Fritz Mielert

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Fritz Mielert (born July 3, 1879 in Wartha (Neisse) , † August 4, 1947 in Dortmund ) was a teacher, later district director of the Dortmund Reich Chamber of Literature and NSDAP member. However, he became known as a Westphalian homeland and travel writer , and above all as a photographer of landscapes and cultural-historical objects.

Life

Fritz Mielert was born in Lower Silesia in 1879 as the son of a master engineer. Mielert discovered his passion for landscape photography early on and from 1897 went on extensive hikes through his Silesian homeland. He captured his discoveries and experiences with photographs. From 1901 he went on long-distance trips through some then little-known and scenic areas of southern Europe , North Africa and the Middle East , in particular through Mesopotamia , Egypt , Sudan and Morocco . In the period between 1903 and 1927 alone, he took over 25,000 photos at home and abroad.

Mielert took up the profession of teacher and taught for a long time as a primary school teacher in the Silesian Sprottau . His third son Harry Mielert was born there on December 27, 1912 , who later also became a writer as a Germanist.

A year after the birth of his third son, Fritz Mielert, then 34, moved with his family to Dortmund, where he quickly made contact with several publishers who published his works.

During National Socialism , he was appointed to be the district management of the Reichsschrifttumskammer , the compulsory professional organization for writers, in Dortmund .

In 1943 his son Harry died in the war. His son Fritz died two years earlier, only his son Ernst survived the war. In 1947 Mielert finally died in Dortmund at the age of 68.

meaning

Mielert achieved national fame in particular for his four-volume photographic work Das Schöne Westfalen with over 430 black-and-white images , which was published in the 1920s by the Dortmunder Verlag Ruhfus - at "low-cost" prices with a total circulation of over 100,000 books. In addition to numerous themed photo volumes, the large-format, richly decorated and expensive Westfalenbuch published by him in 1922 also achieved a high level of awareness. Mielert's main works date from the 1920s.

Works

Chronological sorting according to EA :

Books

  • Colorful pictures from the greatest of all wars . Serious and cheerful for the German people . (Hausschatz library, vol. 6) Verlag Friedrich Pustet. Regensburg. 1915. 334 pp.
  • In the land of the Khedive . Friedrich Pustet publishing house. Regensburg and Rome. 1916. 317 pp.
  • Through German mountains . Library for Friends of Homeland Vol. 4. Lensing Verlag. Dortmund. 1920. 172 pp.
  • Through Mecklenburg . A book for Heimat - especially for Reuter friends . Publishing house Otto Lenz. Leipzig. 1921. 255 pp.
  • The beautiful Westphalia . (4 volumes). Publisher Wilhelm Ruhfus. Dortmund. 1920-1926. 109, 115, 128, 134 pp.
  • Dreamy cities. German small town images . Publishing house F. Dümmler. Berlin. 1921. 139 pp.
  • You beautiful Lower Saxony . (3 volumes; Part 1: Hanover, Oldenburg, Bremen, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe, Hesse (northern Kassel); Part 2: Lübeck, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Western Pomerania with Rügen, Usedom and Wollin; Part 3: Hamburg, Schleswig- Holstein.). Johann Georg Holzwarth / Carl Schünemann. Bad Rothenfelde / Bremen. 1921-1923. 163, 126, 128 pp.
  • Publication: Westfalenbuch . (With the participation of artists and writers from the Association of Westphalian Artists and Friends of Art, edited by Fritz Mielert). Verlag J. u. A. Temming and Heilborn. Bocholt. 1922, 282 pp.
  • Westphalia. Münsterland - industrial area - Sauerland - Siegerland . (Series: Monographs on Geography, Vol. 30). Velhagen & Klasing . Bielefeld. 1923. 152 pp.
  • Westphalia . GD Baedeker Verlag. Eat. 1925. 211 pp.
  • The romantic Rhineland . (2 volumes) L. Holzwarth-Verlag. Bad Rothenfelde. 1923. 40, 104 pp.
  • Hello, Bayernland ! (two volumes; second volume in two partial editions) L. Holzwarth-Verlag. Bad Rothenfelde. 1924. 158, 40 + 84 pp.
  • Mignonland. A German book on Italy . L. Holzwarth-Verlag. Bad Rothenfelde. 1924. 68 pp.
    • A German book on Italy. Publisher Wilhelm Ruhfus. Dortmund. 1925. 90 p. (2nd extended edition Mignonland )
  • Loyalty to Ostmark. A German compulsory and honor book . Publisher Wilhelm Ruhfus. Dortmund. 1926. 103 pp.
  • East Prussia . In addition to the Memel region and the Free City of Danzig . (Series: Monographs on Geography, Vol. 35). Velhagen & Klasing. Bielefeld. 1926. 163 p. (Reprint: Bechtermünz Verlag. Augsburg. 1999. ISBN 3828902723 )
  • Wiesbaden . Famous cities, baths, landscapes. Vol. 1. Verlag Wilhelm Ruhfus. Dortmund. 1926. 38 pp.
  • Country of origin . ( Teutoburg Forest ) L. Holzwarth-Verlag. Bad Rothenfelde. 1927. 84 pp.
  • Romance of old German cities . L. Holzwarth-Verlag. Bad Rothenfelde. 1935. 90 pp.
  • German ancestral property in Westphalia. Verlag der Ärztliche Rundschau / Heger-Verlag. Munich. 1935. 134 pp.
  • Fight for earth. Neuenfeldt publishing house. Wroclaw. 1936. 191 pp.

Photo contributions and essays (selection)

  • From modern church building in Spain . Christian Art Archive. Stuttgart. XXVIII. 1910. (article)
  • Rudolf Presber (ed. By Franz Goerke ): Consecrated places . Vita publishing house. Berlin. 1914. (Photos by Louis Held, Fritz Mielert and others)
  • The farmhouse in the industrial area . in: German Federation for Heimatschutz in connection with the Westphalian Heimatbund and the Rhenish Association for the Preservation of Monuments (ed.): The land on the Ruhr . Berlin. 1923.
  • The stump chamber . as well as from Lauterbach to the island of Vilm . in: Our Pommerland . VIII. Year 1923. Issue 7/8 " Rügen ".
  • Kortum as the defender of alchemy . in: Heimatblätter der Rote Erde . Issue 2 u. 11th 4th year 1925.
  • MP Block (ed.): The giant on the Ruhr . (Series "The Face of Cities"; with photos by Erich Angenendt , Theodor Arens, Anton Meinholz, Fritz Mielert and others) Albertus-Verlag. Berlin. 1928. 304 pp.
  • Ferdinand Wagener: Kloster Brunnen in history and narration . Th. Ruhrmann. Cough. 1929, 179 pp.
  • Picture atlas to Heinrich Harms: Geography in three parts . List and Bressensdorf publishing house. Leipzig. 1931. 150 p. (Book 1: Germany . 16 p. - Book 2: Europe . 16 p.)
  • Karl Liebau: Man and Space . With contributions by Fritz Mielert. Neuenfeldt publishing house. Wroclaw. 1936.
  • Photos in: People and World. Germany's monthly book. The big magazine for the discerning . Volume 6, June 1938. Volk und Welt publishing house. Hanover. 1938.

posthumously

literature

  • Alois Klotzbücher (ed.): From books and libraries in Dortmund. Contributions to the library history of an industrial city . (Publications of the city and state library Dortmund.) Verlag Ruhfus. Dortmund. 1982. 249 pp.

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personal data
SURNAME Mielert, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Bardo Śląskie , formerly Wartha (Neisse)
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1947
Place of death Dortmund