Otto von Münchhausen (botanist)
Otto von Münchhausen (born June 11, 1716 in Schwöbber near Hameln , † July 13, 1774 in Kalenberg ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is Münchh.
origin
His parents were Johann Friedrich von Münchhausen (* May 24, 1668; † October 2, 1722) and his wife Anna Dorothea von Münchhausen (1695–1759). His father was the master of Voldagsen . Otto von Münchhausen was the oldest son.
Life
He studied at the University of Göttingen ; later he was Landdrost in Stemberg and Harburg.
In 1750 he created an eight-hectare English landscape park in Schwöbber (see Schwöbber Castle ). He converted the existing palace park from 1700 into a landscape park based on the English model. The landscape park is considered to be one of the earliest of its kind in continental Europe. The baron was well aware that the concept of the English landscape park could not be adopted unchanged for German conditions:
“One can lay out princely gardens in the style of English parks; but if we German noblemen wanted to follow them and turn our estates into parks, we would have to raise so many thousands of pounds from our plantations in the West Indies. "
His six-volume work Der Hausvater , created from 1764 to 1773, is a horticultural and agricultural textbook. It contains a collection of tips for agriculture, such as general wisdom, which was highly regarded at the time. Works of this kind were later referred to as house fathers literature .
Honors
The plant genus Muenchhausia L. from the family of the loosestrife (Lythraceae) has been named after him. However, the name is mostly only used as a synonym for the generic name Lagerstroemia L. , which is valid today.
family
On May 3, 1742, he married Louise Charlotte von Lichtenstein (June 11, 1721; † March 20, 1774) from the House of Lahn and Franconia. The couple had several children:
- Sidonia Margaretha Dorothea (* February 23, 1743 - March 4, 1792) ⚭ 1766 Johann Friedrich von Veltheim (1731–1800), Lord of Destedt
- Otto Friedrich Julius (April 28, 1754 - April 2, 1828), District Administrator, Drost von Hadegsen ⚭ 1784 Charlotte Dorothea Wilhelmine von Reden (1766–1825)
- Charlotte (June 14, 1755; † April 7, 1830) ⚭ Ludwig Dietrich Wilhelm zu Münster (1750–1790), parents of Georg zu Münster
- Adolf Otto Wilhelm Gottlob (* February 22, 1757; † 1837) ⚭ Jeanette Eleonore von Rothkirch-Trach (1772–1802)
literature
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- Carl Leisewitz : Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 7.
- Gender history of the von Münchhausen family from 1740 to the most recent times: a continuation of that published by GS Treuer in 1740. Gender history of the house p.51f
- Agricultural Conversations Lexicon for Practitioners and Laypeople , Volume 3, page 244
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto von Münchhausen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Otto von Münchhausen (botanist) at the IPNI
- Correspondence between Otto von Münchhausen and Carl von Linné
- Otto von Münchhausen at genealogieonline.nl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
- ↑ Munchausia. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed June 4, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münchhausen, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwöbber near Hameln |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1774 |
| Place of death | Kalenberg |