Hugo Kaeker

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Hugo Kaeker (born May 9, 1864 in Gartz (Oder) , † October 18, 1940 in Stettin ) was a German school teacher and writer .

Live and act

Kaeker lived in Stettin from 1885 , where he worked as a school principal from 1890 and as a high school principal from 1913. During the First World War he volunteered with the Red Cross in Belgium and France in 1914 .

As a writer he published, among other things, poems , some of which were set to music by the Szczecin singer and composer Philipp Gretscher . Together with his colleague from Szczecin, Hermann Ploetz , he published three small selected volumes in 1925, “Pommersche Heimatdichtung”. Four contributions by Kaeker were broadcast in 1926 under the title "Pommersche Heide, Pommersches Moor" on the Stettin station.

Works (selection)

  • Under the Red Cross. Poems from the Iron Age. Fischer & Schmidt, Stettin 1917.
  • From the land by the sea. A booklet of Holden and Unholden. North German publishing house for literature and art, Stettin 1919.
  • with Hermann Ploetz : Pomeranian homeland poetry . 3 volumes. Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin 1925.

literature

  • Fritz Raeck : Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 337.

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personal data
SURNAME Kaeker, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German school teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Gartz (Or)
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1940
Place of death Szczecin