Ernst Deecke
Ludwig Heinrich Ernst Deecke (born October 1, 1805 in Lübeck ; † April 24, 1862 there ) was a German teacher and polyhistor of the 19th century .
Life
Ernst Deecke grew up in modest but not poor circumstances. The father August Deecke had come to Lübeck from Celle in 1804 and had successfully run a café with a pastry shop. He attended the Katharineum until Easter 1824. After studying theology in Halle (Saale) and Göttingen and the graduation to the Dr. phil. Ernst Deecke became collaborator in Lübeck in 1829 at the Bürgererschule, the real branch of the Katharineum . After the death of Friedrich Tiburtius , he took over his position as class teacher of the Quarta and at the same time the management of the attached boys' boarding school. When he rose to the position of 3rd professor at the Katharineum in 1847 , he took over the management of the city library , as has been customary since the 17th century .
In 1848 he became an envoy from the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck to the Frankfurt National Assembly in the Paulskirche. He was a member of the casino faction . In the time of his absence, the poet Emanuel Geibel taught at the Katharineum.
Deecke was a co-founder of the " Neue Lübeckische Blätter " and belonged to the " Jung-Lübeck " group. He was master of the chair of the Masonic Lodge “Zum Füllhorn” in Lübeck and a member of the Great State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany .
Ernst Deecke was married to Wilhelmine, née Müller (1805–1838) from Braunschweig . They had four children, the eldest son was the linguist Wilhelm Deecke . The daughter Berta (1834–1902) married the businessman Heinrich Peter Wohlert (1824–1900) and became the mother of the librarian Heinrich Wohlert . Deecke's second wife was Johanna called Jenny, née Boldemann (1805-1848) from Grabow in Mecklenburg. Their child was Hermann Deecke , later Senator zu Lübeck.
Awards and honorary positions
On May 22nd, 1860, the Danish King Friedrich VII awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Dannebrog Order .
Ernst Deecke held numerous (honorary) offices: 1843–1862 in the board of directors of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities , 1836–1844 board member of the Natural History Collection (today Museum for Nature and Environment ), since 1837 member of the "Association for Lübeck History" ( today "Society for Lübeck History and Archeology"), from 1838 member of the "Society for Lübeck Statistics", from 1848 member of the committee for the collection of Lübeck art treasures, honorary member of the "Royal Society for Archeology" in Copenhagen, honorary member of the historical associations of Hamburg , Mecklenburg, Braunschweig and Schleswig-Holstein.
Works (selection)
- Some news from the Lower Saxony books printed in Lübeck in the 15th century , GS Schmidt, Lübeck 1834
- Contributions to Lübeck history , collected by Prof. Dr. Ernst Deecke, von Rodhen 'sche Buchhandlung, Lübeck 1835, digitized .
- Basic lines for the history of Lübeck from 1143-1226 - a jubilation in the name of the Catharineum zu Lübeck , von Rodhen 'sche Buchhandlung, Lübeck 1839, digitized .
- From the oldest Lübeck Rathslinie - a jubilation in the name of the Catharineum zu Lübeck , from Rodhen 'sche Buchhandlung, Lübeck 1842
- The Catharineum zu Lübeck before 1800 a jubilation in connection with the special print on the history of our school house, von Rodhen 'sche Buchhandlung, Lübeck 1843
- History of the City of Lübeck , 1st edition, by Rodhen 'sche Buchhandlung, Lübeck 1844
- Monuments of fine arts in Lübeck , drawn and edited by Carl Julius Milde and accompanied by an explanatory historical text by Ernst Deecke, booklets I and II, Lübeck, self-published in 1843 and 1847
- Lübische stories and legends , Boldemann, Lübeck 1852
- The old Lübische Schützenhof . In celebration of his foundation 300 years ago, HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1855
- The treason in 1384 , published by Friedr. Aschenfeldt, Lübeck 1858
Portraits
- Head, charcoal / chalk drawing, 232 × 301 mm, unsigned, undated, probably around 1834 by Carl J. Milde
- Adolph D. Kindermann , half-length portrait, oil painting, 104 × 80 cm (oval), signed: Kindermann 1864 post mortem , ( Lübeck City Library ).
literature
- Wilhelm Mantels: Deecke, Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 18 f.
- Wilhelm Mantels : Prof. Dr. Ernst Deecke . Private print 1862. (biography)
- Georg Deecke: Professor Dr. Ernst Deecke his life and work . Supplement to the 1912 annual report of the Katharineum in Lübeck, Verlag Gebr.Borchers, Lübeck 1912.
- Peter Guttkuhn: A Lübeck politician from the very beginning . Ernst Deecke - Member of the National Assembly . In: Lübeckische Blätter , Lübeck 1987, p. 153.
- Ernst Deecke in Volume 10 from page 96, in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Published by order of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History and the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994.
- Walter Weber: Prof. Dr. Ernst Deecke, the collector and editor of the “Lübische Stories and Legends” on the 100th anniversary of his death (April 24, 1862) . In: Der Wagen, a yearbook from Lübeck . Edited in connection with the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities by Paul Brockhaus, Max Schmidt Römhild Verlag, Lübeck 1962, pp. 104-108.
- The Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 - A dictionary of the members of the German constituent assembly of the Reich. Edited by Rainer Koch , H. Kunz Verlag, Kelkheim 1989, p. 126.
- Franz Kössler: Personal lexicon of 19th century teachers , professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825–1918 with lists of publications, volume: Daase - Dzialas, University Library Gießen, 2008, ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Deecke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Review by Rudolph Kayser on Deecke, Georg: Dr. Ernst Deecke, Professor at the Katharineum and City Librarian of Lübeck , Lübeck, Borchers, 1912 in Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , page 153, Volume 19, 1917
- Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities
- Association for Lübeck History and Archeology
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Genzken: The Abitur graduates of the Katharineum zu Lübeck (grammar school and secondary school) from Easter 1807 to 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907. (Supplement to the school program 1907) Digitized , no. 152
- ↑ On March 7 [1828]: I) Ernst Ludwig Heinrich Deeke from Lübeck . (Source: D. Philosophical Faculty. In: Literary News Chronicle of the University of Halle in 1828. In: Intelligence sheet of the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung January 1829, p. 43), digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deecke, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deecke, Ernst Ludwig Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lübeck polyhistor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1862 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |