Hermann Kasten (local history researcher)

Hermann Kasten (born June 8, 1866 in Ebeneow , Saatzig district , † July 1946 in Potsdam ) was a German teacher , local historian and poet . He dealt with the culture and regional studies of Pomerania .

Kasten worked as a school principal in Köslin . He died after being expelled in July 1946 on a transport in Potsdam .

He published two local history works: His “Pomeranian Poetry of the Present” was published as a celebratory gift for the 33rd Pomeranian Provincial Teachers' Meeting in Köslin. In 1926, together with Karl Müller, he published the homeland book “Pommerland”. The Heimatbuch appeared in 1983 as a reprint with a foreword by the Pomeranian homeland poet Klaus Granzow .

Kasten also wrote poems. He is represented in the anthology “Pommersche Lyrik” (1913) edited by Max Guhlke , as well as three poems in the volume “Pommersche Literatur” (1969) compiled by Fritz Raeck .

Fonts

• Pomeranian poetry of the present . Publishing house of the Köslin Teachers' Association, Köslin 1906.
• with Karl Müller: Pommerland (= Brandstetter's home books of German landscapes , volume. 23). Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig 1926 (reprint: Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 978-3-8035-1202-4 ).

literature

• Fritz Raeck: Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 338.