August Meier-Böke

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August Friedrich Heinrich Meier-Böke (born October 17, 1901 in Langenholzhausen , † October 31, 1956 in Detmold ) was a German teacher and local researcher in the Lippe area .

Life

August Meier-Böke was born on October 17, 1901, the second of four sons on a farm in Langenholzhausen. In 1921 he made his Abitur in Bielefeld . From 1922 to 1923 he trained at the teachers' college in Rinteln , which he finished with the first state examination as a teacher. Between 1923 and 1925 he studied, first in Darmstadt, then in Göttingen, Hamburg and Münster, various subjects from the natural sciences and humanities; he did not graduate. From 1924 he began to work as a writer. In 1928 he married his wife Emma, ​​née Süvern. The two had five children. In 1927 he started teaching at the Rector's School in Hohenhausento work. In 1937 he moved to Detmold with his family. Here he was first a teacher at the boys 'school, then later at the girls' school. In 1939 he received his doctorate in prehistory and early history . Throughout his life he had to struggle with illnesses again and again. Meier-Böke died on October 31, 1956 in Detmold at the age of only 55.

Local history explorer

In addition to his work as a teacher, Meier-Böke was a passionate local researcher. He dealt with a wide variety of topics that had to do with the history, customs and nature of the Lippe region. He wrote several books and innumerable articles about the results of his research, which were published in daily newspapers and popular calendars.

Works (selection)

  • Forest and Wehrwolf. German Forest e. V, Hamburg, around 1924
  • German Forest and German Cemetery. German Forest e. V, Hamburg, 1925
  • Prehistory of the German people. J. Beltz Publishing House, Langensalza, 1936
  • The early Paleolithic on the Weser. Curt Kabitzsch publishing house, Leipzig, 1940 (Mannus library; 67).
  • Flora from Lippe . (Edited by Franz Rodewald; Helmut Brinkmann), special publications by the natural and historical association for the state of Lippe. Vol. 29, 1978
  • Zig-zag trip through Lippe (1954–1958). The Lippe Villages. Kurt Dröge (Ed.), Landesverband Lippe (various editions)
  • The sovereign edict against carnival abuses of 1684. In: Messages from the history of Lippe and regional studies No. 18, 1949 digitized
  • Easter traditions in Lippe. In: Messages from Lippe History and Regional Studies No. 20, 1951 digitized
  • From May day to midsummer. Lippe folk customs between sowing and mowing. In: Messages from the history of Lippe and regional studies No. 22, 1953 digitized
  • The harvest tradition in Lippe. In: Messages from the history of Lippe and regional studies No. 23, 1954 digitized
  • Winter customs in Lippe. In: Messages from the history of Lippe and regional studies No. 24, 1955 digitized
  • Birth, childhood and adolescence in the Lippe folk custom. In: Messages from Lippe History and Regional Studies No. 25, 1956 digitized
  • Love and marriage in the Lippe folk custom. In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde No. 26, 1957 digitized
  • Illness and death in the Lippe folk custom. In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde No. 27, 1958 digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Dröge : August Meier-Böke and folklore in Lippe. A biographical sketch . In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 46 (2001), pp. 371–403.
personal data
SURNAME Meier-Böke, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meier-Böke, August Friedrich Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenholzhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1956
Place of death Detmold