Gustav Heyse

Gustav Ferdinand Heyse (born March 26, 1809 in Nordhausen , † April 4, 1883 in Aschersleben ) was a German philologist , numismatist , regional historian and collector of autographs .

Life

Gustav Heyse was the youngest son of Johann Christian August Heyse , at that time already a well-known dictionary author and rector of the grammar school and director of the secondary school for girls in Nordhausen. Heyse first attended high school in Nordhausen, then the trade and business school in Magdeburg . In 1823 he left school and began training in the mining industry, which took him to Ilsenburg , Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Göttingen and Berlin . This was followed by a six-month educational trip through Saxony, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria and a study visit to the Silesian mines and metallurgical plants.

From 1836 to 1868 he worked in Aschersleben as a teacher of mathematics and natural sciences at the high school.

The unmarried and childless Heyse continued his father's foreign dictionary, wrote the Heysesche family chronicle, collected coins, mining brands, fossils, autographs and literature about the Harz Mountains . His history of Brockenreisen is still considered a standard work today.

Works

Dictionaries

• Dr. Joh. Christ. Aug. Heyse’s general German and explanatory foreign dictionary with description of the pronunciation and emphasis of the words together with precise details of their origin and education. 14th edition, revised, corrected many times and expanded by Gustav Heyse and Wilhelm Wittich. Hahn, Hanover 1870.

Regional history

• About the shell limestone and its fossils in the Aschersleben area. In: Invitation to the public examination of the students of the higher citizen school in Aschersleben. 1843, ZDB -ID 2075730-X , pp. 1-17.
• Forays into the literature of the Harz Mountains. In: Invitation to the public examination of the students of the higher citizen school in Aschersleben. 1854, pp. 3–18 (reprinted in: Gustav Heyse: Contributions to the knowledge of the Harz Mountains, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises. Issue 1. Beyer, Aschersleben 1857, pp. 1–48, and in: 2., much increased edition. Schnock, Aschersleben et al. 1874, pp. 1-51).
• Contributions to the knowledge of the Harz Mountains, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises. Issue 1. Beyer, Aschersleben 1857 ( digitized ; 2nd, much increased edition. Schnock, Aschersleben et al. 1874, digitized ).
• On the history and statistics of the secondary school in Aschersleben. A look back at thirty years. In: Annual report of the Realschule first order in Aschersleben. 1866, ZDB ID 890954-4 , pp. 1-33 .
• On the history of the Brockenreisen. In addition to an appendix: Overview of the Brocken literature. 4th, increased edition. Schnock, Aschersleben and a. 1875 ( digitized ; previously published as an employed person).
• The Andreas coins of the Harz Mountains. In: Journal of the Harz Association for History and Antiquity. Bd. 4, 1871, ZDB -ID 214078-0 , pp. 413-418 ( digitized ; reprint with additions in: Gustav Heyse: Contributions to knowledge of the Harz, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises. 2. , much increased edition. Schnock, Aschersleben et al. 1874, pp. 146–150).

Others

• Poems. Book printing of the orphanage, Halle (Saale) 1885 (printed as a manuscript for friends).
• published posthumously: JCA Heyse's curriculum vitae. Written by his son. Copied from the family archive and partly completed by Theodor WJ Heyse. Eberhardt, Nordhausen 1908.

literature

• Wolf-Dieter Ostermann: Gustav Heyse. In: Life pictures from Harz and Börde. Vol. 1, 1999, ZDB -ID 2007231-4 , pp. 67-74.

Web links

• Gustav Heyse and Nordhausen