Fritz Westhoff

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Plaque on Longinusturm with Westhoff's portrait

Friedrich "Fritz" Westhoff (born September 8, 1857 in Münster ; † November 12, 1896 there ; also known under the pseudonym Doctor Longinus ) was a German biologist , local researcher and writer .

Life

He was born on September 8, 1857 in Münster, the son of an accountant. Westhoff attended high school in Münster and from 1876 studied natural sciences and mathematics in Münster and Tübingen.

In 1881/1882 he did a voluntary military service and published a two-volume work, Die Käfer Westfalens .

Westhoff received his doctorate in philosophy in 1882 and became a teacher in Münster and Bochum. In 1886 he became an assistant at the Museum of the Münster Academy under the direction of Hermann Landois , completed his habilitation in 1891 and became a private lecturer in zoology in Münster. He was a member of the zoological evening party.

As an author, he also wrote under the pseudonym Doctor Longinus, since he was 1.92 meters tall and “Dr. Longinus ”(lat. The tall one ) was called.

Fritz Westhoff was a founding member and 1st chairman of the Baumberge Association . The Longinusturm in the Baumberge was named after him.

On November 12, 1896, he died of a tetanus infection in Munster. His childhood friend Hermann Löns wrote an obituary under the title Ein Niedersachsen .

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  • Marcus, Eli; Landois, Hermann; Westhoff, Friedrich: Die Pfahlbauern or the struggle for existence , Low German Fastnachtspiel / with H. Landois, A. Kraus, E. Rade, O. Ströbelt, F. Westhoff. - Münster, 1881.
  • Westhoff, Friedrich: The beetles of Westphalia. 2 vols. Bonn: Cohen 1881f. XXVIII, 323 pp.
  • Marcus, Eli; Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: One hour in the police prison or Das fidele Höffken , Plattdeutsches Fastnachtspiel / with W. Pollack, F. Westhoff. - Munster, 1883.
  • Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Jan van Leyden, King of the Anabaptists or Libetken Klutenkemper's Brautfahrt or Der Munster begging student , operetta / with ideas by A. Kraus and songs by H. Landois. - Osnabrück, 1884. - 84 pp.
  • Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Jan van Leyden, King of the Anabaptists or Libetken Klutenkemper's Brautfahrt or Der Munster begging student , operetta / with ideas by A. Kraus and songs by H. Landois. - 2nd edition - Osnabrück, 1884. - 84 pp.
  • Pollack, Wilhelm; Marcus, Eli; Westhoff, Friedrich: King Bell or the Münsteraner in Africa , Low German Fastnachtspiel. - Münster, 1886.
  • Pollack, Wilhelm; Marcus, Eli; Westhoff, Friedrich: General Kausbarsch or Et would be Gothisk! , Low German carnival game. - Münster, 1887.
  • Marcus, Eli; Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Madame Limousin or Wi häbbt et jä , Great Carnevalist Burlangerie / with a foreword by H. Landois. - Münster, 1888. - IV, 50 pp.
  • Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Jan van Leyden, King of the Anabaptists or Libetken Klutenkemper's Brautfahrt or Der Munster begging student , operetta / with ideas by A. Kraus and songs by H. Landois. - 3rd edition - Osnabrück, 1889. - 84 pp.
  • Marcus, Eli; Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Schulte Graute Schlemm or slavery and love or Wu gets wi't up? , Great romantic farce / with a foreword by H. Landois. - Münster, 1889. - XII, 61 pp.
  • Rade, Emil; Marcus, Eli; Westhoff, Friedrich: Miss Minna or Die Hexenkuhle in the Baumberge or Mann nich hateebassen! , Low German Carnival Game. - Münster, 1891.
  • Marcus, Eli; Pollack, Wilhelm; Westhoff, Friedrich: Graute Schlemm , singing sticks in 4 acts. - 2nd ed. / New edit. by E. Marcus - Münster: Greve, 1924. - 62 pp. - (Niederdeutsche Volksbühne; No. 20)

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  • Berger, Martin: Friedrich Westhoff, an important zoologist of the 19th century in Westphalia Abh. Westf.Mus.f.Naturk. Vol. 58 - 1996 - Issue 4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ULB Münster: Manuscripts, autographs, bequests and special collections. ( online )
  2. ^ Fritz Westhoff in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  3. ^ Fritz Westhoff in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
  4. The Beetles of Westphalia. Compiled by Fritz Westhoff. I. and II. Divisions. Negotiations of the Natural History Association of the Prussian Rhineland and Westphalia, Bonn 1881/1882
  5. Westfälische Nachrichten : Working on the base: Baumberge-Verein Münster starts new renovation section on Longinusturm , Münster / surroundings, Münster / Nottuln, Dieter Klein, February 24, 2014