Arthur Daehnke

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Arthur Daehnke (born August 29, 1872 in Grünhagen , West Prussia , † January 30, 1932 in Mehlauken , Labiau district ) was a German judge and officer. In East Prussia he became famous as a hunter and beer-friendly original.

Life

As the son of a landowner, Daehnke attended high school in Marienburg . After graduating from high school , he enrolled at the Friedrichs University in Halle for law. The Corps Borussia Halle admittierte him in February 1892 in the summer semester 1891. recipiert , he was in the summer semester 1892 without tape released. He continued his studies at the local Albertus University in Königsberg . As a magistrate in Mehlauken, he was meticulous . He often made his “friends from the green color” desperate when they represented the prosecution as forest attorneys for forest crimes. During the First World War , as captain of the reserve , he led an ammunition column on the train on the Eastern Front . At the foundation festival in 1923, he became a corps bow bearer of Borussia Halle. Daehnke suffered from the consequences of the war and died at the age of 60 without actually being ill. Many compatriots and "believers" took part in the funeral service in his apartment. As a hunter, friend and corps brother, the Superintendent Walter Treidel held the “funeral pyre speech” according to Daehnke's will. The warrior association Mehlauken led by forester Geissel (Altsternberg) gave him the last escort. His ashes were buried in the Salusken cemetery near Neidenburg .

Great prophet

Ferman the Great Prophet (1920)

The bachelor and avid hunter led a sociable life. Siegfried Schindelmeiser writes:

“In Mehlauken, a market town in the Labiau district, which was later named Liebenfelde, the district judge Daehnke was active. There was a rail connection to Königsberg from there. The journey with the 'mad Lithuanian' took some time, however. However, there were several corps students as doctors and lawyers on site. Besides them, other groups of drunkards gathered in Beutler's hotel. One night the magistrate had the idea of ​​founding an order that would have to make it its business to fight alcohol as the greatest enemy of mankind wherever it was found. When he announced this enlightenment to the party, everyone was enthusiastic and called him the 'Great Prophet'. They considered themselves his believers and accepted the commandments he made. It was waived for the eyewitnesses of this historical hour to provide evidence of their confession as believers because they had already passed tests of their convictions. For every newcomer, however, it was decreed that he could only become a member of this exalted circle if he took a vow and gave a visible example of his attitude to confirm his oath. He therefore had to fight a large number of the enemy before the eyes of the believers and show that he could destroy him too. The believers also had their distinguishing marks: crescent moon and star, which was represented with the flat of the hand with the thumb spread at the same time and then with the clenched fist. The candidates came from everywhere and became believers, so that it became necessary to subdivide the growing area of ​​the order administratively. Therefore there was soon a grand vizier as the deputy of the prophet and dignitary, who were enfeoffed as an emir, sheikh or aga with a larger or smaller oasis. However, the Great Prophet constantly checked their attitudes to see whether, true to their promise, they ruthlessly fought the greatest enemy of mankind. "

- Siegfried Schindelmeiser

host

Ladies often took part in the Prophet's Feasts; only to the “spring festival” and “summer hunt” in the leased Schaltischleddiner district they were not invited. After his admirable hunting luck, the chief forester from Altsternberg (Geissel) was the only one to receive the "Order of the Green-footed Moorhen". One had to be able to deal with the alcoholic "crop rotation": First grog with little water, with the meal "East Prussian prepared" white wine and then beer, which the housekeeper brought in a pram. When the district court president wanted to get an idea of ​​the off-duty activities of the district judge, he sent an assessor to Mehlauken. Since Daehnke rejected him as an examiner, Mr. President set out on his own - and became “believers”. The forester Hans Kramer made it to the "Bey von Szerszantinnen and Skierniewice". In his Elchwald book he reports in detail about the “clever and educated man with a golden heart”.

Battle leader

The "ordnance" were tubercle (shot glass), Tubikel (wine glass), the tube (beer glass), Kalabasse (pint) Überkalabasse (liter jug) Oberüberkalabasse and enemy forces body (2 liters). The degrees were Bey , Aga , Pasha , Pasha with the title of Excellency and Grand Vizier . The Great Prophet and the “Grand Vizier of Königsberg” had prepared an inspection trip to Königsberg with the general staff: In each part of the city the troops met in specific bars at a precisely calculated time. From there they set out in a star shape to a bar in the city center, where they arrived at 12 noon. The cellar was soon emptied and the battle won. During the war, Daehnke's “cohort” marched under a flag with a crescent moon and a star. He reported to a passing general: "Report obediently, the great prophet with a hundred believers and two hundred camels on the war path from oasis X to oasis Y". The war brought believers from all over Germany to the order. The order's membership is estimated at 5,000.

literature

  • Hugo Fritsche: Arthur Daehnke Borussiae Halle - "a clever and educated man with a golden heart" . Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research , Vol. 26 (1981), pp. 201-204.
  • Hans Kramer: Elk forest. Land, people, hunting , 3rd edition. Jagd- und Kulturverlag, Sulzberg im Allgäu 1990, ISBN 3-925456-00-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 96/443
  2. ↑ a b c Prussian letter No. 231 (Corps Borussia Halle), April 1967, pp. 13-16
  3. ↑ a b c d H. Kramer, pp. 107-109
  4. ↑ H. Fritsche (1981)
  5. ^ A b Siegfried Schindelmeiser: The history of the Corps Baltia. Vol. 2, ed. by R. Döhler and G. v. Klitzing, Munich 2010, p. 35
  6. ↑ a b The great prophet of Mehlauken. District judge Arthur Daehnke was a lovable East Prussian original . Ostpreußenblatt, January 20, 1973
personal data
SURNAME Daehnke, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The great prophet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magistrate and officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünhagen , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1932
Place of death Mehlauken , East Prussia