Walther Koß

Walther Koß (born October 29, 1904 in Wustrow ; † May 1, 1945 in Grimmen ) was a German editor , honorary archive curator and local history researcher in Grimmen.

family

The son of the businessman Heinrich Koß / Koss (1880–1945) and his wife Ella geb. Freudenthal (1884-1945) was born in the Baltic resort of Wustrow, where the father was the leaseholder of a grocery store and owner of Voss' hotel. In 1908 the family moved to Grimmen, where Heinrich Koss took over a shop in Langestrasse. In 1911 Heinrich Koß was elected chairman of the commercial association. The family was friends with the local writer Rudolf Tarnow , who often visited Grimmen. The mother Ella Koss, inspired by this friendship and the love of the Low German language, wrote poems for special occasions. Some poems are dedicated to Teterow , the town she was born in, which she loved and adored.

Life

After finishing school, Walther Koß joined the editorial team of the Rostocker Zeitung Mecklenburger Warte on October 1, 1924 . He responsibly edited and drawn the local part, the sports page and the entertainment part. From 1930 to 1938 he worked for the Grimmener Kreiszeitung as a permanent employee and from October 1, 1933 as editor . Walther Koß dealt intensively with local history topics. He brought out numerous articles on home and local history in the Grimmener Kreiszeitung as well as other magazines and in book form. On November 11, 1940, Walther Koß was appointed honorary archivist for the Grimmen district on behalf of the Stettin State Archives to safeguard the archives.

Shortly before the end of the war on May 1, 1945, he committed suicide.

Works (selection)

• in: Our Pommerland XV. Year 1930, issue 8/9 "Grimmen". A walk through Grimmen - Fritz Reuter and the Grimmen district - A Grimmen hymn poet (Johannes Flitner) - A privilege for Grimmen from 1349 - Theatrical idyll - From the good old days - Monuments, more lasting than ore - A Grimmen painter (Paul Petersdorf) - The Popularly told (Grimmen sagas); XVI. Born in 1931, volume 3: Gottlieb Mohnike and Carl Coppius, two Pomeranian homeland researchers; XVII. Born 1932, Issue 4: Carl Felix von Schlichtegroll ;
• in: Grimmener Kreiszeitung (GKZ) 1937: A century of day laborers corpse society in Grimmen - Grimmen and the Swedish land surveying 1697 - Secrets of the Holy Corpse in Grimmen - The city's crown and ornament, memorial sheet for the resurrection of the town hall - From the great plundering of December 31st .1637; GKZ 1931: History of the Grimmen gymnastics club from 1860; GKZ 1936: From the past of the Grimmen merchants 1781 to 1936; GKZ 1933: Holthof, 300 years old Family property.
• in: Deutsches Städtebuch Vol. 1, Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart 1939, p. 178 f. Grim

literature

• Erhard Grohmann: Local history chat about citizens of Grimmen and district area. Part 3 1997, pp. 71-81.
• Herbert Spruth : Regional and family history bibliography for Pomerania. Volume 2, Neustadt ad Aisch 1965.