Complex sentence: Bessel was born in Minden in Minden-Ravensberg as the son of a civil servant, and at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to the import-export concern Kulenkamp.
Split into simpler sentences: Bessel was born in Minden in Minden-Ravensberg, the son of a civil servant. At the age of 14 Bessel was apprenticed to the import-export concern Kulenkamp.