Berthold Volz

Berthold August Emil Volz (born July 30, 1839 in Rügenwalde in Pomerania, † December 1, 1899 in Breslau ) was a German geographer and historical researcher .

Berthold Volz had attended high school in Köslin before studying philology and history at the universities of Berlin and Greifswald from 1857 to 1861.

After completing the prescribed year of probation at the grammar schools in Köslin and Stolp in Pomerania, Volz was initially employed as a full teacher at the grammar schools in Köslin and Schwerin in Mecklenburg, then as a senior teacher at the grammar schools in Mühlhausen / Thuringia and at the Royal Pedagogy of the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale .

In 1872 Volz was appointed director of the grammar school in Wittstock / Dosse , in 1874 he took over the management of the Viktoria grammar school in Potsdam .

Between 1878 and 1889 he made repeated trips to Italy and Greece.

Volz is the author of several historical works, geographic non-fiction books and numerous articles and reviews that have been published in various journals. After Alfred Kirchhoff's resignation in 1882, he took over the publication of the new editions of HA Daniel's well-known, high-circulation guide for teaching geography and the geography textbook for higher education institutions . In 1878 he was commissioned to give scientific lectures to Prince Heinrich of Prussia , and in 1880 to Princess Victoria of Prussia. He participated intensively in social life and was committed to patriotic goals. Volz was a member of the board of the Wroclaw Department of the German Colonial Society as well as the board of the Silesian Main Association of the Gustav Adolf Foundation .

On November 28, 1899, Berthold Volz underwent a life-threatening operation, which turned out to be unhappy and which put an early end to his creative life on December 1, 1899.

Works (excerpt)

• The Roman Elegy - Selection from the Poets of the Classical Period . 2nd edition, Leipzig 1876.
• About the year of the Battle of Pollentia . Cöslin 1864.
• Prince Kaunitz .
• Contributions to the history of pietism: from unprinted materials . Gotha 1872.
• History of Germany in the nineteenth century from the Peace of Luneviller to the death of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
• The geographical discoveries and discoverers of the most recent times in an orienting overview: five lectures . Muhlhausen 1868.
• Henry Morton Stanley's Journey through the Dark Continent - Edited for wider circles based on Stanley's reports . Leipzig 1881.
• The military writings of Frederick the Great , Berlin 1882.
• Geography textbook . Leipzig 1900.
• Hermann Albert Daniel and Berthold Volz: Geographical Character Pictures - From the original reports of travelers , 5 volumes [Volume I: Germany (Alpine country, German Empire and German Austria), 4th edition 1898; Volume II: Europe; Volume III: Asia; Volume IV: Africa, 2nd edition 1903; Volume V: America and Australia], Leipzig 1885/92.
• Our colonies - country and people . Leipzig 1891.
• Emin Pasha's relief and Stanley's train through the 'darkest Africa' . Leipzig 1891.
• Grand Duke Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - A German princely life, according to records and memories . Wismar 1893.
• Illustrated history of the latest time , 2 volumes; Volume I: From the French Revolution of 1789 to the July Revolution and the English Parliamentary Reform . Leipzig 1883; Volume 2: From the July Revolution to the rebuilding of the German Empire . Leipzig 1884; 2nd edition 1994/95.
• The beginnings of Christianity in the context of their time . Leipzig 1888.
• Wilhelm the Great, German Emperor and King of Prussia - His life and work, in memory of his centenary birthday . Leipzig 1897.

Web links

• Literature by and about Berthold Volz in the catalog of the German National Library