Stenotachygraphy

Example of stenotachygraphy. System from 1898

so-called "event" or "reminder card" from the second day of the Lower Saxony Stenotachygraph Association on 2/3. May 1903 in Hanover.
colored postcard from Ludwig Hemmer ; Photo around 1900

The Stenotachygraphie was a German shorthand - or Stenografiesystem of the late 19th century. Stenotachygraphy was invented by August Lehmann and published in a textbook in 1875.

Stenotachygraphy is one of the shorthands with initial vocalization , i.e. the initial vowel is symbolized. The German unity shorthand , on the other hand, is one of the shorthand vocalizing shorthands. The peculiarity of this system is that the vowel is represented by an enlargement (and amplification) of the consonant signs.

Around 1910 the stenotachygraphic school was the third largest shorthand school in the German-speaking area. It had around 18,100 members who were spread over 400 associations.

After a uniform system was created with the German unified shorthand, all other systems in the German-speaking area (except for Stolze-Schrey in German-speaking Switzerland) were replaced, including stenotachygraphy.

literature

• I. Schneider, B. Blauert: History of the German shorthand. Heckners Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1936

Web links

• August Lehmann's Stenotachygraphie Detailed article by Dr.-Ing. Reiner Kreßmann (PDF file; 135 kB)
• Johannes Dahms on the 70th anniversary of his death on Sept. 7, 2003 Report on Johannes Dahms' merits with regard to stenotachygraphy (PDF file; 23 kB)