Herman Anders Kruger

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Herman Anders Krüger , pseudonym : Caligula Quitte (born August 11, 1871 in Dorpat , Estonia ; † December 10, 1945 in Neudietendorf , district of Gotha , Thuringia ) was a German literary scholar, author , librarian , university professor and Thuringian politician ( DDP ).

Life

". Gottfried fighter A herrnhutischer boys novel ...";
Lecture by Rüdiger Kröger from the State Church Archive Hanover in the City Library Hanover

His father Carl Hermann was a teacher and preacher of the Moravian Brethren . Thanks to his mother, Emma Eleonore Buck, who was born in Neudietendorf , it was possible that he was able to live with his grandmother Elisabeth Buck for a few years during his childhood and that he also started school here.

Krüger initially studied theology , but later switched to the University of Leipzig , where he studied history , German , economics , geography and literary studies. During his studies in 1895 he became a member of the Red Lion Leipzig fraternity .

In 1893 and 1894 he was a teacher at the secondary school in Königsfeld in the Black Forest , and in 1895 at the German school in Genoa ( Italy ). Then he was a teacher in Dresden . In 1898 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

In 1901 he became sub-librarian at the Prince Secondary Library in Dresden and in 1902/1903 assistant at the Royal Historical Museum. In 1902 he married Marie Winter in Neudietendorf.

In 1904 Krüger, who had been concerned with questions of upbringing and generation conflicts throughout his life, presented his highly autobiographical educational novel “Gottfried Kämper”, in which the protagonist acts in a seemingly ideal educational environment. This most successful work by Kruger appeared in numerous editions, which was translated into several languages.

From 1905 to 1914 he was a private lecturer in German literary history at the Technical University of Hanover and in 1908 a guest lecturer at the Germanistic Society of America. Between 1908 and 1909 he went on study trips to Genoa , Morocco , Portugal and the USA . In 1909 he was appointed professor.

Kruger began his political activities in 1910.

During the First World War (1914–1918) he was a volunteer army soldier. He was discharged from military service as captain of the reserve. In 1919 he was elected to the Gothas regional assembly for the DDP and from December 1919 to April 1920 he represented the Free State as a deputy member in the Thuringian People's Council . From November 10, 1920 to October 6, 1921 he was State Councilor for Gotha and a member of the Thuringian State Ministry . From September 11, 1921 to December 7, 1929 he was a member of the Thuringian state parliament and chairman of the DDP parliamentary group. He held his political offices on a voluntary basis and received neither a salary nor diets.

Krüger was full-time director of the state library in Gotha from 1921 to 1925 and head of the Thuringian state library in Altenburg in 1928. On October 20, 1922, in honor of his mother, he and the Brethren founded the Krüger Buck Foundation as an aid organization for those in need, widows and the sick. After the National Socialists came to power, he was no longer wanted as a “man in the middle” and was prematurely retired in 1934.

Kruger Villa in Neudietendorf

In his adopted home, Neudietendorf , he now mainly worked as a writer. He built the "Krüger Villa", which today is a building worth mentioning in terms of culture and history, in which events often take place. He died in December 1945. During the GDR era that followed, Krüger and his work as a politician, parliamentarian and writer were forgotten. It was only "rediscovered" after the fall of the Wall. Some of his works are exhibited today in the Ingersleben local history museum . The association Prof. Herman Anders Krüger e. V. preserves its legacy and continues its social commitment.

Kruger Villa in spring 2014

Honors

Works

  • The legacy of Tacitus. Leipzig 1896 (under the name Caligula Quitte).
  • Knight Hans. Leipzig 1897.
  • Siren love. Leipzig 1897.
  • Waldhüters Christmas. Leipzig 1897.
  • The young Eichendorff. Opole 1898.
  • Simple songs. Leipzig 1898.
  • Gottfried fighters. Brunswick 1904.
  • Critical studies of the Dresden court theater. Leipzig 1904.
  • Pseudo-romanticism. Leipzig 1904.
  • The way in the valley. Hamburg 1905.
  • The Crown Prince. Hamburg 1907.
  • The count of equals. Hamburg 1908.
  • Kaspar Krumbholtz. Hamburg.
  • The young Raabe. Leipzig 1911.
  • Deacon Kaufung. Santa Elisa. Heilbronn 1913.
  • German Literature Lexicon. Munich 1914.
  • The fur hat. Stuttgart [u. a.] 1914.
  • Son and father. Braunschweig [u. a.] 1922.
  • Chased away people. Braunschweig 1924.
  • Compassion. Weimar 1925.
  • The seven Räudel. Leipzig 1927.
  • Altenburg librarianship. Altenburg 1930.
  • The muzzle. Leipzig 1931.
  • Overview of the Altenburg literature in the local Thuringian State Library. Altenburg 1931.
  • The oldest Altenburg Linck and Luther prints from the Thuringian State Library in Altenburg. Altenburg 1932.
  • All sorts of things from our family history. Neudietendorf, Thür. 1935.
  • Fridericus trilogy. Neudietendorf 1936.
  • Hans North. Cologne-Lindenthal 1938.
  • Wilhelm Raabe. Osnabrück 1941.
  • Sparks and flames. Hartenstein 1942.
  • Neudietendorf and its strange history. Berlin 1943.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anja Menge: "City Library open" / Dr. Rüdiger Kröger presents Herman Anders Krüger's “Gottfried Kämper. A Herrnhut boy novel in two books ” , press release from October 22, 2018 on the hannover.de site , last accessed on November 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Bernhard Post, Volker Wahl (Ed.): Thuringia Handbook. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia 1920 to 1995. (= publications from Thuringian state archives. [Publication of the Thuringian main state archive in Weimar] 1). Böhlau, Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-7400-0962-4 , pp. 599-600.
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Herman Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caligula quince
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar, librarian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorpat , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1945
Place of death Neudietendorf , district of Gotha , Thuringia