Joachim Maaß (local history researcher)

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Joachim Maaß (born February 9, 1844 in Groß Siemz , † February 20, 1921 in Lübeck ) was a German pedagogue and local researcher .

Life

After attending the teachers' seminar in Mirow , he first became an assistant teacher in Selmsdorf and then a teacher in Rupensdorf near Schönberg (Mecklenburg) . Then he was a district school teacher in the Lübeck exclave of Kurau and then in Schlutup . As was usual with teachers at the time, he worked part-time as an organist. In Schlutup the teacher was also traditionally secretary of the Office of the fishermen.

Castle school, behind the castle in Lübeck

In 1896 he was appointed principal teacher (rector) of the Burg Boys' School in Lübeck . In 1907 he was chairman of the main teachers' conference in the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck.

Maaß collected legends and descriptions of old folk customs. He wrote various contributions to the folklore collections of Richard Wossidlo as well as for the communications of the Heimatbund Ratzeburg .

He was married to the folklorist Helene, b. Bohn (1848-1931). One son of the couple, Heinrich Maaß (born March 4, 1871 in Rupensdorf), was rector and organist in Lübeck-Kücknitz from 1910 to 1938 . Another son, Gerhard Maaß, also became a teacher in Lübeck and directed the cathedral choir in the 1920s.

Fonts

  • Köst (Hochtied). In: Pictures from the popular life of the Ratzeburg country. Volume 1, 1920
  • Old children's games. In: Pictures from the popular life of the Ratzeburg country. Volume 2, 1922

literature

  • Maass, Joachim . In: Stephan Sehlke: Pedagogues - Pastors - Patriots. Biographical handbook on printed matter for children and young people by authors and illustrators from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from the beginning up to and including 1945 . 2009. ISBN 978-3-8370-9497-8 . P. 239
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6141 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See his article: Fischer-Krugtag zu Schlutup. In: The home 7 (1897), pp 80 -84
  2. ↑ Lübeckische Blätter 50 (1907), p. 150
  3. ^ Wilhelm Stahl : Lübeck's music history. Volume 2: Sacred Music. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1952, p. 146
personal data
SURNAME Maass, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Groß Siemz
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1921
Place of death Lübeck