Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth

Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth (born November 30, 1890 in Reetzerhütten ; † November 24, 1981 in Mittenwald ) was a German specialist in German studies , literary scholar , grammar school teacher and long-time president of the German Goethe Society in Weimar.

Life

After attending school, Wachsmuth studied German at the Berlin University and, after completing his state examination (1920) and doctorate (1921 in Rostock), worked as a teacher , first in Hohenlychen , and from 1928 at the Arndt-Gymnasium Dahlem . In 1949 he became director of this school and worked in this position until he retired in 1956.

In 1949, Wachsmuth took over the editing of the Goethe Society's yearbook, succeeding the late Hans Wahl . In 1950 he became President of the Goethe Society as successor to Anton Kippenberg , although he was West Berlin . In 1971 he handed over this position and the editor of the yearbook to Helmut Holtzhauer and became honorary president of the Goethe Society. He made a significant contribution to the fact that the Goethe Society continued to exist during his tenure as an all-German institution with its headquarters in Weimar and, like hardly any other organization, was able to survive the division of Germany into East and West undivided. Even after his retirement, Wachsmuth took on numerous other offices and was among other things a lecturer at the Free University of Berlin and editor of the Dahlemer Blätter published by the Arndt-Gymnasium .

The City of Frankfurt am Main awarded Wachsmuth the Goethe Plaque in 1955 , and the Goethe Society the Golden Goethe Medal in 1970 . In 1972 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for services to German literature, culture and especially Goethe research .

His son was the classical philologist Dietrich Wachsmuth .

Fonts

Joseph von Eichendorff's historical and political views . Rostock: Winterberg, 1921 (Phil. Diss. Univ. Rostock)
Goethe. About nature: from his writings . Wiesbaden: Insel, 1955
Goethe and old age: On Goethe's 125th anniversary of his death on March 22, 1957 . Hanover: Goethe-Ges., 1957
From Goethe's age wisdom . Stuttgart: Goethe-Ges., 1963
United dual nature: essays on Goethe's scientific thinking . Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1966

literature

Helmut Holtzhauer : Nature and Idea: Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth appropriated / On behalf of the board of the Goethe Society in Weimar on November 30, 1965 , commemorative publication for his 75th birthday. Weimar: Böhlau, 1966.
Obituary: Professor Dr. Dr. hc Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth . In: Goethe Yearbook . Volume 99, 1982, pp. 330-333.

Web links

Literature by and about Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth in the catalog of the German National Library

Personnel form from Andreas Bruno Wachsmuth in the personnel file of the BIL reviewer in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Wachsmuth, Andreas Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reetzer huts
DATE OF DEATH	November 24, 1981
Place of death	Mittenwald

[1] History of the Arndt-Gymnasium Dahlem from 1900 to 2008.

[2] Four-month publication of the Goethe Society (digizeitschriften.de)