Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert

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Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert

Ludolph Friedrich Freiherr von Laffert (born December 31, 1757 in Celle ; † December 5, 1808 ) was a German administrative lawyer, draftsman and etcher - amateur and botanist.

Life

Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert was the son of the Hanoverian captain and Mecklenburg landowner Gotthard Leonhard von Laffert (1729–1789). He and his brother Adolph von Laffert enrolled on May 11, 1778 at the University of Göttingen to study law as a native of Celle and living on Gut Lehsen in Mecklenburg . On December 18, 1778, according to the records handed down, he was accepted into the Hannöversche Landsmannschaft in Göttingen as the older one after his younger brother Adolph . The silhouettes of both brothers can be found in the Schubert silhouette collection , which her consemester Carl Schubert from Ratzeburg created in 1779 and which is now in the manuscript department of the SUB Göttingen . Thieme-Becker show a total of five etchings by Laffert, three of which were made during his student days in Göttingen, which lasted until Easter 1781, on excursions into the surrounding area ( Wirtshaus auf dem Brocken , view of the battlefield of Kerstlingerode (1779), view of the paper mill at Weende near Göttingen ). Some of these pictures were in the collection of Hofrat Georg Friedrich Brandes , which was sold in Leipzig in 1796 with a two-volume catalog after his death in 1791. According to the family history of the von Laffert family, he also made numerous portraits of his fellow students during his student days in Göttingen, although their location is not known in literature. From mutual dedications it is known that he shared his etching skills with his fellow student Friedrich Georg Oye from North Schleswig.

  • Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert in the Schubert silhouette collection (1779)

  • The brother Adolph von Laffert

  • Sheet dedicated by Friedrich Georg Oye in 1779

  • "V. Laffert sculps ": La conversation de Clausberg

After completing his studies, Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert entered the judicial service of the Electorate of Hanover and became a chancellery advisor and councilor at the Celle law firm. From this time a landscape with a cow in the water is documented, which he dedicated to Henriette Friederike von Wartenberg (1771–1814), the wife of the Hanoverian court master Karl Philipp von Hardenberg (1756–1840), “Cell ce 5me de Mars 1787”. Laffert was the founder of the Lehsen branch of the von Laffert family. During his time the Laffert plantation , which is important for Mecklenburg's horticultural history, with fruit trees and rare North American tree species such as ginkgo and sequoia trees and cypresses, was founded as a tree nursery in Lehsen. He also set up an orangery and grew over 200 varieties of apple trees there. In the park of the manor house Dammereez , which was also owned by Laffert at the time , there are still exotic trees that were grown in Lehsen, 20 km away. The Laffert family achieved admission to the Mecklenburg knighthood in 1801. He is the author of numerous articles on fruit and plant cultivation and in 1802 published the Artificial Orchard Booklet written by Elector August von Sachsen : According to the last original edition v. J. 1620, for lovers of pomological literature again, with a note by v. Laffert out again. In 1803 Laffert became a member of the Regensburg Botanical Society founded by David Heinrich Hoppe in 1790 .

Laffert's yellow glass apple or yellow hardened apple are apple varieties named after him . The area around Dodow and Lehsen is still the largest apple-growing area in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Fonts

  • Description of a very useful and convenient tree and garden sprayer: Excerpt from a letter (1797), in: Teutsche Obstgärtner ( digitized version )
  • Pomological Correspondenz (1796), in: Teutsche Obstgärtner ( digitized version )
  • To the pomological audience , in: Teutsche Obstgärtner ( digitized version )
  • About tying the fruit trees: Excerpt from a letter from Mr. Hof- and Canzeley Raths von Laffert zu Celle in Lüneburg , in: Teutsche Obstgärtner ( digitalized )
  • Excerpt from a letter from Mr. Hof- und Canzleyrath von Laffert, regarding the little orchard book from Elector August zu Sachsen, dated March 11, 1801 , in: Teutsche Obstgärtner ( digitized version )
  • Description of the reimagined Fock butter machine , 1806 ( digitized )

See also

literature

  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, pp. 351-354 .
  • Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of Fine Artists , Volume 22, Leipzig 1929, p. 205.
  • Otto Deneke : Alte Göttinger Landsmannschaften, in the series of preliminary work on the history of the Göttingen University and Library , 23rd issue, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1937.
  • Götz von Selle (Ed.): The register of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen 1734–1837 . Leipzig 1937, Kraus Reprint, 1980, ISBN 9783262000308
  • Kurt von Laffert, Karl Heinrich lamp: history of the lineage of Laffert. Goettingen 1957.
  • Wolfgang Ilg: The Regensburg Botanical Society: its origin, development and importance, presented using the society archive , Regensburg 1984.
  • Gunnar Henry Caddick: The Hannöversche Landsmannschaft at the University of Göttingen from 1737-1809. Göttingen 2002.

Web links

Commons : Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Göttingen register; his brother Adolph as a stud. math.
  2. ↑ Otto Deneke: Alte Göttinger Landsmannschaften, in the series preliminary work on the history of the Göttingen University and Library , 23rd issue, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1937, p. 36, p. 43.
  3. ↑ Catalog Du Cabinet d'Estampes De Feu Le Conseiller Aulique Brandes A Hannovre, Renfermant Une Collection Des Ovrages Des Fameux Maitres, Tant Anciens Que Modernes De Toutes Les Ecoles Depuis Le Commencement De L'Art De Graver Jusques A Nos Jours: Ecoles Angloise, Allemande Et Italienne, Avec Une Grande Collection De Portraits , Volume 1, Weigel, 1795, p. 362. ( digitized version )
  4. ^ Thieme-Becker: General Lexicon of Visual Artists , Volume 22, Leipzig 1929, p. 205.
  5. ^ Hugo von Pentz: Album of Mecklenburg goods in the former knighthood office in Wittenburg. Schwerin 2005, pp. 28, 74.
  6. ^ History of the park in Dammereez
  7. ^ Digitized at Google
personal data
SURNAME Laffert, Ludolph Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laffert, Ludolph Friedrich Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and eraser amateur
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1808