Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff

Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff 1858, lithograph by Otto Speckter

Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff (born June 23, 1788 in Evern , † May 1, 1857 in Hamburg ) was a German landscape gardener and botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Ohlend. "

From 1821 Ohlendorff was the first technical manager of the botanical garden in Hamburg, which was designed according to his plans . The founder and first director was Johann Georg Christian Lehmann . After returning from his collecting trip in 1833, the botanist Christian Friedrich Ecklon sorted his collections in the greenhouses over several years. In 1842, the botanist Ludwig Preiss also had his collections examined by Director Lehmann. For a time you sat at Ohlendorff's lunch table. On May 1, 1844, he founded the company JH Ohlendorff & Sons, which was known colloquially under the name "Hammer Baumschule" and was located in the Hamburg suburb of Hamm (Mittelstrasse 57). He also designed numerous gardens for private clients, including the Jenischpark in Hamburg. His sons Albertus and Heinrich Ohlendorff later acquired great wealth through the trade in guano .

Ohlendorffstrasse in Hamburg-Hamm is named after Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff .

literature

Karin von Behr: The Ohlendorffs. The rise and fall of a Hamburg family . Bremen 2010.
Karin von Behr: Ohlendorff, Johann Heinrich , in: Hamburgische Biografie Vol. 5, Göttingen 2010, pp. 280–282
2855. Ohlendorff (Johann Heinrich) , in: Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present , Volume 5, Maak - Pauli, Hamburg, 1871, p. 581

Remarks

^ Heinrich Jacob Bernhard Freiherr von Ohlendorff. A picture of life from Hamburg's heyday , compiled by Camilla Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, Hartung, Hamburg 1926, p. 14
↑ JH Ohlendorff & Söhne existed until June 2, 1863. (Source: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , 13th year, 1857, p. 288 and 19th year 1863, p. 334)
↑ Ohlendorff only advised him (source: Renata Klee-Gobert, Heinz Ramm (arr.)): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Volume 2: ALTONA, ELBVORTE . 2nd edition, Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1970, p. 201. The authors presumably referred to the article Koopmann: The country seat of Senator Jenisch in Fottbeck . In: Archive of the Garden and Flower Growing Association for Hamburg, Altona and its surroundings , Hamburg 1839, pp. 31–35, digitized . At the time the Jenischpark was redesigned, Ohlendorff was still the garden inspector of the botanical garden. He was therefore only able to accept orders after he had started his own business.

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff at the IPNI
Entry in the Index to Organism Names (ION)

personal data
SURNAME	Ohlendorff, Johann Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ohlend. (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape gardener and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH	Evern
DATE OF DEATH	May 1, 1857
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Heinrich Jacob Bernhard Freiherr von Ohlendorff. A picture of life from Hamburg's heyday , compiled by Camilla Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, Hartung, Hamburg 1926, p. 14

[2] JH Ohlendorff & Söhne existed until June 2, 1863. (Source: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , 13th year, 1857, p. 288 and 19th year 1863, p. 334)

[3] Ohlendorff only advised him (source: Renata Klee-Gobert, Heinz Ramm (arr.)): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Volume 2: ALTONA, ELBVORTE . 2nd edition, Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1970, p. 201. The authors presumably referred to the article Koopmann: The country seat of Senator Jenisch in Fottbeck . In: Archive of the Garden and Flower Growing Association for Hamburg, Altona and its surroundings , Hamburg 1839, pp. 31–35, digitized . At the time the Jenischpark was redesigned, Ohlendorff was still the garden inspector of the botanical garden. He was therefore only able to accept orders after he had started his own business.