Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius
Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius (born February 21, 1777 in Loburg ; † October 27, 1858 in Weißensee ) was a businessman , farmer and inventor.
The family of Johann Pistorius came from the Magdeburg area. Johann was a student at the Joachimsthal School in Berlin . In addition to attending many lectures, he trained himself scientifically, which he acquired in particular knowledge of chemistry . He was interested in the distillery , especially the production of brandy from potatoes. In this context he invented the Pistorius distillery in 1817 . This invention made the production of brandy so easy and cheap that agriculture in Brandenburg was converted within a short time.
In 1821 he acquired the Weissensee manor and made it a model manor . Here he operated extensive potato cultivation for brandy production and expanded the livestock. Pistorius was a member of the Niederbarnim district council for many years .
After his death in 1858 he was buried in the mausoleum he built during his lifetime near the village church in Weißensee .
The Pistoriusstraße and the Pistorius place in Berlin-Weissensee bear his name.
Fonts
- Practical instructions for distilling spirits, together with a description of my distilling apparatus , Berlin 1821 (2nd edition, edited according to the latest experience and published by F. Lüdersdorff, Berlin 1841)
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Lüdersdorff : Description of the Pistorius steam burner , 2nd verb. Edition, Veit & Co., Berlin 1835.
- Regina Woesner: Distiller and farmer in Weißensee: Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius received an important patent 180 years ago , in: Berlinische Monatsschrift 3/1997, 3, pp. 29–35.
- Regina Woesner: Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius (1777-1858). Landowner, farmer and schnapps distiller in Weißensee , Berlin, Association Weißenseer Heimatfreunde, 2000.
- Luedersdorff: Description of the Pistorius steam burner , Berlin 1833; Digital copy: Verlag Becker, Potsdam 2009, ISBN 978-3-941919-17-4 .
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| SURNAME | Pistorius, Johann Heinrich Leberecht |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pistorius, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and farmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1858 |
| Place of death | Weissensee |