Emil Johannes Guttzeit

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EJ Guttzeit during a school trip in 1957

Emil Johannes Guttzeit (born March 1, 1898 in Königsberg ; † May 18, 1984 in Bad Ems ) was a German author and local history researcher who lived and worked in East Prussia and Diepholz ( Lower Saxony ). His focus was on publications on East Prussian and Diepholz topics. Guttzeit is an honorary citizen of the city of Diepholz.

Life

After attending school in Königsberg from 1904 to 1914, Emil Johannes Guttzeit trained from 1914 to 1917 to be a teacher at the Preparande in Königsberg and at the teachers' college in Pr. Eylau . From 1917 to 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War . He then worked from 1919 to 1940 as a teacher at various schools in the Heiligenbeil district . In 1933 he passed his secondary school teacher examination in the subjects of history and geography in Königsberg . From 1940 to 1944 he was a soldier (as an army high school teacher and as a soldier at the front) in World War II and then in British captivity . After that he was temporarily a construction worker in Osnabrück .

From 1946 Guttzeit was able to work again in his learned profession as a middle school teacher - first in Buchholz near Hamburg and from 1947 at the middle school in Diepholz . There he was appointed secondary school principal in 1959. In 1963 Guttzeit retired as a teacher and was now able to devote more time to his historical studies and publications.

As a young teacher at the age of 24, Guttzeit began to conduct genealogical and local history studies, to collect field names and legends . He worked in various archives, including regularly in the Königsberg State Archives.

Works

stories

  • Se schuwt datt Brotke in the oawe tin.

Publications about the Diepholzer area

  • Diepholz and its streets. Diepholz / Hanover 1954
  • From the castle chapel to the St. Michaeliskirche in Diepholz. A historical look back at the churches of the Evangelical Lutherans. Parish of Diepholz. Diepholz 1963
  • The first century. The hundred-year history of a savings bank as reflected in time. April 1, 1865 - April 1, 1965. Diepholz 1965
  • (Editing / Editing) together with Herbert Major : Das Bürgerbuch der Stadt Diepholz 1788 - 1851. Diepholz 1979
  • History of the city of Diepholz. 1st part (Ed .: Stadt Diepholz), Diepholz 1982

Publications about the district of Heiligenbeil in East Prussia

  • The Balga order castle . Heiligenbeil 1925.
  • The church in Bladiau and its family history monuments. Heiligenbeil 1930.
  • 600 years of Grunau, Heiligenbeil district. Heiligenbeil 1931.
  • 600 years of Hohenfürst. Heiligenbeil 1932.
  • Folk legends from our natangischen home. Collected and edited for the youth. Heiligenbeil 1934.
  • 700 years of Balga. Heiligenbeil 1939.
  • Heiligenbeil and his civil register from 1770 - 1918. Königsberg 1939.
  • 100 years of Kreissparkasse Heiligenbeil. Historical review of the founding and development of the savings bank in the Heiligenbeil district. Heiligenbeil 1942.
  • Jäcknitz: roses and woyditten. The story of an East Prussian manor. Kiel 1957.
  • The Johannisburg district . An East Prussian homeland book. Wuerzburg 1964.
  • The town register of the city of Heiligenbeil from 1770 - 1918. Hamburg 1969.
  • East Prussia in 1440 pictures. Historical representations. Leer 1972, 1973, 1976, 1984, Rheda-Wiedenbrück / Gütersloh 2001, Würzburg 2001, Augsburg 2006.
  • The district of Heiligenbeil . An East Prussian homeland book. (Ed .: Kreisgemeinschaft Heiligenbeil), Leer 1975.
  • Natangen . Landscape and history. Marburg / Lahn 1977.
  • East Prussian city ​​arms . (Ed .: Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen, Department of Culture), Waiblingen 1981.

In addition, a large number (several hundred) of larger and smaller works in newspapers and magazines, calendars and address books etc.

Awards

  • 1971 Awarded the Golden Badge of Honor of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft
  • 1977 Award of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon ("... in recognition of the special services earned for people and the state")
  • 1983 Honorary citizenship of the city of Diepholz ("... as the city archivist, he made a special contribution to the local history research of our area and as the author of the first coherent account of the history of the city of Diepholz")
  • 1983 Award of the Königsberg Citizens Medal by the City Community of Königsberg Pr. ("In appreciation of his services as an East Prussian chronicler and long-time editor of the calendar 'Der honest Ostpreuße'")

Literature about Emil Johannes Guttzeit

  • Emil Johannes Guttzeit. In: Herbert Major : The honorary citizens of the Fleckens or the city of Diepholz. (Publication of the Diepholz City Archives No. 3), Diepholz 1987, pp. 95-101.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From every bakery in our villages and the "black kitchen" (March 17, 1973 / episode 11 / page 6) , accessed on May 17, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Guttzeit, Emil Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and local researcher and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1984
Place of death Bad Ems