Rudolf Eckert (Author)

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Rudolf Eckert (born May 12, 1859 in Ohlau , † June 29, 1913 in Hildesheim ) was a German journalist , historian and poet .

Life

Born the son of a businessman, Eckert studied economics and political science in Breslau after attending grammar school in Ohlau . During his studies in 1879 he became a member of the Arminia Breslau fraternity . He became editor of the Bromberger Tageblatt and was editor-in-chief of the Neumärkische Zeitung in Landsberg a./Warthe from 1885 to 1893 . He was a co-founder of the Neumark History Association (VdGN), of which he was a board member and secretary. In 1891 he published the first edition of the VdGN's communications . He was editor-in-chief in Neumünster before opening a bookstore with a printing press in Heide in Holstein in 1901 . In 1903 he moved to Hildesheim, where he owned the printing press in the Golden Tower . He wrote several historical works and worked as an operetta librettist . In 1913 he hanged himself in Hildesheim.

Publications (selection)

  • Studio on top! Operetta in 3 acts. Landsberg aW around 1888.
  • Until the beginning of the Hohenzollern rule in the Neumark (1455). Landsberg a. W. 1890.
  • History of Landsberg a. Warthe city and district. 2 volumes, Landsberg a. W. 1890.
  • The Landsberger Stadtschreiber-Chronik. (= Writings of the Verein für Geschichte der Neumark. Issue 1) Landsberg a. W. 1893.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 159.
personal data
SURNAME Eckert, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, historian and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohlau
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1913
Place of death Hildesheim