Hugo Lemcke
Hugo Lemcke (born December 5, 1835 in Pasewalk , † August 8, 1925 in Stettin ) was a German historian . From 1873 to 1925 he was chairman of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology .
Life and accomplishments
Hugo Karl Heinrich Lemcke was born on December 5, 1835 in Pasewalk , where his father was a businessman and owner of a starch factory. From 1845 to 1849 he attended the higher middle school in Pasewalk, from 1850 to 1855 in Stettin the United Royal and City High School . He then studied classical philology, German studies and history at the University of Leipzig , the University of Bonn and the University of Greifswald . In Bonn he became a member of the Frankonia fraternity in the winter semester of 1856 , and in Greifswald he became a member of the Rugia fraternity in the summer semester of 1858 .
Lemcke decided to become a teacher. From 1858 to 1860 he was a teacher at the community school in Bütow , then assistant teacher at the United Royal and City Gymnasium in Stettin, his old school. In 1861 he passed the exam for the higher teaching post. He initially stayed as a high school teacher at the United Royal and City High School, which was divided into the City High School and the Marienstifts High School in 1869 . In 1873 he became a senior teacher at the Marienstiftsgymnasium. In 1877 he received the title of high school professor . In 1881 he succeeded Franz Kern as director of the city high school. In 1906 he retired, on the occasion of which he was awarded the title of Privy Councilor.
Lemcke participated in the municipal and church self-government. From 1875 to 1882 he was a city councilor for the city of Szczecin. From 1877 he was a community representative, then from 1892 to 1906 church elder of the Jacobi community .
Lemcke married Antonie Giese (* 1839), a daughter of pastor Samuel Friedrich Giese, in 1864. The marriage resulted in three sons and two daughters.
Lemcke died in Stettin on August 8, 1925, not even six months after the death of his wife. He was buried in the main cemetery in Stettin , where his grave is now in a well-tended condition.
Lemcke was committed to the history of Pomerania , with his work as a successful science organizer outweighing his own research. In 1868 he joined the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology . From 1873 to 1925 he was its chairman. Under his leadership, the club experienced a significant upswing. The journal Baltic Studies appeared again regularly, since 1887 the monthly papers of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology appeared next to it . The number of members increased from approx. 250 to approx. 800. From 1894 until his death he was also provincial curator of the province of Pomerania . In this capacity he published the book series Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler for the Province of Pomerania, of which he was able to present 13 volumes from 1898 to 1914.
Awards
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Greifswald, 1898
- Prussian Crown Order III. 1st class, 1903
- Red Eagle Order IV Class, 1890
- Order of the Red Eagle III. 1st class, 1903
- Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with a bow, 1913
- Cross of Merit for War Aid , 1918
A bust of Hugo Lemcke, the work of the Szczecin sculptor Franz Wulff , was placed in the antiquity collection of the Szczecin City Museum in 1915. This marble bust from 1915 is still in the Szczecin City Museum today (2016).
Fonts (selection)
- Did Thucydides know the work of Herodotus? In: Program of the Marienstift Gymnasium in Stettin . Stettin 1873, pp. 1-20 ( online ).
- Calendar and necrology of the Carthäuser monastery Marienkron near Rügenwalde. In: Baltic Studies . Volume 26 NF (1876), pp. 116-141.
- The older Szczecin street names. Szczecin 1881.
- The oldest jury book from Freienwalde in Pomerania. In: Baltic Studies . Volume 32 NF (1882), pp. 1-72.
- Contributions to the history of the Szczecin Council School in five centuries . Stettin 1893 ff. (Several volumes up to 1904).
- The architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Szczecin . Stettin 1898 ff. (Several volumes up to 1914).
- Liber beneficiorum domus Corone Marie prope Rugenwold 1406–1528 (= sources on Pomeranian history , volume 5). Szczecin 1919.
literature
- Dirk Alvermann : Hugo Lemcke as reorganizer of the Society for Pomeranian History and Antiquity as reflected in his letters to Karl Theodor Pyl . In: Baltic Studies . Volume 86 NF, 2000, ISSN 0067-3099 , pp. 52-70.
- Ludwig Biewer : Hugo Lemcke (1835–1925), chairman of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology from 1873 to 1925. In: Baltic studies . Volume 86 NF, 2000, ISSN 0067-3099 , pp. 42-51.
- Wolfgang Dahle: researcher and documentarist for the province of Pomerania . In: Pomerania. Journal for Culture and History, Issue 1/2011, ISSN 0032-4167 , pp. 17–18.
- Rembert Unterstell : Klio in Pomerania. The history of the Pomeranian historiography 1815 to 1945. Böhlau, Köln a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-412-14495-9 , pp. 62-67.
- Martin Wehrmann : Hugo Lemcke . In: Pomeranian Life Pictures . Volume 1. Stettin 1934, pp. 266-274.
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 309-311.
- Ernst Zuncker: In memory of Hugo Lemcke. In: Pomerania. Issue 2/1986, ISSN 0032-4167 . Reprinted in: Die Pommersche Zeitung. Episode 51/52/2010, pp. 10-11.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugo Lemcke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hugo Lemcke's personnel form in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
Footnotes
- ^ Rugia album and regular role of the Greifswald fraternity Rugia. Greifswald 2006, p. 24.
- ^ Manfred Höft: Stettiner personalities in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: The Pommersche Zeitung . No. 30/2012, p. 4.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lemcke, Hugo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1835 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasewalk |
DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1925 |
Place of death | Szczecin |