Hermann Lungwitz

Julius Hermann Lungwitz (* July 12, 1845 in Bärwalde ; † May 4, 1927 in Geyer ) was a German senior teacher and local researcher .

Lungwitz grew up in Erlau and attended secondary school in Chemnitz . After training at the teachers' seminar in Waldenburg , he started working as an assistant teacher in Hohenstein-Ernstthal and then went to French-speaking Switzerland and Naples as a teacher . After brief activities as a teacher at the grammar schools in Plauen and Chemnitz, he was appointed to the community school in the Erzgebirge mountain town of Geyer in 1882, where he spent the rest of his life. On site he was a co-founder of a community officials school.

In addition to his teaching activities, Lungwitz dealt with the history of the Ore Mountains. His specialty was research into pewter tools. He was a board member and later an honorary member of the Erzgebirgszweigverein Geyer, founded in 1902 .

Works

• Old and new about Karl Stülpner using Schönberg's notes. Ehrenfriedersdorf 1887; Annaberg, 1923. ( digitized version )
• The history of the Tannenberg manor near Geyer. 1897, new edition 2000. ( Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains. Issue 44 )
• Geyer and the Upper Ore Mountains in legend and history. Annaberg, 1900.
• Fine pewter in private ownership in Chemnitz. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Chemnitzer Geschichte 19 (1916-1917), pp. 4–31.
• Precious tin in private ownership. Chemnitz, 1917.
• Castles and palaces in the Ore Mountains. In: Chemnitzer Calendar 10 (1919), pp. 61–67.
• On the history of mechanical spinning in the Ore Mountains. In: Chemnitzer Calendar 13 (1922), pp. 83–91.

literature

• Karl Hans Pollmer : Hermann Lungwitz . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge 22 (1977), no. 6, pp. 135-136.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Lungwitz in the Saxon Bibliography
• Literature by and about Hermann Lungwitz in the catalog of the German National Library