Hermann Kötzschke

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Ernst Hermann Kötzschke (born April 5, 1862 in Düben ; † January 1, 1943 Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German Protestant theologian and journalist .

Life

He was a son of the blacksmith and armorer Ernst Wilhelm Kötzschke and Henriette Wilhelmine born Behrends. After visiting the city school of intelligent boy was from his parents to Schulpforte sent, where he passed the Abitur. Then Kötzschke began studying in Marburg and Halle (Saale) and then at the preacher's seminar in Wittenberg , where he was awarded a Dr. PhD in philosophy. Then Kötzschke took over the pastoral position in Niederglaucha , near Düben, from where he later moved to Sangerhausen . Developing into a very socially critical person, he came into conflict with the Protestant church authorities, which led him to resign from church service in 1896. The direct cause for this was mainly the struggle against the “boys” around Friedrich Naumann in the Christian Social Party.

Then Kötzschke tried to build up a living as a freelance political journalist and author , and worked in Minden , Düsseldorf and then as an editor of a magazine in Bernburg . After Berlin moved he wrote there for the magazine " Time ", and later for its offshoot "Az Est" in Budapest .

Kötzschke developed into a religious socialist and became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . Nevertheless, he also attacked them in the press, as he considered them too tame. During the First World War he was a member of the “Central Office for International Law” in Berlin.

Due to the generally difficult economic situation at the end of the war, Kötzschke took over a pastor again from 1919; in Prosen (near Elsterwerda ). During this time he continued to publish writings on socio-political and housing issues, but also contributions to the history of his hometown Düben in regional publications of the Dübener Heide . In 1926, Kötzschke publicly stated that as a pastor he could also vote for the expropriation of the princes . After his retirement in 1932, Kötzschke traveled through Europe , Asia and Africa .

Kötzschke married Maria, born Petzold (1857–1953) in 1877, with whom he had at least one son and two daughters.

Publications

  • Christian standpoint on the question of women (1892).
  • open letter to Baron von Stumm (1895).
  • Dangers of Neomalthusianism (1895).
  • The social science course in Halle ad Saale from April 16 to 20, 1895 (brochure with 16 pages, 1895).
  • Travel letters from Hungary (1905).
  • Forest Desolation (1910).
  • The dangers of the decline in the birth rate (1917).

literature

  • Walter Bredendiek : Pastor Hermann Kötzschke - ally of the working class and the working peasants. In: Standpunkt, 1975, pp. 216-221.
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Kötzschke, Ernst Hermann", in: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath, AMF - No. 238, 2012, p. 54.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Erich Pollmann : Regional Church Regiment and Social Question. Berlin 1973, pp. 237-244.
  2. ↑ Ursula Büttner, Martin Greschat : The abandoned children of the church. Göttingen 1998, pp. 105-110.
  3. ↑ Karl-Heinz Lipp: Berliner Friedenspfarrer and the First World War: A reading book. Freiburg 2013, p. 166.
  4. ↑ Walter Bredendiek: Church history from 'left' and 'below'. Berlin u. Basel 2011, p. 149.
personal data
SURNAME Kötzschke, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kötzschke, Ernst Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Düben
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1943
Place of death Berlin-Charlottenburg