Oscar Förtsch

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Oscar Förtsch

Otto Karl Oscar Förtsch (also Oskar Förtsch , born February 18, 1840 in Naumburg (Saale) , † October 22, 1905 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German officer and prehistoric .

Life

Oscar Förtsch was born in Naumburg as the son of Gottlob Förtsch , director of the cathedral high school there , and his wife Aline nee. Ziesler born. After graduating from high school in March 1859, he initially devoted himself to mining in Eisleben , but in 1860 he embarked on a military career. He volunteered for the Magdeburg Fortress Artillery Regiment No. 4 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1861 . In 1864 he took part in the German-Danish War in the siege of the Düppeler Schanzen , in the German War of 1866 in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . In 1869 Förtsch married Friederike geb. Steinbrück. With her he had two sons and two daughters. He was later transferred to Mainz and Kastel . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he served in the first light reserve battery of the Kummer division and took part in the Battle of Noisseville , among other things . In 1873 Förtsch was promoted to captain . He moved to Kassel and taught at the local war school . Several garrison changes followed in the next few years. Förtsch first served in Frankfurt (Oder) , then in Stettin , Bromberg and finally in Graudenz . In 1884 he was promoted to major , in 1886 to department commander. In 1888 he said goodbye to the military .

Förtsch now moved to Halle and began studying geology - mineralogy and history at the University of Halle-Wittenberg at the age of almost 50 . On March 5, 1892 he received his doctorate with the work The Origin of the Oldest Tools and Equipment and received the grade summa cum laude . In 1897 he was offered the position of director of the Provinzialmuseum Halle after the previous director Julius Schmidt had died. Förtsch refused, however, because he was active as an honorary city councilor and this office was too demanding on him. So initially the art historian Rudolf Kautzsch became the new museum director. However, when he moved to Leipzig after only eleven months , Förtsch finally took over the management of the Provincial Museum on January 1, 1899. In the following years he carried out numerous excavations.

Förtsch was chairman or second chairman of several associations, including the Harz Association . In 1894 he was made a member ( matriculation no. 3038 ) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina and in 1903 a member of the Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony and the Duchy of Anhalt. He was editor of the communications from the Provincial Museum of the Province of Saxony in Halle ad Saale and the annual publication for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries . Oscar Förtsch died on October 22, 1905 after a brief, serious illness. He was buried in the north cemetery in Halle. His successor as museum director was Karl Reuss .

Fonts

  • The Halle antiquity museum (museum for local history and antiquity of the province of Saxony) (n.d.)
  • The making of the oldest tools and implements (1892)

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SURNAME Förtsch, Oscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Förtsch, Otto Karl Oscar (full name); Förtsch, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and prehistoric
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1905
Place of death Halle (Saale)