Otto Altenburg

Otto Altenburg (born August 5, 1873 in Scholwin near Stettin , † December 17, 1950 in Greifswald ) was a German historian and high school professor.

Life

Otto Paul Erich Altenburg was the son of the main teacher Carl Altenburg, attended the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Stettin and then studied from 1893 in Halle , Göttingen and Greifswald . In 1894 he became active in the Göttingen Wingolf . From 1900 Altenburg taught at the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin, one year later at the Royal Pedagogy in Putbus . Then he went to the city high school in Stettin, where he was appointed high school professor in 1914.

Altenburg was a member of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology ; from 1930 to 1933 he was its chairman. He published a large number of articles on regional history in magazines and newspapers.

Fonts (selection)

• Pomeranian folk types in poetry . In: Annual report 1911/12 of the Szczecin City High School. Stettin 1912, pp. 138-149 (program no. 213).
• Szczecin in the Iron Year. Contemporary reports . In: Baltic Studies , NF 17, 1913, pp. 149–232.
• History of the company Nüscke & CO. Shipyard, boilermaker and mechanical engineering company Aktien-Gesellschaft Stettin on the occasion of their 100th anniversary . Szczecin 1915.
• Pomeranian Provincial Sugar Boiler 1817-1917. Memorandum for its centenary . Szczecin 1917.
• Memorandum for the 75th anniversary of the company. Schindler & Muetzell Nachf. 1843-1918 . Stettin 1918 (with Kasimir Krawczynski).
• French prisoners of war in Stettin in 1870/71. (From the diary of a French officer) . In: Baltic Studies, NF 23, 1920, pp. 147–166.
• Paul Wendt. In honor of the Pomeranian poet who died on March 1, 1919 . In: Stettiner Jahrbuch. Vol. 1, 1920, pp. 113-120.
• The beginnings of the Prussian Navy in Stettin . Greifswald 1922 (2nd, increased edition Karlsruhe 1936).
• Carl Loewe. Contributions to the knowledge of his life and work . Szczecin 1924.
• Elisabeth, Princess of Braunschweig, an uncrowned Prussian queen . Szczecin 1924.
• Stettin cultural images from the years 1835 to 1850 according to letters from Dr. Carl Stahrs . In: Baltic Studies, NF 27, 1925, pp. 257–336.
• Stettin cultural images (2nd part) from the years 1851-1863 based on letters from Dr. Carl Stahrs . In: Baltic Studies, NF 28, 1926, pp. 327–401.
• 100 years of Léon Saunier's bookstore 1826-1926. Festschrift for the centenary of the Léon Saunierchen Buchhandlung Stettin . Szczecin 1926.
• Wilhelm Meinhold's relationships with contemporaries . In: Baltic Studies, NF 31, 1929, pp. 208-235.
• Hundred years of HR Fretzdorff, wine distillery, large-scale distillation and wine shop, Stettin . History of the house. Szczecin 1929.
• Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology . In: Pommersche Heimatpflege, Jg. 1, 1930/1931, H. 3, S. 81–84.
• From the history of the theater in Pomerania during the second half of the 18th century . In: Baltic Studies, NF 33, 1931, H. 1, pp. 197-216.
• The book of the old companies. The City and Chamber of Commerce District of Szczecin in 1931 . Leipzig [1931].
• 100 years of Baltic studies . In: Baltic Studies, NF 34, 1932, pp. V-VII.
• Goethe and Pomerania . In: Baltic Studies, NF 34, 1932, pp. 1-55.
• Hugo Lemcke. A life of work and success . Szczecin 1935.
• The Tilebeins and their circle. Szczecin bourgeois culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, primarily in the Goethe era . Szczecin 1937.
• Daniel Blecks. A Pomeranian folk hero in the French era . Szczecin 1939.

literature

• Richard Warnke: Professor Altenburg has died . In: Stettiner Nachrichten 2, 1951, No. 3, p. 10.
• Hans Ziegler: Otto Altenburg August 5, 1873 - December 17, 1950 . In: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 89, 1952, p. 347. ( digitized version )

Web links

• Biography with picture on pomeranica.pl

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of members of the Göttingen Wingolf. Year 2007. p. 37.