Alfred Bassermann
Alfred Wilhelm Bassermann (born February 9, 1856 in Mannheim ; † May 3, 1935 in Königsfeld in the Black Forest ) was a German Dante researcher , writer and lawyer. His Dante collection has been in the university library in Freiburg im Breisgau since 1936.
Life
He was the son of the private citizen Gustav Bassermann and his wife Clementine nee Sommer. After attending grammar school in Mannheim, where he graduated from high school in 1874, he volunteered for the military as a one-year volunteer. He then studied at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, where he passed the state examination in law. After a short time in the Baden state service, he resigned in 1886 in order to work as a freelance writer from then on. He went on extensive study trips and hikes, met with Dante researchers and collected extensive material on Dante. In 1914 he was drafted and took part in the First World War. In 1918 he headed an artillery ammunition column in Upper Alsace as Rittmeister.
After the end of the war he moved to Königsfeld in the Black Forest in 1927 and continued to study Dante. When he came into conflict with the editorial staff of the German Dante Yearbook at the beginning of the 1930s , he made this public through his own publication.
family
At least three daughters were born from his marriage.
Fonts (selection)
- Dante's footsteps in Italy. Wanderings and investigations , Munich, 1897; Small edition, 2nd edition, Munich, 1898.
- The Wehrmacht tree of Ctesiphon, a New Year's Eve, told his brothers in Feldgrau at Easter by Alfred Bassermann , Heidelberg, 1916.
- My conflict with the editor of the German Dante Yearbook , Königsfeld, 1932.
- For Dante and against his false apostles, Streifzüge , Brühl, 1934.
Honors
- 1897 Dr. phil. hc by the University of Heidelberg
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- Knight's Cross II class with swords of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 65.
- Josef Hermann Beckmann: Alfred Bassermann: a life for Dante , in: Neue Heidelberger Jahrbücher, 1938.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Bassermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Kalliope network
Individual evidence
- ↑ Link to his holdings in the Freiburg i. B.
- ↑ My Conflict with the editor of the German Dante Yearbook , Königsfeld, 1932.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassermann, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bassermann, Alfred Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Dante researcher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1935 |
| Place of death | Königsfeld in the Black Forest |