Otto Vitense (pedagogue)

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Otto Carl Ernst Friedrich Vitense (born March 27, 1880 in Wittenburg ; † December 31, 1948 in Neubrandenburg ) was a German educator and Mecklenburg regional historian.

Life

Otto Vitense was the younger son of the teacher and cantor Adolf (Karl Friedrich) Vitense (* 1841) and his wife, the Wittenburg painter's daughter Emma, ​​née. Titus (1855-1915). The pastor in Jabel and later state superintendent in goods Wilhelm (Christian Ludwig) Vitense (1876-1954) was his brother.

Vitense studied history, theology and philology in Leipzig, Berlin and Rostock.

He worked from 1909 to 1948 as a teacher (senior teacher, teacher) at the Neubrandenburg high school. In 1945 he was appointed principal of the high school for boys . From 1945 he belongs to the CDU (according to his own information). In 1948, at the instigation of the SED, he was relieved of all offices because of his support for German reunification.

Vitense developed in Neubrandenburg into one of the most important representatives of regional history journalism in Mecklenburg in the first half of the 20th century. Several monographs and numerous small and large essays identify him as a competent author with a tendency towards a monarchist approach typical of the time and a certain preference for the subject of the German Wars of Liberation from 1813 to 1815. Otto Vitense's story of Mecklenburg (1919) is still valid eighty years after its publication always as (so far) the last significant overall historical presentation. In addition, he actively participated in the preparation of the founding anniversary of his hometown Wittenburg (1926) and was appointed by the state government in 1946 as the first Neubrandenburg district monument curator of the post-war period.

Otto Vitense was married to Elise Krog, daughter of the Feldberger (art) painter and photographer Anton Krog , since 1908 . Of his three children, his son Otto Vitense (1912–1962) became known as a politician.

The city of Neubrandenburg paid tribute to the life and work of the deserving pedagogue in 2005 with a ceremony on the Day of German Unity and by naming an Otto-Vitense-Weg in the immediate vicinity of his long-term home address.

Works

Numerous articles on topics of Mecklenburg history and regional studies in periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

  • Mecklenburg history. Göschen, Berlin [a. a.] 1912.
  • Brief history of Mecklenburg for higher schools. 5th, change Nahmmacher, Neubrandenburg, 1912.
  • Mecklenburg and the Mecklenburgers in the great period of the German Wars of Liberation 1813-1815. Nahmmacher, Neubrandenburg 1913.
  • German women and heroines 1813/15. A. Bonz & Comp., Stuttgart [1913].
  • The German Wars of Liberation 1813-1815. With special consideration of the participation of the Mecklenburgers. Nahmmacher, Neubrandenburg 1913.
  • The Mecklenburgers at Lumau-Loigny. Publishing house for folk literature and art, Berlin [1914].
  • World War Images. 3 collections. [1915/1916].
  • History of Mecklenburg. [General history of states; Dept. 3, Plant 11]. Perthes, Gotha 1920. [number no. further editions].
  • Local history for Mecklenburg. 6 parts. For quinta / sub-tertia / upper-tertia / sub-secondary. [around 1920].
  • 175 years of V. Siemerling Neubrandenburg 1756 - April 8, 1931. A historical memorial sheet. Feller, Neubrandenburg [1931].
  • 50 years of the Neubrandenburger Konzertverein 1880-1930. After the concert club records and the concert programs, newspaper news and verbal communications. Ahrendt, Neubrandenburg 1930.
  • The Neubrandenburg St. Marienkirche. PS Erichsohn, Neubrandenburg 1993.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entries by Otto Vitense in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ State Main Archives Schwerin , self-disclosure in the personal questionnaire of November 20, 1947: Vitense answered question 10 ( Which party do you belong to today? ) By stating that he had been a member of the CDU since 1945.

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personal data
SURNAME Vitense, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vitense, Otto Carl Ernst Friedrich (Christian name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and Mecklenburg regional historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenburg
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1948
Place of death Neubrandenburg