Johann HeinrichBartels (20 May 1761 – 1 February 1850) was a scholar from Hamburg who became a city senator in 1798. He played a leading role in civic administration during the difficult years of French occupation (1806-1814). [1 ] In 1820…
On 23-12-1944 Heinrich Bartels took off for his last and fatal mission. Most likely he was shot down by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters of the Usaaf 56th Fighter Group by their commander Colonel David Carl Schilling
Bartels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. [1 ] The given name Bartel is a vernacular shortform of Bartholomeus. [2 ] Notable people with the surname include:
Bartels was born in Gilten, Hannover. He grew up in humble circumstances, and trained as a cigarmaker in Hamburg. In Breslau he met Joseph Ernst Seppelt, with whom he travelled to Adelaide via Melbourne around 1845, and for a year worked as a…