Gustav Waldt

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Grave of the teacher, poet and writer Gustav Waldt (1883–1959) in the old cemetery in Darmstadt.

Gustav Waldt (born February 6, 1883 in Darmstadt , † December 6, 1959 in Trautheim near Darmstadt) was a German teacher, poet and writer.

Life

Gustav Waldt was born in Darmstadt in February 1883. He attended the New High School and passed his school leaving examination there. He then studied a. a. Architecture, German studies, history, art history and philosophy at the universities of Gießen and Heidelberg. From 1907 to 1922 he was a teacher and senior teacher at the Rudi-Stephan-Gymnasium in Worms. During this time he lived at Sebastian-Münster-Straße 10. After that, he accepted a teaching position at the Ernst Ludwig School in Bad Nauheim. In 1934 he was dismissed by the National Socialists and was banned from working and writing.

After staying at Lake Constance and in Lützelbach, he returned to Trautheim near Darmstadt in the late 1930s and built a small house for himself on Willgraben. In 1940 his novel “Versunkenewege” was published, an artist and romance novel set in Heidelberg before the First World War. His first novel "Elegie Schloß Seeheim" was published in 1938. This was dedicated to Count Hardenberg.

Gustav Waldt died on December 6, 1959 in his home in Trautheim. A death mask was made by Georg von Kovats. Gustav Waldt was buried in a grave of honor in the old cemetery in Darmstadt (grave site: IC 62). He had been with Annie, geb. Wehner (1881–1979) married. She outlived him by 20 years and died at the age of 98.

Honors

Publications

  • 1909: Times of Day: Poems, Darmstadt.
  • 1934: Laurin, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.
  • 1938: Seeheim Castle. An elegy, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.
  • 1937: Arion, Mainz.
  • 1940: Sunken paths, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.
  • 1943: The journey backwards, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.
  • 1944: Melusine, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.
  • 1958: The return, Gettenbach-Gelnhausen.

literature

  • Article Gustav Waldt, in: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Stuttgart 2006, p. 960.
personal data
SURNAME Waldt, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1959
Place of death Trautheim near Darmstadt