Fritz Strahlmann

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Fritz Gustav Strahlmann (born October 19, 1887 in Wildeshausen , † April 14, 1955 in Nordenham ) was a German writer and publisher .

Life

Strahlmann was the son of the doctor Diedrich Gerhard Strahlmann (1858–1925). The father originally came from the Wesermarsch and had settled in 1885 as a medical officer in Wildeshausen, where Fritz Strahlmann attended school before he switched to the Antonianum Vechta high school .

From 1904 to 1907 he interrupted high school and attended the agricultural college in Varel . Strahlmann was already active in literature at an early age and also devoted himself to homeland maintenance . In 1911, between the Abitur at the secondary school in Quakenbrück and the beginning of the study of philosophy and philology in Heidelberg , he wrote critically about the restoration of the Alexander Church in Wildeshausen . He also wrote poems, ballads and stories, mostly on historical topics. A first collection of these works appeared as early as 1912. Out of a local history interest he studied history in Münster from 1912 and then, attracted by the libraries and theaters that the city offered, he studied journalism in Berlin .

In 1913, Strahlmann's other books about Wildeshausen were published. After another guest semester in Rostock , he returned to Heidelberg, where he heard lectures from Hermann Oncken . The First World War interrupted Strahlmann's studies. From 1915 he served in the artillery and took part in the Battle of Verdun . He published his war experiences as well as experiences from home in 1916 in poetry. In 1918 the first volume of his youth memories ( Heinz Heintzens Jugendtage ) came out. After the end of the war, Strahlmann briefly considered becoming a doctor, but then resumed studying philology in Greifswald in 1919 and received his doctorate in January 1921 with a historical thesis on Wildeshausen. In March 1921 he moved to Oldenburg , where he founded the Oldenburg publishing house Lindenallee in 1926, where he from then on published his writings and books. He also wrote numerous articles for home newspapers, daily newspapers, magazines and home calendars. In 1933 he offered to perform a historical comedy from the Oldenburg based on sources available to him from the years 1779/80 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Oldenburg State Theater . Both the title and Strahlmann as an author came under criticism of the National Socialist rulers, which severely limited his writing and publishing work. Only a small part of his work could continue to appear.

While he continued his homeland, press, family and company history research, he had to completely stop his journalistic work at the beginning of the Second World War . Because of his politically inconsistent views, he was also refused a job as a teacher, so that he finally had to take up a job at the Oldenburg Tax Office and the Oldenburg Agricultural Bank. In November 1944 he was drafted into the Volkssturm .

After the end of the war he worked as a translator for the city of Oldenburg from 1946 to 1947. It was not until 1950 that he was able to republish and published his story about the Reformation period in Wildeshausen and his book about the Vechtaer Stoppelmarkt . Furthermore, before his death, the first volume in his history of Wildeshausen and the surrounding area was published as Widukind's home .

family

Strahlmann married Wilhelmine Juliane Bärwolf (1892–1969) from Gelsenkirchen on October 26, 1922 . The couple had two sons.

Works (selection)

  • The restored Alexander Church in Wildeshausen. Bremen, 1911.
  • Earth days. Stories, anecdotes, sketches. Wildeshausen, 1912.
  • Guide through Wildeshausen and the surrounding area. Wildeshausen, 1913, 2nd edition: Oldenburg, 1922.
  • The war of 1870/71 and our Wildeshausen. Wildeshausen, 1915.
  • In the heather wreath and other poems. Wildeshausen, 1916.
  • Great experience. World War Poems. Wildeshausen, 1916.
  • Heinz Heintzens Jugendtage, vol. 1. Heidelberg, 1918.
  • Wildeshausen at the time of the Thirty Years War. Oldenburg, 1922.
  • Wangerooge - A bath album. Oldenburg, 1924.
  • Wildeshauser memorial sheets. Oldenburg, 1919-1922.
  • The new Omar Khajjam - Richard Hamei. Oldenburg, 1925.
  • Two German airship ports from the World War Ahlhorn and Wildeshausen. Oldenburg, 1926.
  • From book printers and newspapers in Jeverland and on the Frisian Wehde. Jever, 1928.
  • Guide through Jever. Oldenburg, 1930.
  • Goethe and our German north-west corner. Oldenburg, 1932.
  • The love affairs of Lieutenant von Haxthausen and other stories (from old files). Oldenburg, 1932.
  • I'm marrying my aunt or the theater in your pocket. Oldenburg, 1933.
  • Heinz Heintzens youth days, 2nd part. Oldenburg, 1937.
  • Ostracized homeland. Historical narrative. Oldenburg, 1950.
  • The book from the Vechtaer Stoppelmarkt. Oldenburg, 1950.
  • Wittekind's home. Oldenburg, 1952.

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personal data
SURNAME Strahlmann, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strahlmann, Fritz Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Wildeshausen
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1955
Place of death Nordenham