 1844
  • Sketched representation of the Silesian sheep farms . Breslau [u. a.]; Grass [u. a.] 1845
  • The war in Hungary in subtle causes and probable consequences . Wroclaw 1848
  • Rational sheep breeding (2nd edition, Leipzig 1849)
  • Germany's merino wool production: In economic and mercantile terms . Leipzig 1854
  • The different phases of German merino breeding . Berlin 1857
  • The patriotic sheep breeding . 2nd edition, Leipzig 1859
  • The progress of German agriculture from the last decade of the last century up to our time . Stuttgart 1866

literature

personal data
SURNAME Elsner, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Farmer, sheep farmer, author
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Boguszów
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1869
Place of death Wałbrzych