Ernst Rommel (editor)

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Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb Rommel (born July 19, 1819 in Hanover ; † July 31, 1892 there ) was a German librarian , private lecturer , editor , writer and playwright .

Life

family

Ernst Rommel was the father of the sculptor Oswald Rommel senior (1844–1929) and the grandfather of the siblings and sculptors Oswald Rommel junior and Elsbeth Rommel . The latter was the only woman of the artists later involved in the New Town Hall .

Career

Born in the royal seat of the then Kingdom of Hanover , which was long orphaned due to the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover , Ernst Rommel studied at the Hanoverian teachers' college . However, after he had religious doubts, he did not pursue the career of a teacher, but initially worked as a typesetter .

When the future heir to the throne Georg V married his future Queen Marie of Saxony-Altenburg in 1843 , typesetter Rommel was one of the first to congratulate the couple, who offered the couple poems and gifts.

In the revolutionary years of 1848 and 1849 Rommel worked as a stenographer for the Hanoverian Estates Assembly and at the same time as editor of the Hanover State Parliament Gazette . He also worked from 1847 to 1849 as a travel agent for the Historical Association for Lower Saxony .

Around 1850: The then Polytechnic School (and later Leibniz University ) - Rommel's workplace on Georgstrasse near what would later become Kröpcke ;
Steel engraving by Louis Thümling after Kretschmer , printed by GG Lange

In 1850 Ernst Rommel received the post of library clerk at the then Polytechnic School (PTS), which later became the Technical University of Hanover . After he was promoted to library secretary in 1856 , he became a librarian at the Hanover University Library a good two decades later in 1875 . Also from the academic year 1875 he gave his own lectures on aesthetics .

From 1881 Rommel worked as a private lecturer.

In the meantime, Ernst Rommel had gained a reputation as a writer and playwright . For his blind sovereign King George V he was even called in to read aloud.

Letterhead of the Workers Association in Hannover , the drum for an honorary member appointed

Rommel, who campaigned for the integration of Hanoverian workers through higher education into civil society , was also made an honorary member of the Hanoverian workers' association .

Fonts (selection)

  • Henning the rooster. Side section and end of "Reineke the Fox". Metrically edited by Ernst Rommel after the Old German of the 16th century. With 4 original drawings , drama related to Kaspar Friedrich Renner , Hanover: AL Pockwitz, 1846
  • Charlotte Corday . A historical tragedy in five acts , Hanover: Rümpler, 1856
    • also, 130 pages, Hanover: Victor Lohse, 1856
  • Schiller celebration of the artists' association in Hanover . Poetry and art. Festive poem to celebrate Friedrich von Schiller 's 100th birthday , 1859
  • German saying. Collection of old and new rhymes ... for builders, architects, painters, sculptors and artisans , 1868
  • Poems. Poetry and art, love, faith, knowledge, work and fatherland , Hanover: Schmorl & von Seefeld, 1868
  • Catalog of the library of the Royal Polytechnic School in Hanover , Hanover: Riemschneider, 1868
  • Festive poem to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal Technical University of Hanover 1831 - 1881 on June 2, 3 and 4, 1881 , 20 pages, Hanover: König & Ebhardt, 1881
  • Georg Stephenson. Cultural-historical drama in four acts , 79 pages, Hanover: Schmorl & von Seefeld, 1881

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rommel, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library , last accessed on April 15, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Klaus Mlynek : Rommel, Ernst. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 299.
  3. ↑ Karin Ehrich: Hanover's women and the new town hall , in * Cornelia Regin (Hrsg.): Splendor and power. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the New Town Hall in Hanover , in the series Hannoversche Studien , Volume 14, Hanover: Hahn, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7752-4964-5 , pp. 381–408; here: p. 402f. and notes according to Werner Heine from the Hanover City Archives , Oswald Rommel registration card
  4. ^ Wilhelm Schröder: The wedding ceremony of Sr. Königl. The Highness of the Crown Prince Georg of Hanover with the Most Highness Princess Marie von Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony, edited according to authentic sources and with special approval, Sr. Majesty of the King and Sr. Royal Highness of the Crown Prince , Hanover: Pockwitz, 1843, p. 62 ; online through google books
  5. ^ Klaus Mlynek: Georg V, King of Hanover. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 210; online through google books
personal data
SURNAME Rommel, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rommel, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, university professor, poet, writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1892
Place of death Hanover