Baldwin gardener

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Balduin Gärtner (born November 6, 1859 in Rödigen ; † February 3, 1954 in Altenburg ) was a German teacher, local poet and folklorist .

Life

Gärtner attended the teachers' seminar in Altenburg from 1874 to 1878 and then worked as a teacher in Schmölln . From 1882 until 1924 he taught at the Frauenfelsschule in Altenburg. Gardener was appointed senior teacher .

Gärtner worked as a poet and writer under various pseudonyms such as "Daneels Kleenner" and "Daniel Balder", and as a newspaper reporter in Altenburg . His poems and articles about local history were printed in the daily press. Gardener wrote a. a. Articles about Oberlödla , lung disease , smuggling in the Bohemian Forest , war episodes, the foundation assets of the city of Altenburg, changes of lease and ownership, the timber business on the Saale , farmers' families in Schlauditz , reports on the construction of toboggan runs on the Zschernitzscher Berg, in Unterlödla , at the observatory and in the Herzog-Ernst-Wald Altenburg, as well as articles in the ornithological monthly of the German Association for the Protection of the Bird World and also in its newspaper Die Vogelwelt . In 1908 he published the book of verses Das Zwillingspaar Hedi and Fredi, illustrated by Jenny Thieme, in Stephan Geibel Verlag .

He was one of the main initiators of the establishment of the DÖAV section Sachsen-Altenburg, of which he was 1st chairman from 1932 to 1933. In 1911 he published the hiking book 100 Sketches for Hikes in Altenburg's Surroundings at Verlag Oskar Bonde . In 1914 he was commissioned by the publisher to edit this traveling book because it was quickly sold out, but was only able to comply with this request after the First World War . It was published in 1924 under the title Altenburger Wanderbuch. 20 excursions and 100 sketches for hikes and walks in Altenburg's surroundings .

In 1925 Gärtner was one of the founders of the German Radio Technology Association , the first national German amateur radio association . After the club was banned after the Second World War , he took part in efforts to re-admit the Alpine Club in Thuringia and Saxony in mid-1948 .

Gärtner's estate is in the Thuringia State Archives . The estate includes a. a collection of proverbs in Altenburg dialect, counting rhymes and verses for children, descriptions of children's games and entertainment games, descriptions of customs and manners in the Pleißengau and Osterland .

His genealogical research results were published posthumously in 1958 as an article entitled Meine Anfahren in the Altenburg home calendar. In 2000, in the commemorative publication for the 750th anniversary of the city of Altenburg, the municipal traffic office published, among other things, the article Alt-Altenburg which he wrote during his lifetime .

Offices

  • 1907–1932: Founder, recorder and secretary, DÖAV section Saxony-Altenburg
  • from 1908: Committee of the DÖAV for the construction of toboggan runs
  • 1919: 2nd chairman of the Transport and Beautification Association
  • 1932–1933: 1st chairman, DÖAV section Sachsen-Altenburg
  • 1939–1945: Board member, DÖAV section Sachsen-Altenburg
  • 1909–1919: Deputy chairman of the district teachers' association
  • Member of the press committee

Honors

  • Honorary chairman of the DÖAV section Sachsen-Altenburg
  • Honorary member and silver badge of honor of the men's gymnastics club
  • Golden badge of honor of the district of Thuringia
  • Honorary member of the animal protection association
  • Honorary member of the Transport and Beautification Association
  • Honorary member of the men's choir
  • Honorary letter from the German Singers Association
  • Fencing master and honorary member of the German Reich fencing school
  • Silver badge of honor from the German Radio Technology Association
  • Honorary membership of the local research group
  • 1911: Herzog Ernst Medal
  • 1917: Silver Cross of Merit of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order

Fonts (selection)

  • Malcher uff the exhibition in Altenburg dialect for the Altenburg state exhibition in 1886.
  • The twins Hedi and Fredi. Stephan Geibel Verlag, 1908.
  • 100 sketches of walks in Altenburg's surroundings. Publishing house Oskar Bonde, Altenburg 1911.
  • Altenburg hiking book. 20 excursions and 100 sketches for hikes and walks in Altenburg's surroundings. Publishing house Oskar Bonde, Altenburg 1924.

literature

  • Baldwin gardener. In: Karl Heinz Gehlauf: Cultural- historical portrait of Altenburg: Bd. Personalities and companies that made history in Altenburg. Steffen Sell Heimat-Verlag, 2004, pp. 89–95.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Contribution by Balduin Gärtner in the annual report of the Sachsen-Altenburg section of the German and Austrian. Alpine Club for 1908
  2. ↑ Reinhard Weber: Hiking around Schmölln. Ostthüringer Zeitung , October 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ limited preview in the Google book search
  4. ^ Rainer Bauch: On the history of mountain sports in Altenburg. Part 1: The Alpine Club in Altenburg, 1907 to 1945/49. Processing status: September 23, 1998.
  5. ↑ Balduin Gärtner's estate , Thuringia archive portal.
  6. ↑ The Altenburger Heimatkalender - The tables of contents of all years from 1958 to 1963 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.genealogienetz.de
  7. ↑ 750 years of Barbarossa-Stadt Altenburg 1185–1935. Altenburg - the thousand year old imperial city in the Easter country. City Transport Office Altenburg (Ed.), Richard Hauenstein Verlag, 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Gardener, Baldwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, local poet and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Rödigen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1954
Place of death Altenburg