Otto Küstermann

Julius Albert Otto Küstermann (born February 18, 1837 in Schladebach , † February 20, 1913 in Merseburg ) was a German Protestant pastor and historian .

Life

Küstermann was a son of the local pastor of Schladebach Eduard Albert Küstermann and Johanna Henriette Agnes Graßhoff. He attended the Domgymnasium in Merseburg , studied at the University of Halle from 1856-1859, passed his first theological exam there in 1860 and, after having passed his second theological exam in 1862, after his ordination in Magdeburg on July 30, 1862, he became a pastor in Pödelist , 1867 pastor in Geusa and retired in 1902.

Act

Küstermann dealt intensively with the history of his home region. His "Old Geographic Forays through the Merseburg Monastery", which provide well-founded historical information, were only printed once. His "Descriptive Presentation of the Older Architectural and Art Monuments of the Province of Saxony - Eighth Booklet - The District of Merseburg" (1883) is still a standard work in academic libraries today. In 2009, a memorial column was erected on his grave in his honor at the Altenburg cemetery by the Merseburg Old Town Association.

In 1902 he was awarded the " Red Eagle Order 4th Class" by the Prussian King Wilhelm II .

family

Küstermann was married twice. His first marriage was on April 21, 1864 in Schladebach with Auguste Karoline Ida (* May 10, 1846, † September 14, 1869), the daughter of the brewery owner Franz Lange in Schladebach. His second marriage was on July 21, 1871 with Pauline Juliane Meta (* March 27, 1849, † June 24, 1931), the daughter of the pastor at St. Maximikirche in Merseburg, Johann Philipp Hermann Heinecken. There are 9 children from the two marriages:

S. Fürchtegott Johannes Otto (born May 17, 1865 in Pödelist; † December 15, 1932 in Naumburg) pastor in Pödelist

T. Martha Magdalena Maria (* July 7, 1868 in Geusa; † December 21, 1932 in Halle)

S. Johannes Gottfried Albert Hermann (born April 15, 1872 in Geusa † February 27, 1952 in Zörbig) doctor in Zörbig

T. Marie Agnes Julie Magaretha (born July 18, 1873 in Geusa; January 6, 1951 in Lichtentanne / Saxony) m. With the then deacon at St. Nikolaikirche in Eilenburg, Carl Heinrich Gustav Gützlaff

T. Magdalena Anna Elisabeth (born March 30, 1875 in Geusa; † May 18, 1964 in Dortmund) married. December 16, 1900 with Hans Heinrich Georg Deicke in Lüneburg

S. Heinrich Eduard Benjamin (born June 13, 1877 in Geusa; † January 12, 1945) engineer in Mönchengladbach

T. Margarete Anna Klara Meta (born January 5, 1881 in Geusa, † December 12, 1885 in Geusa)

S. Paul Julius (January 12, 1886 in Geusa; † December 12, 1956 in Mbeya / Tanzania in East Africa) major and farmer in East Africa

T. Elisabeth Charlotte Anna (born June 15, 1888 in Geusa, † July 22, 1972 in Bad Honnef) married. with Paul Krusius, u. a. Pastor in Schelden / East Prussia.

Works

• Ancient geographic forays through the Merseburg Monastery. I. The Merseburg Office . Source studies Merseburg 1863. Separately printed from New Messages of the Thuringian-Saxon Association. Vol. XVI.
• Ancient geographic and topographic forays through the Merseburg Monastery. II. The Office of Lützen . Source studies Merseburg 1883. Continuation cf. New communications vol. XVI. Pp. 181-192.
• Ancient geographic forays through the Merseburg Monastery. III. The former offices of Lauchstädt and Schkeuditz . Source studies Halle adS 1884.
• Heinrich Otte, Johannes Burkhardt , Otto Küstermann. Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Merseburg district. Edited by the Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony. Hall adS 1883.
• Documented news about Merseburg chapels and churches. Separate print from "New Messages of the Thuringian-Saxon Association" Vol. XVI. o. o. o. J.
• Guide through the city of Merseburg , Merseburg 1889.
• Relations between the County of Mansfeld and the Merseburg Monastery. In: Mansfeldische Blätter messages of the society for history and antiquities of the county Mansfeld to Eisleben third year. Eisleben 1889, pp. 47-53.
• A rare Bible. In: Monthly sheets of the Thuringian-Saxon Association for research into patriotic antiquity and the preservation of its monuments. Halle adS 1894, pp. 136–137.
• The battle near Riyadh in 933. In: Journal of the Harz Association for history and antiquity. 29th year. Wernigerode 1896, pp. 520-549.
• History of the settlement in the area around Merseburg. Hall adS 1894.
• On the history of the city, the castle and former judicial district of Nebra and its immediate surroundings as well as its relationship to the former Saxon office of Freiburg. In: Annual report of the Thuringian-Saxon Association for research into patriotic antiquity and preservation of its monuments. Halle adS 1897, pp. 40–92.
• On the history of Müelte at the Geisel and the surrounding area. In: Journal of the Harz Association for History and Antiquity. 31st year. Wernigerode 1898, pp. 57-120.
• On the history of the von Bose family. Documentary news. Special print from the quarterly publication for coat of arms, seal and family customers. Issue 2. Berlin 1899.
• Merseburg and Paulinzelle. Pictures from the life of the Christian nobility of the German nation in the 11th and 12th centuries. Unknown, in: Merseburger Kreisblatt. Published 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27 February 1900 in sequels.
• The first traces of ancient oriental and Indo-European cultural influences between the Saale and Unstrut . Subscriber lecture o. O. 1893, in: Merseburger Korrespondent. Published March 8, 9, 11, 1893 in sequels.

literature

• Rolf Walker: Life and work of Otto Küstermann - the pastor and local researcher. In: Saxony-Anhalt. Journal for nature and homeland friends. Vol. 15 (2005), 4, ISSN  0940-7960 , pp. 10-15.
• Arthur Schwickert: The local researcher Otto Küstermann, To the hundred-year memory of the deserving man. In: Merseburger Zeitung. February 17, 1937.
• Pastor Yearbook of the Protestant Church of the Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony. Leipzig 1903, p. 121.
• Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Published by Association for pastors of the Evangelical Church in the ecclesiastical province of Saxony, 5th vol., Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2003, vol. 5, p. 234.

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Küstermann in the catalog of the German National Library