Peter Jensen (politician, 1824)

Peter Jensen (born April 2, 1824 in Ausacker ; † August 2, 1889 ibid) was a German politician.

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Peter Jensen was the son of an estate owner of the same name (* May 4, 1792 in Ausacker; † October 30, 1868 ibid) and his wife Ingeborg Maria, née Jacobsen (October 10, 1803 in Esgrus-Schauby ; † June 26, 1873 in Ausacker) who had the pseudonym "Die Kluge". Ancestors of the family are first mentioned in the area in 1625.

Jensen attended a school in Ausacker and at the age of 14 began an agricultural training course with the theologian NP Hoeck in Mohrkirch-Osterholz , which lasted two years. Then he went to Sweden to study. He then bought a piece of land in Maasbüll . Later he worked in his father's court.

On March 17, 1856, Jensen and other farmers founded the “Angler Agricultural Association”, which he led himself. For test purposes, he used artificial fertilizer for the first time and recommended it to other farmers. He also founded the "Husbyer Kommunalverein" and took over its chairmanship in 1864. He represented the interests of the residents of the region.

From 1854, Jensen also served as chairman of the “Nordangler Reading Club”. The purpose of the association was to give citizens access to agricultural and popular science works. He also co-founded the “Angler Winter Hiking School”. From this educational institution later agricultural schools and agricultural advice centers emerged.

In 1864 Jensen began actively to promote the annexation of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein as a separate Prussian province, which was carried out in 1867. He then got involved in the merger of the regional agricultural associations to form the "General Association Schleswig-Holstein", which the "Holstein Agricultural General Association" also joined. In addition, he co-founded the “Dairy Research Station” of the Schleswig-Holstein General Association, which later became the Federal Institute for Dairy Research . In addition, in 1875 he initiated the hiring of a “dairy consultant”.

From 1873 to 1876 Jensen was a member of the Landesökonomiekollegium . In 1876 he represented his circle in the Prussian state parliament . He was committed to the interests of his roommates and worked on several specialist commissions. In questions of state and trade policy, he dealt in particular with presenting economic aspects in the field of customs.

In the district council, Jensen campaigned for new, inexpensive means of transport and sales channels for agricultural products. Therefore, in 1882, he submitted the decisive application to build a narrow-gauge railway from Flensburg to Kappeln . After the building permit in 1884, the route could be used for the first time on July 1, 1886.

Jensen was married to Sophie Hansen (born August 28, 1822 in Treia ; † December 13, 1920 in Ausacker), whose father Lars Hansen was a teacher and botanist in Husby . The couple had four daughters and their son Peter (1856–1941), who became a state economist.

literature

• Johannes Hansen, Gustav Weinrich, Kurt Zühlke: Jensen, Peter . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 4. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1976, pp. 120-121