Hinrich Braasch
Hinrich Braasch (* July 21, 1878 in Kutenholz ; † February 16, 1968 in Bissendorf , Wedemark ; also: Hinnerk ) was a Low German writer. He wrote texts, poems and radio reports and campaigned for the preservation of the Low German nature and character.
Life
Braasch moved from the Stader Land to Bissendorf as a young teacher at Easter 1904 and married his wife Sophie on July 21, 1904. The marriage resulted in two daughters. Around 1930 he acquired and moved into the former pleasure house in the large district garden in Bissendorf (today Im Wöhren 5 ), which he called Haus Urfried .
Braasch wrote texts, poems and contributions for school radio and dialect radio broadcasts, which were broadcast on NORAG , Reichssender Hamburg and NWDR . He became an honorary member of the Heimatbund Lower Saxony .
On August 12, 1954, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class, for his services to the Low German language . It was presented to him on the occasion of his 76th birthday on September 2, 1954 by Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Hinrich Kopf and the President of the State Parliament, Karl Olfers .
In 1967 the sculptor Gertrud Grewe , who worked in Bissendorf, created a bust of Braasch.
The life and work of Hinrich Braasch is remembered in the Richard Brandt Museum of Local History in Bissendorf.
Works
- Hinnerk ut de Heid: Book for contemplative Minschen ; Pfau, Berlin 1942 (1st edition), August Lax Verlagbuchhandlung, Hildesheim 1954 (2nd edition)
- Dat Plattdütsche Billerbook , with pictures by Hans Rott. In: Between moor and sea. Book series of the Heimatbund Niedersachsen , No. 1 .; Hahn, Hanover 1948
- De ole Hamonika: poems ; August Lax publishing house, Hildesheim 1953
- Jan van'n Dörpen ; Freudenthal Society, Rotenburg / Wümme 1967
literature
- Fritz Klein, Andreas Müller, Ewald Gäßler : Hinrich Braasch from his life and work on his 100th birthday . In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter . tape 32 , no. 4 . Hanover 1978, OCLC 174462779 , p. 265-295 .
- Hinrich Braasch: That's how life goes . Ed .: Fritz Klein. Freudenthal-Gesellschaft, Rotenburg (Wümme) 1981, ISBN 3-87546-029-4 (127 pages).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hinrich Braasch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hinrich Braasch in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Burgdorfer Kreisblatt / Lehrter Stadtblatt dated September 3, 1954
- ↑ a b Hellmuth Hahn, Friedrich Lüddecke: Hofgeschichten ; AG Bildchronik Bissendorf, Bissendorf 2001. Online ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Detection in Worldcat
- ↑ Theresia Wittenbrink MA: Writer in front of the microphone, author appearances on radio during the Weimar Republic 1924–1933, online (PDF; 71 kB)
- ↑ Heimatbund Niedersachsen: Honorary Members ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
- ↑ Compare Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , Neue Episode 31 (1978), p. 281; Preview over google books
- ↑ Jan van'n Dörpen : Evidence in Worldcat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braasch, Hinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braasch, Hinnerk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Low German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kutenholz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1968 |
| Place of death | Bissendorf (Wedemark) |