Erich Matthes (publisher)

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Erich Fürchtegott Matthes (born August 3, 1888 in Neuhausen / Erzgeb. , † January 12, 1970 in Hartenstein ) was a German folk publisher and local researcher from the Ore Mountains .

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The son of a factory owner for wood products attended a secondary school in Chemnitz . After graduating from high school in 1907, he initially worked as a private tutor. He then started a traineeship as a correspondent at the Wieland hosiery factory in Auerbach . From 1911 to 1913 he studied history, literature and folklore at the universities in Berlin and Leipzig . In 1913 he worked briefly as a private tutor in Castelrotto in South Tyrol . He was a member of Germania, the abstinence union at German schools and, from 1908, of the Wandervogel eV. From 1911/12 he volunteered in the Wandervogel movement as editor of the magazine of the same name. On April 1, 1913, he founded his own publishing house, in which numerous folk publications appeared. Hartung points out that one of the first publisher publications, German or National! The Wandervogel's contributions to the race question are a compilation of negative statements about the inclusion of Jews in the Wandervogel. His self-formulated goal was to “become the spokesman for that part of the young generation who strives to cultivate a conscious Germanism based on ideology”. Matthes was editor of the magazines body culture, monthly for sensible body discipline (1913-1914) and the young German (1919-1923). Matthes von Hartenstein directed his publishing house, which is based in Leipzig , and is therefore sometimes given as the place of publication. In addition to numerous positive völkisch books, some anti-Semitic publications, e.g. B. published in the series " Zweifäusterdruck " in his publishing house. A total of around 500 books were published by Erich Matthes . In May 1929 he had to file for bankruptcy with his publisher . The continued publishing house in Leipzig suffered total bomb damage in 1943. In 1946 it was finally deleted from the commercial register.

Matthes was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 715.192) and was involved in this, among other things, as a trainer and speaker . In 1934 he applied for admission to the Reichsschrifttumskammer . He spent his retirement in Hartenstein.

The focus of his work in the area of ​​local history was the history of the hammer mill in the Western Ore Mountains and the mining towns in the Saxon and Bohemian Ore Mountains. Much of his work has not yet been published.

Fonts

  • The Erzgebirge iron hammers - attempt at a chronicle. Manuscript, ca.1936.
  • Old ironworks and armory brands from the Saxon Ore Mountains. In: Glückauf. Volume 59, 1939, No. 10, pp. 219-224 and Volume 59, 1939, No. 11/12, pp. 239-242.
  • Map Eisen im Erzgebirge. 1940 (with Rudolf Trexler)
  • The introduction of tinplate production in the Saxon Ore Mountains in 1536. In: Glückauf. Volume 62, 1942, Issue 7 + 8/9.
  • Pattern for the Turkish campaign, Zwickau 1542. Korbsche's family archive, 1958.
  • Document book of the Erzgebirge mountain town Gottesgab 1529–1546 . Manuscript, ca.1960.
  • Saxon gun hammer and bar iron brands from the 14th to 18th centuries. In: Archives for the iron and steel industry. Volume 33, 1962, Issue 5.
  • Directory of persons for: The first mountain book 1518–1520 from St. Joachimsthal. Korb's family archive, 1965.
  • The house loan book of the Saxon-Bohemian mountain town of Platten in the Ore Mountains: 1535–1570. Degener, 1967.

literature

  • Uwe Puschner, Walter Schmitz, Justus H. Ulbricht: Handbook on the "Völkischen Movement" 1871-1918. Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11241-6 , p. 296ff.
  • Günter Hartung: German fascist literature and aesthetics - collected studies. Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-934565-92-1 , p. 114f.
  • Hinrich Jantzen: Names and Works Volume 3. (Sources and contributions to the history of the youth movement, Volume 12) Frankfurt am Main 1975, ISBN 3-7638-1253-9 , pp. 211-216.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hinrich Jantzen: Names and Works Volume 3, p. 212
  2. ^ Günter Hartung: German fascist literature and aesthetics - collected studies. Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-934565-92-1 , p. 114f.
personal data
SURNAME Matthes, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthes, Erich Fürchtegott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk publisher and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhausen / Erzgeb.
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1970
Place of death Hartenstein