Hans Brendicke

Bronze bust of Hans Brendicke on his grave

Hans Heinrich Julius Brendicke (born November 19, 1850 in Berlin ; † August 6, 1925 there ) was a Berlin gymnastics teacher, editor and non-fiction author.

Life

Brendicke attended the Kölln high school and then went to the University of Berlin , where he received his doctorate in 1876. In 1879 he passed the state examination and then taught as a gymnastics teacher at the Royal Realgymnasium in Berlin. In 1890 he founded the Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung , and from around 1893 Brendicke was chief secretary of the Society for the History of Berlin . In 1891 he published the book " Singing ways to the songbook for German gymnasts " and he was co-editor of the " Year books of German gymnastics ".

Brendicke's grave is in the Luisenstädtischer Friedhof am Südstern in Berlin-Kreuzberg (field 11). It has been an honorary grave for the State of Berlin since 1970 . The tombstone consists of a stele bearing a bronze bust of Brendicke.

Illustration of the guide on the hike through Alt-Berlin-Kölln

Publications (selection)

Berlin vocabulary at the time of Kaiser Wilhelm I. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Berlin , Issue XXXIII, Berlin 1897, pp. 69–196. zlb.de (PDF; 4 MB)
Ludwig Reeder's collections on the history of the postal system . Pass & Garleb, Berlin 1898.
The stamp collector . Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart a. a. 1908.
The handwriting writers of the Middle Ages . Heintze & Blanckertz, Berlin 1916.
The coin collector . Union, Stuttgart a. a. 1916.
Guide on the hike through old Berlin-Kölln . Mittler, Berlin 1917.
What does the world war teach us? Siegismund, Berlin 1917.
with Wilhelm Knoll: On the history of the art of swimming and bathing . R. Lion, Hof 1930.

literature

Wolfgang Maaßen : Who is who in philately. Volume 1: A-D. 3. Edition. Phil Creativ - Verlag and Agency, Schwalmtal 2011, ISBN 978-3-932198-92-2 , p. 184 f.
Frank Eberhardt: With a frock coat and top hat. The local researcher Hans Brendicke (1850–1925) . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 2, 1998, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 48-53 ( luise-berlin.de ).

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Brendicke in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Brendicke, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brendicke, Hans Heinrich Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Berlin gym teacher, editor and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1925
Place of death	Berlin