Life

Pharmacist

Bronner, son of a pharmacist, studied the state examination in the Durlach of Baden with state State of Salzer and put 1815 down into pharmacy.

At the 3. March 1816 married Bronner virtue friend (1795-1828), the daughter pointing punches at that time of the pharmacist Friedrich . Still in the same year he transferred the pharmacy of his father-in-law. Between 1816 and 1822 four children came out from the marriage, then Bronners woman died with scarcely 33 years.

1829 married the widower the daughter of the Evangelist minister of Biebelnheim with Alzey, Elisabetha (Lisette) Heddaeus, a cousin of his deceased woman. The four children, who followed also from this second marriage, were born between 1830 and 1835.

Bronner led its pharmacy until 1848. He lived in this time with his family in the building of the pharmacy, which had first its location corner city hall /Pfarrgasse, thereafter corner main street/Pfarrgasse and last corner market route/main street. 1848 took over Bronners son Philipp the business of its father and let the house of the today's city pharmacy in the main street establish.

Viticulture pioneer

By a coincidence, then Bronner writes the improvement of the viticulture in the Vorrede of its first book"…, which appeared 1830, could it 1826 in pointing hole wasteland acquire, on which he wanted to operate viticulture. With many troubles and costs he made the area arable. In order to become acquainted with the viticulture, Bronner winegrower in the environment asked and could be advised, observed much and trained themselves further also in the Pfalz and in Rhine gau. In its plant it tested different cut methods and established as it were to a sample Rebschule.

This accepted considerable extents with the time. About 400 different Rebsorten were held with an existence by several 100,000 100 mornings large areas today by the psychiatric national hospital pointing hole is used. On 2 June 1839 the area was baptized in honours of the Mark count Wilhelm on the name William height, and Bronner was lent because of his earnings/services and research over the viticulture of the titles of an economics advice.

In accordance with his guidance saying "„seize and use the spirit of the time "“made for Bronner - partial on behalf the government of Baden - numerous journeys into different in and foreign Weinbaugebiete, in order to train itself further. Bronners of destinations commodity beside the Pfalz, the Mosel and that Rhine gau also and Saxonia. Abroad adjacent it visited France, Switzerland, Austria Hungary and Italy. Apart from the agricultural part of the viticulture and the education of the vines - here Bronner favored above all the so-called block cut and carried considerably for the spreading of this educating method - was to it the improvement wine quality particularly because of the heart. For this Bronner sold models of a high-speed printing machine (Spindelkelter), which it had developed. In copied, replaced it locally the unmanageable Baumkeltern.

Rose breeder

How the vine care operated Bronner also the rose breed so engaged that it took up its own clause, which should guarantee the receipt and the care of its roses after its dying to its will.

Author

Apart from the occupation with its family, his occupation, his research work and his journeys Bronner wrote 13 books and numerous specialized essays. Its last book the wild grapes/clusters of the Rhine Valley originates from the year 1857.

Literature

• Klaus Beneke: Johann Philipp Bronner - pioneer of the viticulture in Germany, pharmacist, researcher and for the history of the wine, as well as the Colica Pictonum and the production of sugar from carrots, Institut for inorganic chemistry of the Christian Albrechts university Kiel. 2006. (Pdf)

Quotation

• "„I die gladly, I a long, richly gesegnetes life to lead was allowed. "“

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