Gustav Gisevius

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Gustaw Gizewiusz's grave of honor in the Polska Górka cemetery in Ostróda

Hermann Martin Gustav Gisevius , Polish Gustaw Herman Marcin Gizewiusz (born May 21, 1810 in Johannisburg , † May 7, 1848 in Osterode in East Prussia ) was a German pastor and linguist in Masuria.

Life

Gisevius came from an old Masurian family. After graduating from the Royal Lyck High School , he studied Protestant theology at the Albertus University in Königsberg . In 1828 he became a member of the Corps Masovia . In 1835 he became a pastor at the Polish Church in Osterode. He married a Masurian woman and began to be politically active. Like many Protestant pastors, he wanted to preserve the unique legacy of the Masurians : Polish language , Protestantism and loyalty to the Crown of Prussia . Gisevius was particularly committed to preserving the Polish language in Masuria . With the Przyjaciel Ludu Lecki he founded the first secular magazine in Masuria. He also edited the Leipzig yearbooks for Slavic literature, art and science .

Awards

With Christoph Cölestin Mrongovius , Gisevius was posthumously declared an “activist in the struggle for Masurian polity”. In 1946 the town of Lötzen in the former East Prussia was renamed Giżycko in honor of Gisevius .

Works

  • The Polish Language Question in Prussia , Leipzig 1845.
  • The Polish Language Question in Prussia , new edition, Instytut zachodni, Poznań 1961.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ His honorary grave, maintained by the city, is located in the Polska Górka ( Polish Mountain ) cemetery in Ostróda, ulica Olsztyńska
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 141/42
  3. ↑ Pypin / Spasovich / Pech: History of Slavic Literatures, Vol. 2, p. 433
  4. ↑ a b Andreas Kossert: Masuria. East Prussia's forgotten south . Berlin 2001, p. 152
  5. ^ Piotr Wandycz : The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 , 1974, p. 149
  6. ↑ Short biography on www.ostpreussen.net
personal data
SURNAME Gisevius, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gizewiusz, Gustaw (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and linguist in Masuria
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannisburg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1848
Place of death Ostróda , East Prussia