Ernst Trahndorff

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Ernst Trahndorff (born March 13, 1850 in Berlin , † August 26, 1914 in Düren ), also Ernst Thrandorf , Ernst Thrandorf and T. Ernst Thrandorf was a German writer . He wrote under the pseudonym T. Ernst . He lived in Düren, Kaiserplatz 9 , later Altenteich 18 .

His parents were the Berlin director Otto Trahndorff and Wilhelmine, geb. Shearling. Ernst Trahndorff was not married.

Trahndorff, whose résumé is not entirely clear, wrote mainly local historical novels . His genre also included festival poems, stage plays, poems, songs and speeches of all kinds.

During his studies he traveled to Frankfurt am Main , Leipzig and Königsberg, among others . The city council made the city archivist August Schoop Trahnsdorff available in 1894 as adlatus for registering and organizing the files. This also explains his historical knowledge. In 1895 Trahndorff resigned from this office.

Work (selection)

  • From Düren's hardest days , historical novel from around 1543, 1890 also performed as a play in the city ​​theater in 4 sections and eight pictures (1883)
  • The sunbeam - an old story from Düren Gürzenich story (1890)
  • House of the Sternenhof , Roman. The Sternenhof was an estate in the Kämergasse .
  • The refugee , romantic-historical story from the area of ​​the Hürtgenwald (1887)
  • Düren Goldilocks , Roman (1888)
  • A Huge Surprise Novel (1886)
  • Two graves , poem (1887)
  • Home in Berlin , Roman (1865)
  • Master Wessel`s Daughter - A Story from Düren`s Prehistory , Story (1886)
  • Hans von Sternenhof , romantic-historical story (1887)
  • Zülpich in the days of need , romantic story from the time of the Thirty Years War (1910)
  • Floris Harpers , local history story from Jülich in the 16th century (1906)
  • Sedan , poem (1886)
  • For the unveiling ceremony of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument , poem (1891)
  • Heil Friedrich Wilhelm , poem (1896)
  • Düren pictures from the old days , series of articles in the Dürener Volkszeitung (1886)

swell

  • Yearbook of the District of Düren 2017 , Achim Jäger, editor: District of Düren, ISBN 978-3-942513-36-4 , pp. 103-118
personal data
SURNAME Trahndorff, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thrandorf, Ernst; Thrandorf, Ernst; Thrandorf, T. Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1914
Place of death Düren