Johann Peter Ahlers

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Gravestone in the old Osternburg cemetery

Johann Peter Ahlers (born June 24, 1724 in Oldenburg ; † July 29, 1793 in Osternburg ) was a forest master in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst .

life and work

Johann Peter Ahlers came from a merchant family and was the youngest son of the quartermaster in the Oldenburg National Regiment Oeltje Ahlers (* 1693) and the pastor's daughter Anna Lucie born in Wiefelstede. Meyer. Like his father, he first served in the Oldenburg National Regiment and made it up to captain .

In 1752 he married the court heiress Anna Elisabeth Bolken from Wehnen , who, however, died the following year. In October 1753 Ahlers married the pastor's daughter Catharina Johanna Most. The farm in Wehnen, which his first wife had brought into the marriage, formed the basis for the extensive property, which Ahlers considerably expanded through clever acquisitions, planned improvements and the establishment of sheep farms, a fish farm and beekeeping on a large scale. In March 1761 the Danish governor in Oldenburg, Count Lynar, commissioned him to investigate the Oldenburg forests and also appointed him government representative in the timber sales commission. When the National Regiment was reduced in number in 1764 and finally dissolved in 1767, Ahlers tried to join the Oldenburg Forest Service. In 1771 he was appointed wood bailiff as well as forest and game master of the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst. Ahlers was purely self-taught in forestry matters, but was able to fall back on extensive practical experience.

By sowing seeds, he created the first larger coniferous wood stocks in Oldenburg during his tenure. The Everstenholz park in Oldenburg, laid out in the style of a French park , is his work.

After the counties separated from Denmark in 1773, Ahlers was initially confirmed in his offices by the new government. However, in the course of the transformation of the Oldenburg forestry that began after 1779, his views increasingly came into conflict with colleagues and superiors. His jurisdiction was temporarily limited to the forest district of Oldenburg and Ahlers lost his right to vote in the chamber. In 1790 he was put back at the head of the entire forestry sector, in the reorganization of which he played an essential part despite all the negative side effects.

Johann Peter Ahlers lived on the Äüßste Damm in Easter castle from 1768 . In 1785 Ahlers was one of the founding members of the Oldenburg Casino Society . A tombstone in the Osternburg cemetery and a street name in Oldenburg-Bürgerfelde (“Ahlersweg”) keep the memory of Ahlers alive. In the Oldenburg City Museum , a painting shows Johann Peter Ahler in 1766 with his family.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Rüthning: Oldenburgische history . Stalling, Oldenburg and Berlin 1937. Page 393 f.
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the "Eversten Holz" landscape protection area ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 22, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oldenburg.de
  3. ↑ History from the pen of Helmut Range in the Mitteilungsblatt der Oldenburgische Landschaft (Issue IV / 1994), accessed on May 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ewald Sander: Chronicle Ofernerdiek . Lamberti-Verlag, Oldenburg 1995. Page 27.
  5. ^ Klaus Schaap and Werner Neumann-Nieschlag: 225 years of the Oldenburg casino company . Isensee, Oldenburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89995-708-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Ahlers, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Forester in the county of Oldenburg
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1793
Place of death Easter castle