Max Ludwig Zschommler

Max Ludwig Zschommler (born July 17, 1855 in Langenbach near Mühltroff , † December 5, 1915 in Plauen ) was a German teacher and local researcher.

After completing elementary school, Zschommler attended the secondary school in Plauen from 1870 to 1875, where he passed the Abitur. He then volunteered for a year in the military. From 1876 to 1879 he studied modern languages ​​(primarily French and English) in Leipzig and Geneva . After the state examination for teachers at secondary schools he was from 1879, first as temporary, from 1880 to 1882 as a permanent head teacher at the town's secondary school in Wurzen worked and earned his doctorate at this time to Dr. phil. When the Ministry of Culture and Public Education called him to Plauen in 1882, he initially taught French in the grammar school department of the grammar school and secondary school institution, and after the establishment of the royal grammar school (1889), he was the first teacher of newer languages, French and English. In November 1900 he was the Saxon King Albert awarded a professor's title and rank, and he later became a teacher promoted. From 1913 until his death he was vice-principal of the Plauen grammar school.

He had already been intensively involved in Julius Mosen research since his student days . At his suggestion, a Mosen Foundation was set up. With his lexical volume " Interesting and famous Vogtlanders ", which was published in Plauen by Moritz Wieprecht in 1913, he introduced personalities from a wide range of fields (doctors, poets, farmers, scholars, military, artists, statesmen, etc.) and with them made a contribution to the Vogtland homeland, educational and literary history. He was also a long-time employee of the " Vogtland Gazette ". Zschommler was an avid supporter of Bismarck . As chairman of the committee of the city of Plauen, he campaigned for the erection of a Bismarck monument. The bronze statue created by Wilhelm Haverkamp was unveiled on April 1, 1896 on Albert-Platz in Plauen.

Zschommler was married to Wally, nee Bunde, and had a son, Max (* 1894), and a daughter.

Works

• Contributions to Julius Mosen's memories , Plauen 1891
• Memories , Plauen 1893
• Julius Mosen. Selected works , 4 volumes, Leipzig 1900
• Interesting and famous Vogtlanders: a book of honor from the Vogtland , Plauen 1913 (new edition: Frankfurt / Main 1979)
• For Mosen friends: Small contributions to the knowledge of Julius Mosen, his life and his works. 1911-1915 , Plauen 1916

literature

• Vogtländischer Anzeiger and Tageblatt of December 7, 1915
• K. Adler: In the footsteps of the Vogtland poet Max Zschommler (1855-1915) , in: Vogtländische Heimatblätter 15/1995, issue 5, pp. 17-19.

Web links

• Brigitte Emmrich: Zschommler, Max Ludwig . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Max Zschommler in memory of the school history of the Saxon Vogtland