Paul Vincenz Busch

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Busch's tomb in Berlin

Paul Vincenz Busch (born January 21, 1850 in Berlin ; † November 28, 1927 there ) was a German circus director .

Life

His parents were the merchant (wine merchant) Johann Gottlieb Busch (1811-1857) and his wife Henriette Luise "Emilie" von Lossow (1837-1876), a pastor's daughter. Paul Vincenz Busch first completed a landscape training. After the Franco-Prussian War he worked in Reval as a trainer and director of the local Tattersall . He performed at the Salamansky circus in Saint Petersburg with his horses, trained for high school .

1884 founded bush in Sweden an own traveling circus , with whom he a perennial tour of Scandinavia took before in 1892 Altona opened its first permanent circus building (today Hamburg). This was followed by further circus buildings in the Vienna Prater , in Berlin in 1895 and in Breslau , which were equipped with the latest technology and water features, and which allowed games to be played regardless of the season. Busch expanded his program to include historical subjects with crowd scenes and elaborate costumes.

Busch's tomb is located on Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof II on Liesenstrasse , next to his daughter.

He was married to Sidonie Grabe (1851–1898), who was known as "Miss Constanze" as a school rider. Their daughter Paula Busch (1894–1973) took over the circus company and from 1927 was the director.

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personal data
SURNAME Busch, Paul Vincenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German circus director
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1927
Place of death Berlin