Hermann Graebke
Hermann Graebke (born July 22, 1833 in Lenzen ; † August 8, 1909 in Karlshorst ) was a local author of the Prignitz .
Life
Graebke was born in a long -established Lenzen family in the Kalandshaus at Schulstrasse 5, the son of a teacher. After finishing school, Graebke attended the teachers' seminars in Potsdam and Charlottenburg and worked as a teacher in Putlitz from 1853 to 1865 . From 1866 until his death he was a teacher in Berlin. There he founded an association for the cultivation of Low German , which “de Upgow het, de Plattdütsch Sprok to cherish and to maintain so that it doesn’t get lost.” His works, mostly written in dialect, show his connection to the landscape of his homeland and theirs Residents.
His grave was in the Evangelical Karlshorster and New Friedrichsfelder Friedhof in Berlin-Karlshorst .
He is the author of the Prignitz song Mien Prignitzland . A street in Pritzwalk is named after him.
Works
- Plattdütsche poems . Berlin 1879
- Prignitz camels and Hunnenblömer . Zurich 1896
- Prignitzer bird voices (poems). Berlin 1902
- Prignitzer Platt ("Een Verlobungsdag"). Pritzwalk 1909
- Grandmother in the nursery . Fairy tale. Leipzig 1905
literature
- Arthur Grünberg: Hermann Graebke . In: Our home. Leaves from the Prignitz. 2, 1956, pp. 265-270.
- Brandenburg Biographical Lexicon . Potsdam 2002, p. 150.
Web links
- Lenz's history. 10th part: composers, chroniclers and local poets
- City lexicon on the homepage of the city of Lenzen
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graebke, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German native writer of the Prignitz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lenzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1909 |
| Place of death | Karlshorst |