Johann Heinrich Bartels

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Johann Heinrich Bartels, lithograph by Burchard Edinger

Johann Heinrich Bartels (born May 20, 1761 in Hamburg ; † February 1, 1850 there ) was a scholar and was mayor of Hamburg from 1820 to 1850 .

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The father was Claes Bartels (1726-1806). He was a confectioner and merchant and, from 1797, an upper age . The mother was Katharina Maria (née Seelandt).

Bartels first studied theology and oriental languages ​​in Göttingen . Originally intended for the ecclesiastical career, he eventually realized the lack of vocation. Instead, he took a trip to Italy in 1785 . He traveled to Venice via Nuremberg, Regensburg, Vienna and Trieste. In December he got engaged to Regina von Reck there. As part of the trip, Bartels conducted archaeological, art-historical but also natural science and statistical studies. This later resulted in his publication "Letters on Calabria and Sicily". Bartels then became a member of various scientific academies, such as the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (from 1787 assessor, from 1792 corresponding member). His studies made an impression in the professional world and he was offered a professorship. Bartels refused and instead studied law and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. In 1792 he married Marietta Elisabeth von Reck from Venice . The couple had two sons and two daughters, Beata Cecilia (1799–1869) and Louise Wilhelmine (1807–1890). The sister of his wife Johanna Magdalena von Reck married Amandus Augustus Abendroth .

After returning to Hamburg he was a lawyer and poor man. In 1798 he was elected senator. During the French occupation , Bartels was President of the Imperial Court of Justice in Hamburg. He was also a member of the municipal council and head of charity and penal institutions.

After the end of the “French era”, Bartels played the central role in restoring the old constitution and reorganizing the police. Since 1820 he was mayor of the city. Bartels was a Freemason and since 1820 Honorary Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg . He was also President of the High Court from 1821 to 1844. As an advocate of the old constitution of 1712, he tried to anchor the traditional order in people's consciousness. For this purpose he published the copy of the main review of 1712 in common language and with historical and content explanations. According to Bartels, the constitution especially strengthens public spirit and realizes civil liberty, prosperity, order, peace and security. To date, the constitutional texts have not been edited historically and critically. You still have to rely on the edition provided by Bartels in 1823. Bartels also wrote essays on Hamburg's constitutional history and constitutional law. He was also an opponent of the 1848 revolution .

A grandson of Bartels from the marriage of his daughter Beata Cecilia to the syndic Edward Banks was Edward Banks . Louise married Louis Stromeyer .

The last lightship on position Elbe 2 was named after him as Mayor Bartels . Hamburg's Bartelsstrasse is reminiscent of Johann Heinrich Bartels. A critical Bartels biography is still a desideratum in Hamburg's history.

Fonts (selection)

A directory of Bartels' writings in: Hans Schröder: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present , Vol. 1, Hamburg 1851, No. 0172.

Monographs

  • Letters about Calabria and Sicily. Dieterich, Göttingen 1787–1792 ( digitized version )
  • The Hamburg Mayor Heinrich Meurer, both licensed, or presentation and assessment of its public effectiveness. A biographical sketch from the last thirty years of the seventeenth century, as a contribution to the history of Hamburg at that time. Campe, Hamburg 1836.
  • Who has rights and power in Hamburg? Ed. And ext. by Heinrich F. Thomsen, Koch, Hamburg 1978.

Editorships

  • New reprint of the four main basic laws of the Hamburg constitution with an explanatory overview sent in advance. Hamburg 1823.

literature

Portraits

Web links

Commons : Johann Heinrich Bartels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 32.
  2. ^ Rainer Postel: Hamburg mayor as historian. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Vol. 74/75 (1989), pp. 109–129, here: p. 122 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Johann Heinrich Bartels: New reprint of the four main basic laws of the Hamburg constitution with an explanatory overview sent in advance. Hamburg 1823, p. 173.
  4. ↑ Bartelsstrasse Annotated street directory St. Pauli
personal data
SURNAME Bartels, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar and mayor of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1850
Place of death Hamburg