Bodinus worked elsewhere but always returned to Karlsruhe and was concertmaster there for two periods. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, returned in a disoriented state in 1758 and was committed to an insane asylum in Pforzheim where he died.
Bodinus worked elsewhere but maintained strong ties to Karlsruhe, holding the position of concertmaster there on two separate occasions. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, only to return years later in a state of confusion and was subsequently placed in an asylum in Pforzheim, where he ultimately perished.