Heinrich Gassert

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Heinrich Gassert, around 1902

Heinrich Gassert (born April 22, 1857 in Sölden near Freiburg im Breisgau ; † September 6, 1928 in Überlingen on Lake Constance ) was a German doctor , writer and songwriter .

Life

He was the son of the village school teacher in Sölden, lost his father at the age of two and was raised by his mother. First he attended elementary school in his hometown, from 1868 in Freiburg, where the family had moved. From 1870 to 1879 he went to high school there, and in 1879/1880 he served as a one-year volunteer in the army.

Gassert studied medicine at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . During his studies he became a member of the KDStV Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau in the CV . In 1884 Gassert passed his medical state examination with "good", then served as a one-year voluntary doctor in the Freiburg garrison hospital and was awarded a doctorate in medicine immediately after the end of his military service with a dissertation on the subject of "The microorganisms in the tongue coating of sick people". As a doctor, Gassert first settled in Eigeltingen before moving to Freiburg with his family in 1890. His practice rooms were in Wallstrasse 4.

In the winter semester of 1890/1891 Gassert was elected senior senior of his original Hercynia connection. After the establishment of the subsidiary KDStV Ripuaria Freiburg im Breisgau in 1899, Gassert resigned the senior seniors near Hercynia in order to be the first senior senior of the Ripuaria until 1904. In the summer semester of 1909, Gassert took over the senior senior management at Hercynia for the second time (until the end of 1911).

Gassert also worked as the family doctor of the Collegium Borromaeum , the Theological Konvikt, in Freiburg . In this function, on February 16, 1911, Gassert noted nervous heart problems of an asthmatic nature in the theology student Martin Heidegger , which prompted Gassert to suggest to the Konviktdirektor that Heidegger should be released after his homeland in order to "have complete rest" for a few weeks. Heidegger was then given leave of absence for the entire summer semester of 1911, and he was advised to forego studying theology entirely.

In addition to his professional activities, Gassert wrote lyrical works, especially student songs , which can be found in all Kommers books since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1902 he published his own collection of songs at Herder under the title O old Burschenherlichkeit . It is noteworthy that Gassert did not create a single drinking song . His thoughts and verses always revolved around ideals.

Heinrich Gassert became known as the bard of the Cartell Association ; he wrote the CV covenant song " Let, you multicolored-headed groups " . Other well-known student songs are: "Reach me down there from the wall", "You who came from all ends", "Greetings from God, city of the muse", "Take from the dusty shelves", "O beautiful free lads song" and "What you sit together so sadly ” .

After 1911, a severe bowel disease forced Heinrich Gassert to undergo a life-threatening operation that cost him a lot of strength. During the First World War , however, Gassert was able to work again as a doctor in various auxiliary hospitals in Freiburg. In 1919 Gassert gave up his practice in Freiburg and moved to Überlingen on Lake Constance , where he spent the rest of his life.

He also wrote several medical and theological writings, as well as the novel "The Ensign of Freiburg and his Bride" and was also active as a local poet.

In 1902 Gassert appeared as a speaker at the German Catholic Day in Mannheim . He is therefore immortalized in the official Festschrift with a portrait.

Works

  • Heinrich Gassert: Old and new boy songs for the connections of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations , Herder & Co, 1925, Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Heinrich Gassert: Student's pocket song book , Herder & Co, 1927 Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Heinrich Gassert: Heimatstrauß , Badenia A.-G. f. Verl. U. Printer, 1926, Karlsruhe

literature

  • Eugen Baumgartner : In memory of Dr. H. Gassert. In: Messages of the Catholic German student union Ripuaria. No. 40, 1929, pp. 2-6.
  • Stefan Schmitz: Dr. med. Heinrich Gassert (1875-1928). In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the KDStV Ripuaria zu Freiburg im Breisgau 1899–1999. Coesfeld 1999, pp. 26-28.
  • Clemens Siebler: Gassert, Heinrich. In: Baden biographies . New sequence, volume 5. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, pp. 87-89 ( E-Text ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Hinrichsen: Das literäre Deutschland , page 177, Verlag der Album-Stiftung, 1887; Excerpt from the source
  2. ^ Wilhelm Kosch: German Literature Lexicon: the 20th Century , Volume 10, Page 1967, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2007, ISBN 3-908255-10-4
  3. ^ Stefan Schmitz: Dr. med. Heinrich Gassert (1875-1928). In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the KDStV Ripuaria zu Freiburg im Breisgau 1899–1999, Coesfeld 1999, pp. 26–28.
  4. ^ Hugo Ott, Martin Heidegger - On the way to a biography. Frankfurt / New York 1988, p. 68.
personal data
SURNAME Gassert, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, writer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Soelden
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1928
Place of death Überlingen on Lake Constance