Hermann Ploetz

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Hermann Ploetz (born October 31, 1870 in Cretlow in Pomerania , † November 3, 1946 in Treffling in Carinthia ) was a German writer and art critic.

Life

Hermann Ploetz was born on October 31, 1870 in Cretlow (now in Polish: Kretlewo , part of the municipality of Golczewo ) in Pomerania . He spent his childhood in Wollin .

He decided to become a teacher, attended the teacher training college in Cammin and then worked as a preparation teacher in Tribsees . From 1895 he worked in Stettin , first as a teacher, then as a school principal. During the Second World War he was evacuated from Szczecin; on November 3, 1946 he died in Treffling in Carinthia.

Hermann Ploetz made a name for himself in Stettin as a writer and art critic. Together with his colleague Hugo Kaeker from Szczecin , he published three small selected volumes in 1925, “Pommersche Heimatdichtung”. He was also involved in the Dürerbund , the Richard Wagner Foundation and the Homeland Security Federation .

Works (selection)

  • Wine and bread. Poems. Callwey, Munich 1920.
  • with Hugo Kaeker : Pomeranian homeland poetry . 3 volumes. Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin 1925.
  • At the foot of the Demantberg. Pomeranian pictures and ballads. E. Gentzensohn, Stettin 1927.
  • Harvest of life. A selection from his work. Weichert, Hamburg 1958.

literature

  • Fritz Raeck: Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 348.
personal data
SURNAME Ploetz, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and art critic
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Cretlow , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1946
Place of death Treffling , Carinthia