Johann Jacob Cordes
Johann Jacob Cordes (born March 2, 1880 in Steinkirchen , † May 1, 1976 in Bremervörde ) was a German educator and local history researcher .
biography
Cordes was the son of a farmer. He attended the teachers' college in Bederkesa . From 1904 he was a teacher in Bremerhaven . From 1927 to 1933 he headed the teachers' association in Bremerhaven. He was retired by the Nazis in 1934. After 1945 he worked again as a teacher and rector of the Zwinglischule in Bremerhaven. In 1947 he retired.
Cordes had been a member of the Union of Men from Morgenstern - Heimatbund at the mouth of the Elbe and Weser - from 1905 and chairman of the association from 1945 to 1952, which he rebuilt after the Second World War . In 1947, the association established the Morgenstern Museum in Bremerhaven. In addition, from 1945 to 1952 he was chairman of the Lehe farmhouse association , which ran the open-air museum in Bremerhaven- Speckenbüttel. From 1946 he was curator of the county Wesermünde and 1949-1961 and local curators for Bremerhaven.
Cordes received the Hermann Allmers Prize for local research in 1975 .
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cordes, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue and local researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stone churches |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1976 |
| Place of death | Bremervörde |