Karl August Gottlieb Sturm

Karl August Gottlieb Sturm (born January 10, 1803 in Querfurt , † February 21, 1886 in Goseck ) was a typographer, schoolmaster, cantor, chronicler and draftsman.

Life

Memorial plaque on the house where he was born in Querfurt

Karl August Gottlieb Sturm was born in Querfurt and attended the community school there. In 1818 he started an apprenticeship in organ building in Potsdam without finishing it. When he returned to Querfurt, he began an apprenticeship as a printer (typographer). After completing his training, he went on three hikes. On these trips he came to Copenhagen . In 1830 he began training as a teacher (cantor) at the teachers' college in Weißenfels . After the teacher examination he got his first job in Leimbach near Querfurt. He then worked as a children's teacher in Lobitzsch near Uichteritz and from 1835 as a schoolmaster in Goseck. He held the office until 1871. Sturm died in Goseck in February 1886. His grave is there in the old cemetery.

On the occasion of Sturm's 200th birthday, memorial plaques were placed on his birthplace in Querfurt and on his house in Goseck, and a plane tree was planted in his honor in Querfurt.

Works

• Goseck , In: Thuringia and the Harz with their curiosities, folk tales and legends , 5th volume, pp. 26–39, Sondershausen 1841
• Großjena , In: Thuringia and the Harz with their oddities, folk tales and legends , 8th volume, pp. 123–127, Sondershausen 1844
• Goseck and its surroundings. History and description of the former county and Benedictine abbey Goseck an der Saale , with 6 lithographs, Naumburg 1844
• Chronicle of the city and rule of Querfurt , Querfurt 1845
• Small chronicle of the city of Weißenfels: edited from sources. Weißenfels 1869 ( e-copy ).
• Small Chronicle of Querfurt , Querfurt 1847
• Guide through Goseck and its surroundings, or history and description of the former county and subsequent Benedictine abbey Goseck an der Saale , Weißenfels 1851
• The destruction of divorces or the fall of the Thuringian kingdom , In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1854
• Dänenburg (legend of the origins of Naumburg ), six parts in: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1855
• Das Todtenthal (Dead Valleys near Naumburg (Saale) ), In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1855
• The Battle of Magyars near Keuschberg (The battle of King Heinrich I against the Magyars ( Hungarians ) on the Keuschberg in March 933), In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1856
• Groß-Jena , In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1856
• The Battle of Roßbach , A faithful representation of the events before, during and after this battle, To the Säcular memory of November 5, 1757 , Prange, Weißenfels 1857
• Rabeswald , In: Stories and legends from the Saal- and Unstrutthale , In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1858
• The court on the Lotharsburg (Lautersburg, castle ruins in the Ziegelrodaer Forst , 3.5 km northeast of Ziegelroda ), In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1858
• Hans von Hedersleben , In Querfurther weekly Kreisblatt 1859 (see: Salzgraf der Saline in Halle from 1408 to 1412)
• Emperor Karl V zu Halle and zu Naumburg 1547 , In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet 1860
• Frankenaue , 1860
• History and description of the former county and Benedictine abbey of Goseck, now Counts of Zech-Burkersrodasche possessions on the Saale and its surroundings , Weißenfels 1861
• Historically geographical answers to questions of closer patriotic studies to be asked after these answers. With special Consideration of the districts of Merseburg , Weißenfels , Querfurt etc., the administrative district of Merseburg and the province of Saxony , initially for elementary schools in the countryside , Prange, Weißenfels 1868
• Small chronicle of the city of Weißenfels: edited from sources , 1869
• Experiences and Travel , 1875
• The frightened Naumburg (sagas and stories),

literature

• Fred Winter: Karl August Gottlieb Sturm. A biography. Goseck 2002.
• Fred Winter: Karl August Gottlieb Sturm: January 10, 1803 Querfurt – 21. February 1886 Goseck; Typographer - schoolmaster - chronicler - draftsman. Self-published, Goseck 2010.