Bauernheinrich ("Farmer Henry") is a card game for four players that is played in the region of Anglia in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

[5] Otto Mensing records it in 1929 as a four-player Anglian game under the names Heinrich, Buurn-Heinerich, Buurnhinnerk and Buernhinnerk.

[6][7] In the West Münsterland dialect, a form of plattdeutsch related to that spoken in Holstein, Buurnhennick is also a nickname for an unmarried uncle living with the family.

[6] It should not, however, be confused with Bester Bube in which only five cards are dealt and the rules of play are quite different.

Today the game is common on the Anglian peninsula and in the Hütten Hills (Holzbunge) in the region of Schleswig.

The cards rank as follows (highest first): Ace (Ass), King (König), Queen (Dame), 10, 9, 8, 7 The Jacks (Bauern or Buben) have a special role as permanent trumps and rank above all the other cards.

The ranking of the Jacks, highest first, is: Clubs (Kreuz), Spades (Pik), Hearts (Herz) and Diamonds (Karo).

In clockwise order the other players have Spades, Hearts and Diamonds as their trump suits, regardless of the cards they actually hold.