Julius Gustav Lange

Julius Gustav Lange (* 1815 in Potsdam ; † 1905 ibid) was a master butcher in Potsdam who, in addition to his job, devoted himself to the local history of the city and the medieval history of the Mark Brandenburg's coins .

Life

Long ancestors came from Saxony and came to Potsdam around 1730 during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm I. Julius Lange worked there as a master in a butcher's shop, which he had taken over from his father in 1842 after completing his military service . In 1870 he retired at the age of 55 and devoted himself to coinage and the history of Potsdam. Already during his professional activity, when he went to markets and the surrounding villages as a cattle buyer  , Lange became aware of coin finds. He contributed to the recovery and description of various coin treasures. This includes re-excavations he initiated after the discovery of an earthen vessel and individual thin metal disks in September 1880 during agricultural work on the Michendorfer Wolkenberg. The Michendorf coin find with almost 1,800 coins from the years 1140 to 1184, one of the largest hoards with coins in Brandenburg, was recovered. The coins were denarii with the image of the Slav prince Pribislaw and bracteates with the image of the Ascan prince Albrecht the Bear . The so-called Petrissa penny was documented for the first time when it was found. This is the first time that the Slavic princess, who is said to have helped Albrecht the Bear to power in 1150, was proven to be a real historical personality.

In addition to the recovery and description of coin finds, Lange gave lectures at the Association for the History of Potsdam and published on various topics of local history. He not only collected himself, but also gave away and exchanged acquired coins for museums and public collections.

Honor

The house at Brandenburger Straße 29 in Potsdam, where Lange lived until 1870, has been bearing a plaque from the Potsdam Coin Friends Association and the Brandenburg / Prussia Numismatic Working Group since September 21, 2019 .

Publications

• The Potsdam church and guild seals. In: Communications from the Association for the History of Potsdam. New series, part 1, no. 218, 1875, ZDB -ID 749333-2 , pp. 152-157.
• August Friedrich Eisenhart. (A picture of life). In: Communications from the Association for the History of Potsdam. New series, part 1, no. 229, 1875, pp. 235–241.
• The Gallin Vorwerk. On the history of the Potsdam slaughterhouse. In: Communications from the Association for the History of Potsdam. New series, part 1, no. 246, 1875, pp. 376–401.
• Contributions to the history of the Potsdam milling industry. In:  Communications from the Association for the History of Potsdam. New series, part 2, no. 269, 1878, pp. 279–301 .
• The official Meyerei. In: Communications from the Association for the History of Potsdam. New series, part 3, no. 272, 1883, pp. 20–32 .

literature

• Hans-Dieter Dannenberg: Julius Lange (1815–1905) - memory of a Potsdam hobby numismatist and of the coin find from Michendorf. In: Contributions to Brandenburg-Prussian numismatics. Vol. 14, 2006, ISSN  2569-8478 , pp. 75-89.

Web links

• Article on Julius Gustav Lange in the Potsdam Chronik

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The portrait of Petrissa in Potsdam's Latest News from November 28, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} Helmut Caspar: memorial plaque for Potsdam coin researcher Julius Lange . In: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt . tape 68 , no. December 12 , 2019, p. 454 .
3. ↑ Memorial plaque for Julius Lange unveiled . potsdam-info.de. September 21, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.