Maximilian Runze

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Maximilian "Max" Runze (born August 8, 1849 in Woltersdorf , Greifenhagen district , † May 9, 1931 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant pastor, member of parliament and author. He was committed to the dissemination of the works of the composer Carl Loewe .

Life

Maximilian Runze was born as the son of the Woltersdorf pastor into a large family. One of his brothers, Georg Runze (* 1852, † 1938), became professor of theology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . Maximilian Runze attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin , where Ludwig Giesebrecht and Hermann Grassmann were among his teachers . His music teacher, however, was Carl Loewe until 1864 , and Runze would later work on and for his work. After graduating from high school, Runze attended the University of Greifswald . He took part in the Franco-German War from 1870–1871 as a volunteer in the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 . In 1876 he became a tutor in Russia.

In 1878 Runze came to Berlin , where he would work until the end of his life. He first became a teacher at the Cathedral Candidate Foundation and was also doing his doctorate at the University of Greifswald on Kant's criticism of Hume's skepticism . In 1882 he became assistant preacher, soon afterwards second pastor, at St. John's Church . Runze held this position until his retirement in 1923.

On November 30, 1909, Runze was elected in a by-election as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives, in which he represented the constituency of Berlin 12 until 1918. He initially belonged to the Liberal People's Party , from 1910 to the faction of the Progressive People's Party .

Runze published philosophical writings and poems. Above all, however, he campaigned for the dissemination of the works of the composer Carl Loewe . In 1882 he was one of the co-founders of the Loewe Association , which of course ended with his death. Above all, Runze published the seventeen-volume complete edition of Loewe's compositions.

Fonts

  • Kant's importance due to the history of the development of his philosophy . Berlin 1881.
  • Pictures from K. Loewe's life . Goldstein's Music World, Berlin 1881.
  • Carl Loewe. An aesthetic assessment . Leipzig 1884.
  • Lion, Johann Carl Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 300-311.
  • Loewe redivivus . Duncker, Berlin 1888.
  • Mustard from Pilsach, Arnold Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 23-26.
  • Ludwig Giesebrecht and Carl Loewe. For the 350th anniversary of the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Szczecin . Duncker, Berlin 1894.
  • With the King's Regiment 1870/71. Campaign memories of a war volunteer before Metz, before Paris, in the Jura, with reference to Sergeant Friehmelt's diary. ES Mittler, Berlin 1896.
  • Carl Loewes works. Complete edition of the ballads, legends and chants for a singing voice on behalf of the Loewesche family . 17 volumes. Leipzig 1899–1904.
  • Karl Gutzkow . A German spirit hero. His services to Germany's cultural progress in literature, philosophy and politics. 2. verb. u. significantly reduced edition. Berlin: Mecklenburg 1911. (The first edition appeared in Berlin 1907.)
  • Dr. Carl Loewes worked at the old Stettin (later Marienstifts-) grammar school . In: New year books for classical antiquity, history and German literature . Volume 28. 1911.
  • New spruce finds from home and Switzerland . Gotha 1919.
  • Carl Loewe and his organ in St. Jacobi zu Stettin . In: Our Pommerland . Volume 13. 1928, pp. 283-287.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 330; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 164-180.

literature

  • Michael Wilfert: Maximilian Runze (1849–1931): “Rolled the stone from Loewe's grave”. In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. Issue 2/2012, ISSN  0032-4167 , pp. 36-40.

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personal data
SURNAME Runze, Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Runze, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor, member of parliament and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Woltersdorf , Greifenhagen district
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1931
Place of death Berlin