Goslar Carstens

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Goslar Carstens (born July 28, 1894 in Husum ; † January 1, 1978 ibid) was a German lawyer and local politician as well as a local historian and author .

Life

Goslar Carstens came from a long-established Husum family who owned extensive estates in Dockkoog and in Lämmerfenne in and near the former outskirts . He attended the Husum school of scholars , where he was a student of Magnus Voss , among others . In 1913 he passed his Abitur there and then began studying law at the Philipps University in Marburg . In 1914 he interrupted his studies and took part as a war volunteer in the First World War, which he participated in despite being wounded until the end of the war in 1918. He then continued his studies at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and completed a legal traineeship in Kiel after completing his studies . In 1924 he received his doctorate with the thesis Revocation of the Testament at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen .

On October 1, 1924, Carstens settled as a lawyer in his home town of Husum . In the era of National Socialism , he was arrested in 1935 because he by the Nazis had represented injured parties in court. After seven weeks in prison, he escaped being transported to a prison camp of the Reich Justice Administration in Papenburg , which belonged to the so-called Emsland camps , due to the intervention of a former war comrade from the First World War, who had meanwhile become a member of the SS . He took part in the Second World War as an officer. In the post-war period he was Mayor of Husum from January to October 1946 . He then resumed his legal practice, which he continued until 1975.

In addition to his legal work, he was involved in local politics and as a homeland and family researcher . Carstens was one of the founders of the Nordfriesisches Institut e. V. and co-editor of the yearbook of the North Frisian Institute. He published numerous works on the history of North Frisia ; his main works are a book of coats of arms and a book on the sacred lines .

Goslar Carstens was married and died at the age of 83 in his hometown of Husum.

Afterlife

The neighboring municipality of Mildstedt in Husum received a coat of arms in 1979 based on a proposal by Carstens.

In the Nordfriesland district archive in Husum there is an extensive inventory of the written estate of Goslar Carstens, which was recorded in 1988 and indexed in 1997 in a finding aid.

Publications (selection)

  • The development of the dike system and dike law in North Frisia. From: North Friesland. Home book for the districts of Husum and Südtondern , Husum 1925; Special print, Delff, Husum 1930.
  • Myld, Milde and Mildburg. Nordfriisk Instituut, Bredstedt 1951.
  • The holy island. Nordfriisk Instituut, Bredstedt 1952.
  • Coat of arms and heraldic brands in North Friesland. Verlag Husumer Nachrichten, Husum 1956.
  • The three Husum monasteries and the diocese of Farria. Husum Printing and Publishing Company, Husum 1975.
  • The planned construction of the pagan sanctuaries among the Scandinavians, Frisians and Saxons. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1982, ISBN 3-88042-181-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d See finding aid for the Dr. Goslar Carstens (1894–1978) →  Foreword from the District Archives North Friesland from 1997, Department J11, p. I. PDF file; Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ See the history of the firm . On: Website of the law firm EJSJ - lawyers, specialist lawyers and notaries in Husum. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b See information on Goslar Carstens in: Inventory overview of the District Archives North Friesland (KANF) →  J Private archives, bequests . Printed in: Nordfriesisches Jahrbuch 2008 , pp. 85–92. PDF file; Retrieved December 4, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Carstens, Goslar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, local politician, local historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Husum
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1978
Place of death Husum