Franz Kesting

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Franz Kesting (born March 30, 1872 in Belecke / Westphalia , † December 31, 1948 in Lippstadt / Westphalia) was a German writer .

Life

Franz Kesting was the son of a forester . After the early death of his father, Franz Kesting completed the teachers' seminar in Büren, Westphalia . From 1892 until his retirement in 1934 he worked as a primary school teacher in Lippstadt . In addition, in 1908 he was involved in the establishment of an auxiliary school and in the development of the Lippstadt vocational school system: On his initiative, a commercial advanced training school was established in 1911 and a commercial school in 1919 , both of which Kesting ran as part-time.

Franz Kesting wrote an extensive literary work in addition to his teaching activities. It consists of narratives that mainly deal with subjects from nature and hunting and mostly appeared first in magazines , poems and a play . He also wrote regional historical treatises.

Works

  • Weidmann's love and sorrow , Dresden 1904
  • Isolde , Paderborn 1905
  • Drückdik and Stümpken and other funny animal stories , Neudamm 1927
  • In the dark forest , Bochum 1928
  • Tendrils and roses , Lippstadt 1930
  • Chronicle of the city of Lippstadt , Magdeburg 1932
  • Thousand years of Belecke , Belecke 1938 (together with Walter Dalhoff)
  • The forest doctor , Lippstadt 1946

wrongly attributed to him, but by the Bruchhausen pastor of the same name, Franz Kesting (1885–1977):

  • From Huysburg's days , Paderborn 1953
  • History of the Catholic parish of Bruchhausen in the Nethetal , Paderborn 1957

Editing

  • Book of Proverbs , Hamm iW 1904

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personal data
SURNAME Kesting, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Belecke , Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1948
Place of death Lippstadt , Westphalia