Hermann Nietschmann

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Hermann Otto Nietschmann after a portrait by Heike Lichtenberg

Hermann Otto Nietschmann , pseudonym Armin Stein (born January 11, 1840 in Neutz-Lettewitz , † November 27, 1929 in Halle ) was a German Protestant pastor, writer and composer.

Life

Hermann Otto Nietschmann was the son of the teacher Johann Nietschmann (1807-1891). At the age of 13 he entered the Latina of the Francke Foundations in Halle and obtained his Abitur there. In 1859 he settled in theology at today's Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg enroll . After completing his studies in 1864, he worked as a private tutor for a few years. In 1867 he became a deacon and later a pastor at the Moritzkirche and at the municipal hospital. He worked at the Moritzkirche for 40 years and then retired on October 1, 1907. The majority of his works (books and compositions) were created in the parsonage of the Moritzkirche.

Nietschmann was married to Berta Brandt (born March 23, 1841). The couple had four children.

Hermann Nietschmann's pseudonym originated from the old form of Hermann ("Armin"), the surname was formed by reading the first five letters backwards, so "Niets" to "Stein". The pseudonym Armin Stein was written on the majority of his works, including Hermann O. Nietschmann in brackets.

Literary work

The literary work of Hermann Nietschmann can be divided into two main areas: On the one hand, the popular stories - Nietschmann called them simple stories - in a total of 9 volumes, on the other hand, the historical story or German images of history and life in a total of 33 volumes. Since 1879 his works have mainly appeared in the bookstore of the orphanage in Halle (Saale).

Warm-hearted narratives include collections like

  • Joyful and sorrowful
  • At the silent hearth
  • From war and peace
  • In the twilight hour

A little later, Nietschmann published the story Martin Luther and Count Erbach . The book achieved several editions.

Among the 33 volumes of German images of history and life, the first book published in 1901 is: Die Stadt Halle ad Saale. To be mentioned in pictures from their historical past .

The works also belong to this main group

  • The salt count of Halle
  • Thomas Münzer 1900
  • Cardinal Albrecht
  • The prince of the church and his favorite
  • georg Friedrich Handel
  • August Hermann Francke
  • Otto the Great
  • Gutenberg
  • Martin Luther
  • Catherine of Bora
  • The book by Magister Melanchthon
  • The great elector
  • Frederick the Great's youth
  • Queen Luise
  • From the realm of tones (Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)

An autobiographical work is the book Arnold Strahl - A School Life , in which Nietschmann describes his school days on the Latina of the Francke Foundations in Halle.

  • Arnold Strahl - A School Life

  • The city of Halle in pictures

Publications

Front page
  • Doctor Luther's book . Projekt-Verlag Cornelius GmbH, Halle and Eisleben 2014, ISBN 978-3-95486-505-5
  • From the market of life - serious and funny things , Hamburg 1906

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personal data
SURNAME Nietschmann, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nietschmann, Hermann Otto (full name); Stein, Armin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor, writer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Neutz-Lettewitz
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1929
Place of death Hall