Ludwig Mohr

Grave of Ludwig Mohr in the Wehlheiden cemetery in Kassel

Ludwig Mohr (born February 10, 1833 in Homberg an der Efze , † July 13, 1900 in Wehlheiden , today a district of Kassel ) was a German poet , historian and local researcher .

biography

Ludwig Mohr was the son of a dyer . He completed a commercial apprenticeship and worked as a private tutor, head of a daughter's school, optician and mechanic in Homberg. Mohr also lived for some time as a private tutor in the Kassel district of Wehlheiden . In 1866, after the death of his brother-in-law, he took over the management of a hardware store in Homberg. He then worked from 1871 as a railway secretary.

In 1869 he wrote the story Rot-Weiß , which takes place in the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia and deals with the uprising of Colonel Wilhelm von Dörnberg in 1809 against Jérôme Bonaparte . Mohr tells of the "Prophets von Altenburschla", the brothers Cornelius Lorenz (1736–1809) and Nicolaus Lorenz (1746–1809), and the justice of the peace Sigmund Peter Martin , who rose against the French occupation under Dörnberg's leadership.

In 1871 he wrote the historical story The Blue Lady . In it he devoted himself to the vita of the sister of the Prussian minister Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein , the abbess of the Wallenstein monastery , Marianne vom und zum Stein (1753-1831), who was involved in the organization and preparation of the Dörnberg revolt.

Honors

A plaque on the house where he was born in Homberg commemorates Ludwig Mohr. In the West (Vorderer Westen) district of Kassel and in Homberg, streets are named after him.

Works

• Red-White from 1869 ( online )
• The Blue Lady from 1871
• Eddergold

literature

• Rupp, Lang: German Literature Lexicon . Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1986