Paul Jaromar Wendt

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Paul Jaromar Wendt , also Paul Wendt , (born May 21, 1840 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † March 1, 1919 in Einbeck ) was a German businessman and writer. He published plays related to the history of Pomerania .

Life

Wendt was born in Frankfurt (Oder) as the son of a businessman; his ancestors came from Rügen . In 1844 the family moved to Stettin , where he attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Realgymnasium. From 1857 he did a commercial apprenticeship. He did his military service as a one-year volunteer with the Colberg Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 . This was followed by stays with merchants in London , Bordeaux and Berlin .

In 1870, Wendt joined his father's business in Stettin. In 1870/1871 he took part in the Franco-German War as rendant of a field hospital.

In 1899 Wendt moved to Berlin , in 1908 to a Masonic retirement home in Einbeck , where he died in 1919.

Wendt was married to Marie Arndt († 1872), a relative of the famous writer and historian Ernst Moritz Arndt ; the marriage remained childless.

Wendt mainly published plays related to the history of Pomerania . His first work was "Colberg 1807 or: Heldensinn und Bürgerertreue", a "patriotic play" in 5 acts about the siege of Kolberg in 1807 . The play was published in 1862 and premiered in the Szczecin City Theater in 1868 . "Sidonia von Borck", a tragedy in 5 acts, deals with the fate of Sidonia von Borcke , who was sentenced to death as a witch and executed in Stettin in 1620.

Works (selection)

Stage plays

  • Colberg 1807 or: heroism and loyalty to the citizen. Stettin 1862. (Play in 5 acts, online )
  • Sidonia from Borck. Stettin 1874 (tragedy in 5 acts)
  • The rose from Thiessow . Leipzig 1893. (Opera in 1 act)
  • Arkona . Stettin 1913. (music drama in 3 acts)

Others

  • Bordeaux and its wines. Stettin 1893 (translation of the book by Cocks & Féret)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wendt, Paul Jaromar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendt, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1919
Place of death Einbeck