Rudolf Schmidt (journalist)

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Rudolf Schmidt grave at the forest cemetery in Eberswalde

Rudolf Schmidt (* February 5. 1875 in Dillingen , district Saarlouis , † October 22. 1943 in Eberswalde ) was a Brandenburg journalist , local historian and regional historian .

Live and act

Rudolf Schmidt settled in Eberswalde in 1903 after training as a bookseller (from 1890 to 1892 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) and after working as an editor . He was editor-in-chief for the Eberswalder Zeitung for 17 years and then for seven years for the Oberbarnimer Kreisblatt . His journalistic work led him to local research. In 1904 he began collecting, sifting through and arranging messages and writings, which he later used for his numerous publications on the regional history of the Brandenburg districts of Oberbarnim , Angermünde and Templinused. By 1940 he had written 57 of his own publications.

In 1904 Rudolf Schmidt founded the Eberswalder Heimatblätter , which were later continued in the regional scientific journal Brandenburg . From 1920 he put together a 16-volume history of this district (home books of the Oberbarnim district) on behalf of the then district administrator of the Oberbarnim district . From 1922 onwards he was responsible for the editorial offices of the Oberbarnimer, Angermünder, Templiner and Niederlausitzer district calendar.

Schmidt's best-known work is the history of the city of Eberswalde in two volumes, which is still considered a reference work today. In Eberswalde, Rudolf Schmidt is highly valued for his pictorial and yet objective description of the city and its surroundings. Unusually for a homeland researcher, Schmidt always made sure to back up his statements with extensive source citations in his works. That is why some of his works are still of scientific value today.

Rudolf Schmidt was a member of the NSDAP . Nevertheless, he did not destroy the approximately 45 historical files from his archive on the history of the Eberswalde synagogue community and wrote in Volume II in Chapter 80 about The Jews in Eberswalde .

Rudolf Schmidt's grave is located in the Eberswalder Waldfriedhof.

Schmidt's estate is now kept in the Potsdam City and State Library and in the Barnim district archive. In addition to books, newspapers and magazines, it also includes a historical map collection, manuscripts, material collections, correspondence and photographs. His private library, which he called Bibliotheca Brandenburgica , is now a separate, closed collection in the Potsdam City and State Library. It contains more than 5,000 books.

Fonts

  • German bookseller. German book printer. Contributions to a company history of the German book industry . 6 volumes, Franz Weber, Berlin 1902–1908 (volume 6 published by Rudolf Schmidt, Eberswalde 1908) ( digitized version ); Reprinted in one volume: Olms, Hildesheim 1979, ISBN 3-487-06943-1 .
  • Christian Samuel Ulrich's description of the city of Wriezen . New ed. by Rudolf Schmidt. Settekorn, Wriezen 1910.
  • Chorin monastery and office. A contribution to local history . Published by Rudolf Schmidt, Eberswalde 1909.
  • Eberswalder Wander-Buch . Published by Aug. Arendt 1924.
  • On the history of our local Jewish communities. Published by Rudolf Schmidt, Eberswalde 1929.
  • The Finow Canal. On the history of its development (= messages from the Association for Local Studies in Eberswalde eV , 11th year 1938).
  • History of the sex of book. In the service of the people and the state. 700 years guardian of the floe. Life pictures and local history . On behalf of the family association. 2 volumes. Publishing company Müller, Eberswalde 1939 and 1940.
  • History of the city of Eberswalde . Publishing company Müller, Eberswalde
    • Volume 1: Until 1740 , 1939.
    • Volume 2: 1740-1940 , 1941.
    • Reprint: Eberswalde 1992 (Volume 1) and 1994 (Volume 2).
  • History of the city of Biesenthal . 2nd Edition. Publishing company Müller, Eberswalde 1941.
  • Oberbarnimer Heimatbücher. 16. Volumes. Freienwalde 1924–1934.

literature

  • Adalbert Brauer: Rudolf Schmidt - bookseller, book trade historian and local researcher. In: Buchhandelsgeschichte 1981, 2/12, pp. B673 – B680. With bibliography of the writings of Schmidt, ISSN  0170-5105
  • Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? 10th edition, Degener, Berlin 1935 (with catalog raisonné)
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Nekrolog 1936-1970. Gruyter, Berlin 1973 (with catalog raisonné)
  • Schmidt, Rudolf . In: Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9, Saur, Munich [et al.] 1998, p. 19, ISBN 3-598-23169-5

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, local researcher and regional historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen , Saarlouis district
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1943
Place of death Eberswalde