Otto Gildemeister

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Portrait of Otto Gildemeister from 1898 by Gottfried Joseph Hofer

Otto Gildemeister (born March 13, 1823 in Bremen ; † August 26, 1902 there ) was a journalist , writer , translator , liberal-conservative politician, senator and mayor of Bremen .

biography

Otto Gildemeister, 1867. Graphic by Hermann Scherenberg.

The son of the Bremen Senator Johann Carl Friedrich Gildemeister and brother of the architect Karl Gildemeister began as a schoolboy to translate classics of Greek, Roman, English, French and Italian poetry into German, e.g. B. Works by Aeschylus , Horace , Tibullus , Shakespeare , Byron , Ariost and Dante . From 1842 Gildemeister studied in Berlin , in 1844 he stayed in Bonn , then again in Berlin. In 1845 he returned to Bremen, where he accepted a position as editor in the literary features section of the Weser newspaper . From 1850 he worked here in a leading position. During his studies in 1845 he became a member of the Saxo-Rhenania Bonn fraternity .

Gildemeister bust in the Focke Museum

His political career began in 1852 when he was appointed secretary and archivist of the Bremen Senate . In 1857 he became - presumably at the instigation of Johann Smidt  - Senator responsible for foreign affairs and postal affairs. From 1869 he headed the finance deputation, from 1867 he represented Bremen in the North German Confederation , from 1870 he belonged to the authority for trade and shipping and from 1878 he chaired the buoy and beacon office . Between 1871 and 1886 he was mayor of Bremen four times (1871–1875, 1882, 1884 and 1886), then again a senator. Gildemeister was a member of the Liberal Association .

In addition to his political career, Gildemeister has always worked as a writer and translator. His work includes a. a 6-volume edition of Byron's works, Ariost's Rasender Roland , Dante's Divine Comedy , as well as Shakespeare's sonnets and dramatic works . After he had finally resigned his political offices in 1890, he devoted himself again to journalism. A collection of his writings appeared in 1896/97 under the title Essays . Gildemeister is also assigned the well-known motto of the Bremen merchants buten un binnen - dare un winnen ( Low German for “outside and inside - dare and win”), which was placed above the main portal on the market between 1895 and 1899 on the occasion of the redesign of the Schütting facade has been.

Otto Gildemeister died on August 26, 1902 and was buried in the Riensberg cemetery .

Honors

The Otto-Gildemeister street in Bremen- Schwachhausen was named after him.

Works (selection)

As an author

  • All sorts of nagging. Essays . Rütten and Loening, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-352-00354-8 .
  • Lissy Susemihl-Gildemeister (Ed.): Letters from Otto Gildemeister . Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1922.

As translator

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Gildemeister, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, writer, translator, as well as senator and mayor in Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1902
Place of death Bremen