Johann Heinrich Böttcher (Pastor)

Johann Heinrich Böttcher (born July 29, 1804 in Groß Lafferde ; † June 9, 1884 in Hanover ) was a German pastor , local researcher , author and editor who warned with numerous writings nationwide about the consequences of alcohol abuse and especially of brandy .

Life

Johann Heinrich Böttcher, like Ernst Christoph Böttcher , was born into the family of a postman during the so-called “ French era ”. He went to school in Wolfenbüttel and Braunschweig and then studied theology at the Georg-August University and the Martin Luther University in Göttingen and Halle .

In 1833, when the state constitution came into force in the Kingdom of Hanover , Böttcher took over his first parish in the small town of Imsen near Alfeld (Leine) . There he founded to raising the standard of general education a reading club and a school teacher - choral society , he wrote his 1839 first edition and in the Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung in the residence of Hannover published Handbook About the spirits -Genuß whose magnitude, causes, consequences and healing. A handbook for heads and friends of temperance societies in order to promote the emerging temperance movement , especially to prevent drunkenness . Only a few years later, in 1844, in his 39-page letter to Germany's doctors ... published in Posen , he informed the doctors about the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption (see literature)

At the time of the German Revolution , in 1849, Böttcher took over the pastoral office in Kirchrode (which was later incorporated and is now Hanoverian district) . Here he sifted through the church archives and took measures to promote the income from the lands of his parish. Also in 1849, the cooper began to publish the magazine Der Mässigkeitsbote für Stadt und Land , subtitled Centralblatt for the associations in the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Oldenburg . The temporary and North German Mässigkeitsbote said sheet was Böttcher than a quarter century to 1875 out.

The sociable homeland researcher wrote several books about the localities surrounding his parish (see literature), especially after the anniversary celebrations in Wülferode from 1858 on, for example, on topics related to the Kirchrode parish , the Jakobikirche in particular or the St. John's Chapel in Bemerode , as well a chronicle of others .

In addition to his numerous social writings on moderation, which he also saw as a patriotic task, Böttcher, who was also a member of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony and the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences, was also politically active: at the time of the Franco-Prussian War , he published one in 1870 A pamphlet entitled What do we ask of France? A war and peace pamphlet. Written when the Germans were before Paris for the third time .

After his death in 1884, Johann Heinrich Böttcher was buried in the Engesohde city cemetery , where his tomb can still be found today .

Fonts (selection)

• About the consumption of brandy, its size, causes, consequences and healing. A manual for heads and friends of temperance societies , Hanover: Hahn, 1839 (second edition 1863)
• The brandy. A sure destroyer of wealth, health, domestic happiness and contentment. A warning booklet connected with the history of the temperance society / Joh. Heinr. Böttcher , Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1839
• History of the temperance societies in the northern German federal states, or general report on the state of the temperance reform up to the year 1840. First annual report on Germany. With legal and medical reports and other documents, statistical and tabular additions and a literary appendix / by JH Böttcher , Hanover, ... Published by Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung, 1841; online through google books
• Letters to Germany's doctors. A foreword to a forthcoming collection of reports by German doctors against the consumption of spirits / JH Böttcher, Pastor , Posen, 1844 (39 pages)
• The Patriot. A prejudice-free and thorough investigation of the moderation issue / all educated citizens of Germany who have a sense and heart for patriotic and human welfare / dedicated by Pastor Böttcher , 5th, improved edition, cheap edition, Seitenstück zum Hauskreuz, Hannover: Hahn, 1845
• Eliphalet Nott: Ten lectures on the enjoyment of intoxicating drinks , translation by Johann Ludwig Witthaus. With an introduction by Pastor [Joh. Heinr.] Böttcher, Hanover: Rümpler, 1849
• Böttcher and his foundations. A ceremony to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the school teacher seminar and its free school; (Hanover, September 16 and 17, 1851) / from the written estate of the monastery compiled by Pastor Böttcher (in Gothic script ), Hanover: Rümpler, 1851
• History of the Kirchrode parish and the surrounding area. On the occasion of the Wülferoder Jubelfestes in common / by Böttcher (= small festival book to commemorate the 100th Anniversary Festival in Wülferode ), in this series:
  • Part 2: Foundation and endowment of the church in Rode , 1858
  • Part 3: History of Bemerode and the surrounding area containing on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Johannis-Chapel in Bemerode in 1867 generally told / from ... Böttcher , Hanover: Schmorl and von Seefeld, 1867
• General report on the state of the temperance reform in 1854 ... Memorandum to discuss the question of the introduction of the Maine law ... / Johann Heinrich Boettcher , Leipzig: Weber in Commission, [circa 1854]
• Chronicle of Anderten ( typescript ), 1859
• The house cross, or what to think of drinking brandy? Briefly and edifyingly summarized in a conversation that was really held in a village in our country last winter. For teaching and warning for young and old, for rich and poor and for useful and pious for everyone in the light / by the pastor [Joh. Heinr.] Böttcher , 39th revised edition, Hanover: Göhmann, 1863
• Het big Huiskruis of de sterke drank: (voor Nederland bewendet naar de 24e Uitgave van Böttcher's house cross) [Böttcher], 4th printing, Amsterdam: Kooj, 1865
• What are we asking of France? A war and peace pamphlet. Written when the Germans lay before Paris for the third time / by Pastor Böttcher in Kirchrode, member of the historical association for Lower Saxony and the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences , Hanover: Schmorl & von Seefeld (publisher; printed by August Grimpe in Hanover), 1870
• Krzyz domoray, to jest Rzecz o zatosnyck nastepotwach, jakie za soba̮ picie gorzatki pociaga, wystawiona w rozmowie, ktòra w pewnej wsi prowadzons, i klóra Ruie nasyckyck, i klóra Ruie naskieda dice i pirzestrodza staryck imtodyck, i pirzestrodza staryckovyck i pirzestrodza staryk wdat: Kria̜dz: Ranodzieja w Imsen pod Alfeld w Kraja Hannowesskim, teraz zasńa potski przettómaczyi i wyttoczyi polecito ... / Böttcher , W Oloztynie i Holsztynku wytl̃orzyl̃ CH Haryck, [approx. 1890]

literature

• Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography , Vol. 2: In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866 ; Hanover: Sponholtz, 1914, p. 522
• German Gender Book , Vol. 129, 1962

Remarks

1. ↑ Deviating from this, the course of publication via the GVK can only be traced up to issue 26 of 1869, so it is possible to discover original sources that have not yet been discovered.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Dirk Böttcher : Böttcher, (3) Johann Heinrich. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 73.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Proof of the Common Union Catalog (GVK)
3. ^ Karl Ludwig Grotefend:  Böttcher, Ernst Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 201.
4. ^ Klaus Mlynek : Basic State Law. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 583
5. ↑ Proof of the GVK
6. ↑ Compare for example Heinrich August Pierer : Mäßigkeitsvereine . In: Pierer's Universal Lexikon , Volume 10, Altenburg 1860, p. 951; Transliteration via zeno.org
7. ^ Klaus Mlynek: incorporations. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 153
8. ↑ Proof of the GVK
9. ↑ Compare, for example, the information in the GVK database
10. ↑ Proof of the GVK