Otto Max Sachse

Otto Max Sachse (born June 13, 1893 in Mülsen St. Jacob ; † August 11, 1935 in Lichtenstein / Sa. ) Was a Saxon homeland researcher and writer from Mülsen St. Jacob (today's district of Mülsen ).

Life

Otto Max Sachse was born as the son of the weaver Oskar Max Sachse in a house that stood opposite the current municipal administration of Mülsen St. Jacob. Because of a sudden onset of myopia, he had to be discharged from the seventh grade. He attended weaving school and learned the trade of a weaver.

From the age of 18 he was self-taught in history, literature and philosophy. The First World War hindered his studies. He wrote his first poems and stories in the trenches. During the war, his aversion to militarism increased . He was a member of the soldiers' council in France . After his return from the World War he only worked briefly as a weaver and later worked as an editor in Zwickau . During the Great Depression he was unemployed for four years. Since he had a wife and four children, he had to accept any job that was offered to him. In addition, he did research in the archives of Lichtenstein / Sa. , Glauchau and Zwickau. Since he got to know leading personalities, he was appointed to the parish council of Mülsen St. Jacob.

After the end of the First World War, Sachse published dozens of local history articles and stories in newspapers from the Zwickau and Glauchau areas, in various Erzgebirge calendars and in the Schönburg house calendar. The latter often play against a historical background and usually have the Schönburg territory (Schönburg house calendar) or the Ore Mountains (Ore Mountains calendar) as the place of action. In addition, individual texts appeared outside of Saxony's closer homeland, such as the story “The White Khan”, which was published by a Leipzig publisher.

He wanted to work out a chronicle of the Mülsengrund and campaigned for a museum in Mülsen St. Jacob, for which, however, no funds were made available. Until his untimely death at the age of 42, he also contemplated founding a local and ancient society. He was a member of the USPD from 1917 to 1920/22 . He signed his articles in the Volksblatt with “Le Rouge”.

Works (selection)

stories

• Romanus' successor
• The spirits of the prince's cave
• In the flame of St. Niklas
• Hot blood
• The woodcutters from Burgwalde
• The host of Beutha
• Beautiful pink
• Hugdietrich's wedding trip on New Year's Eve
• The Wernsdorf camp
• Under the sign of the "black death"
• The white ancestor of Isenburg
• The white khan
• That was Glatzberg's poorest son
• Cat silver
• A wretched Christmas
• Under the flag of the castle
• Fight for Esther
• The settlers from the "high well"
• Saffron smuggling
• The Schnapphähne from the Schwarzwassertal
• A little highway drama
• Michel Müller's lucky trip
• Fair adventure for the Walddorf boys

Stage plays

• The war of rags
• A mother's guilt and sorrow
• Mülsener all sorts
• Fateful hour at the round table
• The cursed treasure

Local history essays

• Millennial origins in Mülsen? - The homeland No. 10 - 1929
• Wildlife shooter adventure in old Mülsen - economical guide for the entire Mülsengrund No. 11 Dec. 1929
• The industrial heyday of the Mülsengrund and working life in the first half of the 19th century - The textile worker June 20, 1930
• History of the Deeg-Leißner family - general gazette for Mülsengrund Jan./Feb. 1932
• Name of the district and house in Mülsen St. Jacob - Glauchauer Zeitung Oct. 1932
• Former ghosts in Mülsengrund - Schönburg house calendar 1933
• The old knight goes around - Zwickauer Tageblatt March 1935
• The mystery of the stone cow - Mülsener Heimatklänge Aug. 1935

literature

• Pulsschlag, August-Heft 1960, pp. 12–15, Johannes Scholz, Stangendorf