Eugen Müllendorff

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Eugen Müllendorff (born July 3, 1855 in Steinau an der Oder , † February 5, 1934 in Berlin ) was a German engineer , writer and influential Freemason .

Life

After attending the Friedrichsgymnasium in Breslau , Müllendorff studied at the universities of Breslau and Leipzig as well as in Dresden and Charlottenburg . With a dissertation on differential equations, he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . This was followed by a long study visit to Turkey , which later resulted in his main literary work with the translation of the rascals of Naszr-ed-din .

After his return to Germany, he first worked as an editor for the magazine Blätter für Elektrotechnik und Bauwesen in Cologne. He later worked in Berlin as a judicial expert for electrical engineering. In 1904 he became a member of the patent office as such . At the same time he was a member of the Reich Federation of Sworn Experts and the Association of Consulting Engineers . He has also written numerous treatises on electrical engineering and pedagogy in various specialist journals.

Freemasonry

Müllendorff was a member of the Berlin Johannisloge To the three golden keys and from 1916 to 1931 State Grand Master of the Great State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany . He exerted a great influence on the development of Freemasonry in Germany after the First World War. As an exponent of old Prussian Freemasonry, he emphasized the standpoint of love for the fatherland while distancing himself from pacifist ideas. Under his leadership, the Grand State Lodge separated itself from the rest of German Freemasonry and added the additional designation of the German-Christian Order . - His half-length portrait as state grandmaster was captured on a bronze medal by H. Wernicke.

Müllendorff's grave is located in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

  • Tales from the Orient , Budapest 1890.
  • Die Schwänke des Naszr-ed-din and Buadem by Mehemed Tewsik , Leipzig 1890. (= Reclams Universal Library 2735 / translation from Turkish)
  • The automobiles, their nature and their treatment , Berlin 1899. (with F. von Kübel).
  • The Helios in the years 1882-1900. A contribution to the development history of electrical engineering , Cologne 1900.
  • The lighthouses, their nature and their meaning , Cologne 1902.
  • Electrical engineering tasks and their solutions: an exercise and study book for students and engineers , Berlin 1902; 4th edition Berlin 1922.
  • Speeches at the Christmas celebrations of the Lodge for the Three Golden Keys , Berlin 1910.
  • The Development of Religion and the Indian Vedas . In: Circular correspondence of the Great Masonic Lodge of Germany, vol. 39 (1910).
  • Paperback for arbitrators and parties , Berlin 1913.
  • For mind and heart. Stories, legends, fairy tales and lectures , Berlin 1914.
  • Christmas sounds. Lectures at the Christmas celebrations , Berlin 1926.
  • Paperback for experts , Berlin 1931.
  • Directory of officials and members of the Provincial Lodge of Lower Saxony , Berlin 1931.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurer Lexikon . Special edition Munich: Herbig 2006, p. 584.
personal data
SURNAME Müllendorff, Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinau on the Oder
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1934
Place of death Berlin