Hermann Ritter (writer, 1864)

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Hermann Friedrich Christian Philipp August Ritter (born March 18, 1864 in Cologne ; † October 28, 1925 there ) was a German writer .

Life

Hermann Ritter was born in 1866 as the son of the artillery sergeant Wilhelm Carl Ernst Ritter and his wife Emilie Louise Friederike Ritter, née Fresenius, in Cologne's Dominican Barracks (An den Dominikanern). Due to the early death of his mother, he spent childhood and adolescence in different places. a. in Laasphe , Koblenz , Montjoie and Stolberg . From 1880 he completed a teacher training in the teacher training college in Dillenburg . From 1883 on he worked as a primary school teacher in Mogendorf / Westerwald and from 1888 in Stolberg . On December 1, 1895, Ritter took up his last position as a school teacher in Hellenthal .

While he was still a teacher in Hellenthal, in 1898 Ritter was one of the winners of a competition for novels and sketches organized by the Kölnische Zeitung . As early as March 1, 1904, Ritter was finally retired because of a “nervous headache” or “nervous weakness”. On March 23, 1904, he left Hellenthal and moved to Trier . There he was editor of the German Rhine newspaper for two years before becoming editor of the Bergisch Gladbacher Volkszeitung . From 1908 on, Ritter could afford to concentrate exclusively on his journalistic work. He signed a contract with the Berlin publisher Friedrich Fontane and created several volumes for his Deutsche Erde series, including on the Jülich region and the Rhenish border area, and he was also a long-time employee of the Stadtanzeiger in Cologne. Ritter, who was known as a connoisseur of Rhenish wine according to an obituary, died of a stroke in 1925.

Hermann Ritter was the author of stories , travelogues and folklore works.

He was married to Hilde Ritter, nee Klauer. He is the grandfather of the politician and member of the state parliament Karl Hermann Ritter and great-grandfather of the writer Hermann Ritter .

Works

  • Eli's homecoming , Aachen 1897
  • Stolberg's past , Stolberg 1889
  • Godelind von Reifferscheid , Hellenthal 1900
  • Eifel sketches and stories , Dresden
    • 1. From the height , 1903
    • 2. Berg and Thal , 1904
  • The Eifel - projection lectures - lecture on 60 slides , Düsseldorf 1906
  • Trier sketches and pictures - From Rhineland Gauen , Trier, 1906
  • German wine , Trier 1907
  • Travel pictures from the Eifel and the Ardennes , Trier 1907
  • Andreas Hofer and the Tyrolean struggle for freedom in 1809 , Gütersloh 1909
  • Liberal thoughts , No. 9 of the people's writings of the National Association for Liberal Germany , Munich 1909
  • Architecture exhibition by the builder Bopp , Bonn, 1910
  • From the imperial and bathing city , Aachen 1910
  • Pictures from Cologne , Bonn 1910
  • Between Dhün and Sülz , Bonn 1910
  • The Jülich Land , Berlin 1912
  • Rhenish border region , Berlin 1912
  • Wartime at home , Cologne
    • 1 (1915)
    • 2 (1915)
    • 3 (1915)
  • Belgian agriculture , Mönchen-Gladbach 1916
  • La Vie Belge , Brussels, 1916
  • The robbery in the Rhineland 100 years ago , Cologne 1919
  • Old Rhenish families of manufacturers and their industries , Cologne 1920
  • My old Cologne , Cologne 1920
  • Bitburg and his Bitburger Simmonbräu-Pilsener , Trier 1921
  • JJ Schoss - Wine Wholesale Cologne a. Rh. - 1872-1922, undated (Cologne), undated (1922); without statement of responsibility
  • Krusius - The history of the family and company , Ohligs 1922
  • The Wawerner Herrenberg , Wawern 1924
  • Liberalism in the Present , Bergisch Gladbach o. J.
  • The University of the German File Carving , Cologne, undated
  • Echternach and Luxembourg Switzerland (inside: Echternach and Luxembourg Switzerland ), o. O. (Echternach), o. J.
  • Two Rhenish island idylls , Honnef o. J.

At least three works or collections appeared as "printed matter" in different presentations. The first was the article "Zum Hessenland", published as a "printed matter" with "Greetings from the" Hessenland "in Cologne" (Bergisch Gladbach, undated). The article "Zum Hessenland" is available together with "The sold Kunibert" as a brochure "Kunibert the Fiese - patron saint of the" Ahle Griese "" including a reproduction of the picture (Cologne, no year). The second printed matter is “Kölsch Bier”, with illustrations. One edition contains only illustrations as accessories, the printing color is slightly reddish; the second is brown in color and contains two postcards with illustrations in the middle. Both were self-published by Hermann Ritter, Bergisch Gladbach, undated. They were intended to be mailed, the cover served as an envelope when closed.

literature

  • Dr. H. Bartmann: Hermann Ritter , Düsseldorf, 1913
  • Karl d'Ester: Hermann Ritter on his 60th birthday , oO, 1924
  • Heinrich Oellers: The well-known local writer Hermann Ritter † , Aachen 1925
  • Heinrich Oellers: Hermann Ritter, the Rhenish Fontane , Aachen 1924
  • Arthur Rehbein: Hermann Ritter , Cologne, 1926 (?)
  • Hermann Ritter: From Hermann Ritter's life , manuscript, o. O., 1925
  • Adam Wrede: From Rhenish poets: Hermann Ritter , Cologne, 1924
  • Enno Stahl (arr.): Ritter, Hermann in: The Cologne Authors Lexicon. Volume 1 1750–1900 (communications from the Cologne City Archives, 88th issue), Emons, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89705-192-3 , pp. 190 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, regional court district Cologne, registry office Cologne, births, 1864, document no. 1030.
  2. ^ A b Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, registry office Cologne II, deaths, 1925, document no. 715.
  3. ↑ Eugen Virmond : Chronik des Schleidener Oberthales (= sources on the regional history of the district of Euskirchen, Volume 1, arr. Christel Hamacher, publisher. District archive Euskirchen, 1996), p. 50.
  4. ↑ Eugen Virmond: Chronik des Schleidener Oberthales (= sources on the regional history of the Euskirchen district, Volume 1, arr. Christel Hamacher, ed. Euskirchen District Archive, 1996), p. 58.
  5. ^ Hermann Ritter , Obituary, Stadtanzeiger No. 551 of October 29, 1925.
personal data
SURNAME Ritter, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ritter, Hermann Friedrich Christian Philipp August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1925
Place of death Cologne