Moritz Friedrich Essellen

Moritz Friedrich Essellen (born April 6, 1796 in Plettenberg ; † April 11, 1882 in Hamm ) was court counselor at the Hamm Higher Regional Court and city councilor in Hamm.

Esselen published historical treatises on the Romans in Germania , in particular Caesar's Rhine bridges , the Varus battle and the Aliso fort , on the district of Hamm , the county of Mark and the county of Tecklenburg , on investigations into the Beckum I burial ground , on the Hohenburg and on Westphalian toponyms .

In 1888 the University of Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate for his historical and archaeological research . Esselen was buried in the Ostenfriedhof , his grave has not been preserved.

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Supplements to the mortgage regulations, including laws, ordinances, etc., which exclusively the establishment of the mortgage system in the department of the Royal. Court court of Arnsberg, and additions and explanations to the mortgage regulations. (Along with) supplements. Arnsberg 1834-36.
Brief description of the mortgage constitution in the department of the Royal Court of Arnsberg . Arnsberg 1835.
Description and short history of the Hamm district and the individual localities. Hamm, 1851 (reprint 1985, ISBN 3-923846-07-X )
About the place of the defeat of the Romans under Varus. Hamm 1853.
Overview of the history of County Mark. Hamm, 1859
On the history of the wars between the Romans and Germans in the years 11 before to 16 after the beginning of our era. Hamm, 1862
On the question of where Julius Caesar had the two Rhine bridges built. Hamm, 1864
History of the Sigambern and the wars fought by the Romans up to the year 16 AD in north-western Germany. Leipzig, 1868
The Varian battlefield in Beckum district. 1874, published by Lüderitz, Berlin
History of the county of Tecklenburg. Swords a. Ruhr, 1877
The Roman fort Aliso and place of the defeat of the Roman army under Q. Varus. Hamm, 1878
Collection of laws, business instructions and other general orders, which are submitted to the courts in the Departement de Kgl. Court of Arnsberg since the introduction of the Preuss. Judicial constitution have been enacted. Th. 1. Arnsberg o. J.

The Hohenburg near Herringen an der Lippe and the grave on the same. In: Journal for patriotic history and antiquity (Westphalia), Vol. 22, 2, 1862, pp. 261–286
The stone monument at Wintergalen. In: Journal for patriotic history and antiquity (Westphalia) Vol. 27, 7, 1867, pp. 372–374
Comments on the corpses fields near the city of Beckum. In: Journal for patriotic history and antiquity (Westphalia), Vol. 27, 7, 1867, pp. 275–334
Interpretation of some Westphalian expressions and place names. In: Monthly Journal for Rhenish-Westphalian Historical Research, Vol. 3, 1877, pp. 586-589

Susanne Birker: 150 years of archaeological research in Hamm. From Moritz Friedrich Essellen to Rose Löbke. In: Georg Eggenstein, Ellen Schwinzer (Hrsg.): Zeitspuren. The beginnings of the city of Hamm . Kettler, Bönen 2001, ISBN 3-935019-40-8 , ( Notes on City History 8), (Exhibition catalog, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum Hamm, November 18, 2001 - February 17, 2002), p. 113.
Friedrich Johannes Wienstein: Moritz Friedrich Essellen. In: Westfälischer Anzeiger and Kurier April 11, 1962.