Robert Schlobach

Friedrich Gottlieb Robert Schlobach , later Robert Schlobach da Costa (born November 24, 1813 in Düben , † March 15, 1883 in Leipzig ) was a German land surveyor.

Life

Robert Schlobach was a son of the Dübener mill owner and later owner of the Leipzig Thomasmühle Johann Gottlieb Schlobach (1784–1866) and Johanne Christiane geb. Heidenreuter (1793-1880). He attended the local school and graduated in engineering. In 1848 he got married to Amanda geb. Meinhold (1832-1906) a.

In the 1848-50 war between the German Confederation and Denmark , which both claimed the Duchy of Schleswig , Schlobach apparently took part as a volunteer. Ultimately, he served as a pioneer lieutenant and company commander in the 14th Schleswig-Holstein Infantry Battalion and received several awards.

After the voluntary fighters for Schleswig-Holstein, independent of Denmark, were abandoned by the German Confederation in 1851 and the country was left to the Danes again, Schlobach (without returning to his wife) apparently went completely frustrated with the political developments, along with four former noble families Cavalry officers to Brazil . Here he first worked as a technical manager at the colonization society "Mucuri". Coming to the area of ​​the later German colony of Philadelphia in March 1853 on their behalf, Schlobach co-founded this settlement by surveying the land, etc. With a good business sense, he also recruited German colonists through the Leipzig company "Schlobach & Morgenstern". In 1854 Schlobach received a position in the state service as an imperial chief government engineer; his job was land surveying and cartography. After ten years of separation, he had his wife come to Brazil in 1858. They had four children there.

Because of his reputation, the Saxon government appointed him Vice Consul on February 1, 1859. The remoteness of Philadelphia, where Schlobach had settled, led him to move the Brazilian government in 1862 to commission him with the survey and construction of a road between this settlement and Santa Clara. This was then led 28 German miles (approx. 208 km) through impassable jungle terrain. During the work he was seriously wounded by an Indian attack in 1863. Further duties in the civil service followed.

In 1869 Schlobach sold his Brazilian property and returned with his family to Saxony , where he settled in Leipzig. Here he lived as a wealthy pensioner, as he was also the co-heir of the important Leipzig Thomas mill that his parents had acquired in 1845.

For his services, Schlobach was awarded the Rose Order by Emperor Dom Pedro II , which was associated with the conferment of the hereditary nobility name "de Costa". He was also given three square miles (22.26 km²) of land.

literature

• Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Schlobach (de Costa), Friedrich Gottlieb Robert", in: Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide, AMF - No. 237, 2012, pp. 89–90.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roland Spliesgart: "Brazilization" and Acculturation . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-447-05480-5 , p. 139 ff .
2. ^ Luiz Kuchenbecker: A German pioneer in the primeval forests of Brazil; http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/files/conteudos/0000001-0000500/119/626…/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.