Herbert Wotte
Herbert Wotte (born March 12, 1909 in Dresden ; † March 8, 1989 ibid) was a German educator, draftsman, writer, translator and local researcher.
Life
Wotte was the son of a postman. After attending secondary school, he studied pedagogy, psychology and art education at the universities in Leipzig , Vienna and Dresden from 1928 to 1931 . During this time he came into contact with artists from the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists (ASSO). From 1932 to 1942 he worked as a teacher and art educator, then was a soldier in World War II and returned to Dresden in 1949 from a Soviet prisoner of war. Here he worked as a scientific draftsman at the German Hygiene Museum and worked as a translator of Russian literature, including works by Ivan Turgenev . From 1953 he worked as a teacher in Dresden and from 1968 worked as a freelance author. Travels took him to Mongolia and the Soviet Union, among others. Wotte wrote novels and biographies and was also the author of numerous Brockhaus traveling books .
Wotte lived with his family in Loschwitz and was the father of Joris Wotte (1940-1996). He died in Dresden in 1989 and was buried in the Trinity cemetery.
Works (selection)
- The Weißeritz dams , Leipzig 1954 ( Our little hiking booklet , 17)
- Baroque garden Großsedlitz / Dohna-Weesenstein-Wilisch , issue 99, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1961.
- Weather station at the pole , (VEB Brockhaus, 1964).
- America lay in the blue distance. Journeys and adventures by the German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller , first edition 1966 (Leipzig, VEB FA Brockhaus 1966).
- Pillnitz and its surroundings , 2nd edition of the new version, Leipzig: FA Brockhaus 1963 ( Our little traveling booklet , 2); 3rd, revised. Edition of the new version, Leipzig: FA Brockhaus 1967; 5th, arr. 1972 edition ( Brockhaus-Wanderheft , 2)
- Course for unexplored. Russian and Soviet voyages of discovery , Leipzig: FA Brockhaus, 1967.
- Captain Bering's last voyage , 1968.
- Kaaram Tamo - Man from the Moon , Leipzig: FA Brockhaus 1969.
- The island of evil spirits - life and deeds of the polar sailor Nikifor Begitschew , 1970. In: Excitingly told , Vol. 095.
- Among horsemen and ruins. The journeys of the Central Asian researcher Pyotr Kozlov. Leipzig, VEB FA Brockhaus, 1971.
- Malter and Klingenberg dams, Rabenauer Grund. Brockhaus-Wanderheft 17, Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1973, most recently as a tourist wanderheft , 34.
- David Livingstone. A researcher's life for Africa , (Leipzig, 1973, FA Brockhaus.).
- Magellan's journey around the world - the first circumnavigation of the world , first edition 1975 (Berlin: Verlag Neues Leben, 1975).
- Hunting in the twilight: by hunters, hunters and poachers , (Berlin: Verlag Neues Leben, 1983).
- Dresdner Heide , 8th edition 1986 (Tourist-Wanderheft, 9).
- Tharandter Wald , 11th edition 1986 (Tourist-Wanderheft, 17).
- Pillnitz and its surroundings , 9th edited edition 1983; 10th edition 1985 (Tourist-Wanderheft, 27).
literature
- Wotte, Herbert . In: Volker Klimpel : Famous Dresdeners . Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 2002, p. 180.
- Herbert Wotte . In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang . Volume 2. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 503.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Wotte . In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang . Volume 2. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 503.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wotte, Herbert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator, draftsman, writer and local researcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1989 |
Place of death | Dresden |