Konrad Maß

Konrad Maß (born November 16, 1867 in Anklam ; † December 3, 1950 in Schwerin ) was a German local politician, writer and non-fiction author.

Life

The son of a district judge grew up in Anklam. From 1887 to 1891 he studied law. In 1895 he became court assessor and in 1897 magistrate assessor in Stettin . In 1899 he became a councilor in Stralsund , then went back to Stettin as a city councilor in 1901. In 1905 he became mayor and later mayor of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . From 1907 he was second mayor, later until 1920 mayor of Görlitz . In retirement he lived in Stralsund, Heringsdorf and Schwerin .

Konrad Maß wrote several non-fiction books on the history of Pomerania as well as short stories in Low German. During the National Socialist era , his works were removed from German libraries.

His second marriage was to the writer Hedwig Rodatz .

Works (selection)

• Pomeranian story . 1899
• Gold jewelry from Hiddensee . 1902
• The Stavenhagen House . 1902
• Dörch Blaumen and Nettel . Niekammer, Stettin 1903
• From de Waterkant: Tales from Pomerania . Saunier, Stettin 1913
• French period in Anklam . 1914
• Of all sorts of things. Hermes, Hamburg 1919
• The German Hanseatic League . 1926

literature

• Waldemar Diedrich: Ask me about Pomerania . 2nd edition, Gerhard Rautenberg, Leer 1988, ISBN 3-7921-0352-4
• Fritz Raeck: Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 345.
• Ludwig Tesch: Konrad Maß. For his 60th birthday . In: Unser Pommerland , issue 2/1928, pp. 57–62.

Web links

• Konrad Maß in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)