Hugo Kracht
Hugo Kracht (born March 16, 1870 in Gelsenkirchen ; † September 23, 1953 in Bad Laasphe ) was a German teacher, author of traveling literature, co-founder of the German Youth Hostel Association and a long-time board member of the Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV).
Life
After completing his training, Kracht worked as a teacher in Katernberg - Stoppenberg near Essen . In 1893 he joined the SGV and in 1901 founded the local SGV branch in Katernberg-Stoppenberg, which he headed until 1933. Another 25 local departments were founded by him in the course of time. From 1919 to 1933 he held the post of deputy chairman of the SGV general association.
Under Karl Eugen Dellenbusch he was chairman of the SGV districts Unteruhr and Wittgenstein and supervised the construction of the Kohlberghaus . He was involved in the establishment of the German Youth Hostel Association and enabled the construction of a youth hostel at the Hasper dam by collecting donations with the planning participation of his SGV local department . During Dellenbusch's imprisonment, he temporarily assumed the main chairmanship of the SGV from August 1945 until a full board could be re-elected in 1947.
Fonts
In addition to his association work, he found time in 1907 to publish a " summer resort and inn directory of the Sauerland ", which in its second edition in 1909 included a total of 443 locations. His hiking " Sauerländisches hiking book " appeared up to its junction with the " Sauerland leader " of Karl Kneebusch 1928 in seven editions. The joint work " Guide through the Sauerland, Siegerland, Wittgensteiner Land, Bergische and Oberbergische Land, Waldeck and the area of the lower Ruhr " had a total of 34 editions by 1974 and was printed more than 215,000 times.
His 1909 “ Guide through the main route network established by the SGV's main route commission ”, with which he documented the work of his friend Robert Kolb , also appeared in several editions . In 1931 he worked on the songbook “ Frisch Auf! “Of the Hagen SGV department.
Honors
- Naming of Krachtstrasse in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck
- Kracht memorial stone in Bad Laasphe
- Renaming of the 80 kilometer long district hiking trail ◇ 10 (SGV district Unterruhr) from Oberhausen Castle to Essen-Katernberg in Hugo-Kracht-Weg
- Naming of a rest hut south of Bad Laasphe as Hugo Kracht hut
literature
Walter Hostert : History of the Sauerland Mountain Association , Sauerland Mountain Association, Hagen / Arnsberg, 1966
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noisy, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, author of traveling literature and co-founder of the German Youth Hostel Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1953 |
| Place of death | Bad Laasphe |