Hinrich Zahrenhusen

Hinrich Johann Daniel Zahrenhusen (born March 2, 1875 in Horneburg , † January 19, 1940 in Bremen ) was a German senior director.

Life

Hinrich Zahrenhusen's father worked in a tannery. He himself received private tuition and learned self-taught. He thus acquired a general education and had a basic knowledge of classical and modern languages ​​that exceeded the level of elementary school education. From September 1892 to September 1895 he attended a teachers' seminar in Stade . On October 1, 1895, he took over an apprenticeship at the elementary school in Geestemünde . During this time he continued to educate himself in languages, history and math.

From Easter 1903 Zahrenhusen studied German philology, history and philosophy at the University of Jena . He did not receive a secondary school leaving certificate for the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in Jena until March 11, 1905 - a point in time when he was already studying. During the summer of 1906 Zahrenhusen finished his studies and took over his previous apprenticeship position in Geestemünde. On March 24, 1906, he married Martha Henny Peters in Geestemünde . The couple had two daughters and two sons. On February 2, 1907, he successfully passed the examinations for teaching activities at secondary schools in Jena. On July 1, 1907, he took a position as senior teacher at the teachers' college in Droyssig near Zeitz .

On July 1, 1910, Zahrenhusen moved to high school at Treckfahrtstief Emden . On April 1, 1911, he took over the position of director of the educational institution from August Ernst Zwitzers and retired as such on April 1, 1937. In order to have easier access to archives, which he needed for his scientific activities, but also to be closer to his children who lived here, he moved his residence to Bremen. Zahrenhusen died unexpectedly as a result of an operation.

Works

In addition to the school management, Zahrenhusen was also involved in name research. He started with the Stader Geest. He was able to prove that two different Low German dialects are common there, probably because different tribes settled here. This finding can be considered significant.

Johann Menso Folkerts , who was the editor of the Ostfriesische Tageszeitung , urged Zahrenhusen to deal with East Frisian names in the 1930s. His findings on East Frisian first names initially appeared in the newspaper supplement “East Frisian Kinship Research”, and later as a book. The East Frisian landscape asked him to add a list of recommended “good” East Frisian first names to the book. This list was published separately for a wider audience and was very important for naming in the region. This work is still often borrowed today and is therefore still important.

Zahrenhusen worked on further studies on East Frisian family and place names, which he did not complete before the end of his life.

literature

• Martin Tielke: Zahrenhusen, Hinrich . In: Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2007, Vol. 4, ISBN 3-932206-62-2 , pp. 449–451.