Friedrich Sparmann

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Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Sparmann (born May 15, 1890 in Ottensen , † May 10, 1969 in Hamburg-Bergstedt ) was a German teacher , local researcher and journalist .

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Friedrich Sparmann came from a family that had moved from Mecklenburg to Ottensen in 1872. His father had a job at Menck & Hambrock , his mother ran a small shop for milk and bread. The couple had two other older children. Sparmann attended an elementary school in Hamburg , then a preparation institute for six years and, from 1904, the teachers' seminar in Uetersen . In 1910/11 he did his one year military service in Altona . His first job as a teacher was at a school in Tremsbüttel . From 1913 he worked as a second teacher and organist in Bergstedt. There he married Emma Griem (1895–1994) in 1919, whose father Paul Griem was a teacher. The marriage had two children.

Sparmann stayed at the school in Bergstedt until the end of his professional life in 1955. During the First World War he did military service. In 1931 he took over the management of the elementary school, which he expanded from three to thirteen classes during his service. Sparmann, who had been a member of the SA since 1933 and the NSDAP since 1937 , was appointed head teacher in 1935. Due to his political past, he had to resign from the school administration after the end of the Second World War in 1945.

In addition to teaching, Sparmann was active in church music and as chairman of the teachers' association in Bergstedt. He belonged to the DDP and the local civic association and was involved in local politics. He dealt in particular with the local history and history of Stormarn and the area of ​​the Upper Alster. He conducted archival research into Bergstedt's history from the original parish to the Hamburg district, and wrote comprehensively and legibly on this. In 1920 he joined the Alster Club , which had been founded twenty years earlier and was headed by Ludwig Frahm , and worked on the editing of the club's yearbook. In 1936 he took over the chairmanship and editorial management of the association from Frahm. In 1945 he resigned the chairmanship, but continued to work in the association on the board and as editor.

At first Sparmann wrote small articles for newspapers with which he improved his income. He dealt with historical topics for the first time for the yearbook of the Alster Association 1931/32. He described the Rodenbeker mill. In the following years he wrote well over 100 essays that appeared in various magazines. He also wrote important books that have not been replaced to this day. He also considered for a long time compiling the history of Bergstedt in a comprehensive book, which he did not succeed in until the end of his life. His widow published it in 1973 from the estate of her late husband. From 1947 to 1960 Sparmann taught at the adult education center. In 1960 Senator Heinrich Landahl presented him with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his services .

Although he had health problems in recent years, he was involved in the De Spieker homeland association and its magazine until the end of his life . Friedrich Sparmann's grave can be found in the cemetery in Bergstedt, his estate in the Hamburg State Archives .

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SURNAME Sparmann, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sparmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, local researcher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottensen
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1969
Place of death Hamburg-Bergstedt