Hensel was born in
Gehsen (today Jeże,
Poland) and visited school in
Lyck. In 1886, he began to study Theology at the
University of Königsberg and the
University of Berlin and was a member of the
Burschenschaft Corps Masovia. He started to work as a Lutheran Pastor at Gehsen and
Friedrichshof in
Masuria, later also at the Lutheran congregation of
San Remo and became the
Superintendent of
Johannisburg. Hensel also published several publications in
masurian language. Since 1891 he was engaged in several organisations of agricultural cooperatives and became a member of the supervisory board of the "Landwirtschaftliche Zentraldarlehenskasse für Deutschland" in Berlin in 1920–24. In 1913 Hensel was elected for the
Conservative Party as the deputy of the constituency
Allenstein 3 (
Oletzko/
Lyck/
Johannisburg) at the
Prussian Landtag until 1918 and in 1921–28 Hensel, now a member of the
DNVP, was the deputy of the Allenstein 3 constituency at the
Reichstag. Hensel appealed to the foundation of the pro-German
Masurenbund and the
Arbeitsausschuß Allenstein gegen die Polengefahr, which both joined the
Masuren- und Ermländerbund in July 1919 under the presidency of
Max Worgitzki. Hensel was active in the
Ostdeutscher Heimatdienst and the head of the
Committee of Lutheran parishes in Masuria. The plebiscite turned out a majority of over 97% to remain in East Prussia. Hensel died in
Kolberg in 1944. == Publications ==