Otto Kuntzemüller

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Carl Bernhard Otto Kuntzemüller (also: Otto Kuntzemueller and Hermann Oesterwitz ( pseudonym ); born June 28, 1847 in Guben ; † in the 20th century) was a German historian , freemason , author , journalist for various daily newspapers and entrepreneurs.

Life

Otto Kuntzemüller was the son of a factory owner in Guben. After graduating from high school, he studied philology at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin from 1867 . He was a participant in the Franco-German War in 1870/71. In 1872 he became a candidate for school education at the Guben high school.

With his dissertation " Nithard and his history" at the University of Jena Kuntzemüller on July 24, 1873 to Dr. phil. PhD. In October 1873 he received the post of assistant teacher, in 1875 that of a "full teacher" at the municipal high school in Spandau.

In 1875, the Spandau city council commissioned Otto Kuntzemüller to continue the chronicle of the city of Spandau, which had been interrupted for almost 40 years. As a result, he published the work “Documentary history of the city and fortress Spandau from the origins of the city to the present” in 1881 . It was reprinted several times, most recently in the GDR in 1978 and in West Germany in 1989 .

Until 1891 Otto Kuntzemüller was in charge of the Chemnitzer Tageblatt ; on April 1, 1891, he then moved as "political co-editor and deputy editor-in-chief in the editorial office" of the Hannoversche Couriers .

In Kürschner's German literature calendar from 1912, Kuntzemüller appears as the owner of the Meißler & Co. commercial information agency and publisher in Berlin-Schöneberg .

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Otto Kuntzemüller dealt with both the historical newspaper system in Hanover and, under numerous titles, Freemasonry in Europe.

Fonts (selection)

  • Nithard and his history . Phil. Diss. Jena 1873.
  • Documented history of the city and fortress Spandau from the origins of the city to the present . First edition: Magistrate of the City of Spandau 1881. (digitized version)
    • 2 volumes: with a foreword and addendum by Friedrich Koeltze , Berlin-Spandau: Dreger
    • New editions in 1928 and 1929
  • The Hanover newspaper system before 1848. A contribution to the history of the German press , in: Prussian year books 94 , 1898, pp. 425–453
  • Establishment, establishment and files of the Grand State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany , Berlin 1895
  • Freemasonry and its opponents in a factual presentation and illumination of the files , Hanover: Adolf Sponholtz, 1897
  • History, establishment, teaching method and customs of the Great Lodge of Prussia, called Royal York for Friendship , Berlin: Mittler 1898
  • Hannoverscher Courier - Newspaper for Northern Germany - Hannoversche Ads - Hannoversche newest news 1849-1899 , Festschrift for the 50th anniversary, printed and published by Gebrüder Jänecke, 1899
  • The monuments of Kaiser Wilhelm the Great , around 1904
    • Photomechanical reprint of the original editions from 1928–29 (in Gothic script ), Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1978
    • Unchanged reprint of the two-volume edition 1928–29, Berlin: arani, 1978, ISBN 3-7605-8534-5
    • ditto, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-7605-8534-5
  • Masonic Central Europe. Hs. F. Brr Freemasons , from: Herold , 1918, No. 35–38, Leipzig: Association of German Freemasons, 1918

literature

  • Joachim Pohl: City historiography in the empire using the example of the "documented history of the city and fortress Spandau". For the 150th anniversary of Otto Kuntzemüller's birthday. In: Yearbook for Brandenburg State History 48 (1997), pp. 127–151.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Joachim Pohl: City history writing ... (see literature)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Compare the GND number of the German National Library
  3. ↑ a b Hannoverscher Courier - newspaper for Northern Germany ... (see publications), p. 61 and others; online through google books
  4. ↑ Compare this book title
  5. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar , Volume 34 (1912), p. 939
  6. ↑ Compare the Bibliotheca Masonica August Belz (see web links)
personal data
SURNAME Kuntzemüller, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuntzemüller, Carl Bernhard Otto (full name); Kuntzemueller, Otto; Oesterwitz, Hermann (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, author and freemason
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH 20th century