Johann Tongers

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Johann Heinrich Tongers (born September 6, 1881 in Langeoog ; † April 26, 1969 there ) was a German pastor , local researcher and author .

Life

Johann Tongers worked as a pastor in South Africa and East Friesland , among other places , where he held the second pastor's post at St. Magnus Church in Esens from 1920 to 1927 . He was also a pastor on the East Frisian North Sea island of Baltrum and was a member of the so-called bathing commission after 1930 , which regulated the affairs of the bathing administration of the " Seebads Baltrum".

As a local researcher, Johann Tongers mainly dealt with the history of the island of Langeoog and its development as a “North Sea resort” (historical postcard, approx. 1909).

In retirement he lived again at his place of origin, the East Frisian North Sea island Langeoog , and worked as a local researcher and folklorist. He wrote about the history, special features and attractions of the island Langeoog several writings as early " island and Guide learned" all several editions, and also published ethnographic posts about the area in the Lower Saxony State Office for folklore at the University of Göttingen published Specialized journal “ Schriften zur Niederdeutschen Volkskunde” . In 1961 his book Our Langeoog as it became appeared . His writings on the island history of Langeoog were and still are widely used and cited as sources.

Tongers was involved in the local Heimatverein Langeoog e. V. , of which he was chairman from 1954. His son Habbo Tongers later also chaired the club and his grandson Hendrik Tongers was the incumbent chairman of the Langeooger Heimatverein from 1990 to 2011.

Honors

In memory of Johann Tongers, a street in the southern part of the municipality of Langeoog was named Johann-Tongers-Pad .

Fonts

  • Diary entry from August 17, 1939. In: Hans-Jürgen Jürgens: Testimonies from a disastrous time. a war diary on the events of 1939–1945 in the Wangerooge-Spiekeroog-Langeoog area and the situation in the Reich and on the fronts. 6th edition. Mettcker, Jever 2003, ISBN 3-87542-044-6 , p. 44 ( online at Google books ).
  • Our Langeoog as it was. 3. Edition. Ostendorp-Verlag, Rhauderfehn 1975, ISBN 3-921516-12-9 .
  • Our Langeoog. Little Langeoog guide. 2nd Edition. H. & J. Altmeppen, Rheine in Westphalia 1962.
  • Our Langeoog as it was. 2nd, enlarged and improved edition. Self-published, Langeoog 1962.
  • Our Langeoog. Becoming an island. Mettcker, Wittmund 1951 ( Our Langeoog , Vol. 1).
  • Home to the homeless! In: Ostfriesland. 1948, p. 12.

swell

  • Editorial part of the official city map of the Langeoog spa administration

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ The grave of Johann Tongers on the website www.grabsteine-ostfriesland.de; accessed on July 15, 2016
  2. ^ Pastors at the St. Magnus Church . On: Website of the tower museum in Esens ; Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ The community committee 1919 to 1945 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Guest magazine Die Inselglocke , Baltrum, issue 5/2002; Retrieved October 28, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.inselglocke.de
  4. ↑ See, for example, naming the author in: Hans Szymanski (Hrsg.): Schiffsmodelle in niedersächsischen Kirchen. Issue 1 of the specialist journal Schriften zur Niederdeutsche Volkskunde , published by: Lower Saxony State Office for Folklore, Seminar for German Folklore of the University of Göttingen , Schwartz, Göttingen 1966, p. 1 ( online at Google books ).
  5. ↑ See for example: Peter Kremer: Langeoog im Blick der Vorsokratiker →  D.1 Bibliography  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Master's thesis at the University of Oldenburg , 2002 (excerpt, PDF, 300 kB); Langeoog, island community, Wittmund district . At: Kommunalverband Ostfriesische Landschaft , www.ostfriesenelandschaft.de (PDF, 1 MB); Literature (list) . On: Website of the Langeooger Geschichtswerkstatt ; each accessed on October 29, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.foto-kremer.de  

  6. ↑ www.langeoognews.de
personal data
SURNAME Tongers, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tongers, Johann Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, local researcher and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Langeoog
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1969
Place of death Langeoog