Wilhelm Begemann

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Wilhelm Begemann

Wilhelm Begemann (born July 26, 1843 in Bückeburg , † September 7, 1914 in Berlin ) was a German teacher and Masonic historian.

Life

The son of a pastor Bückeburger studied Begemann at the University of Marburg , the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin and the Georg-August-University of Goettingen Philology . He became a member of the Corps Teutonia Marburg (1862) and the Corps Normannia Berlin (1864). He founded the great Kommerse of the Berlin Seniors' Convention and wrote the Norman song Be welcome, noble hour , which was sung for the first time in February 1892. Normannia later awarded him honorary membership. In 1867 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He entered the school service and became a private lecturer in Berlin . After running a secondary school for girls in Rostock , he was director of a private girls' school in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

Begemann was a member of the United Lodge Rostock and thus the great state lodge of the Freemasons of Germany . With him, Ludwig Keller , and August Wolfstieg , the scientific investigation of Masonic history began in Germany. With his extensive knowledge, Begemann fathomed the prehistory of Freemasonry . His language-critical investigations, especially of the English files, brought many new insights.

“He happily transferred the working methods of the English Quatuor Coronati Lodge to German Masonic historical research. The legibility of his work unfortunately suffers from the philologist's sluggish style. [...] A strong personality who was aware of his worth, he repeatedly got into violent scientific polemics, especially with Keller, whose rich imagination he contrasted with critical sobriety. "

- Freimaurerlexikon

Books from Begemann's private library ended up in the library of the Great State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany after his death, these books were stamped "Legacy of Br. Wilh. Begemann".

A son was the singer Max Begemann .

Publications

  • De suffixis Latinis 'T-or' 'I-or' 'or', Göttingen 1867 (Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 1867).
  • The weak past tense of the Germanic languages: a contribution to the history of the German language , Berlin: Weidmann 1873.
  • On the meaning of the weak past tense of the Germanic languages , Berlin: Weidmann 1874.
  • Comenius and the Freemasons , Berlin: Mittler 1906.
  • The Templars and the Freemasons: Reply to the script of the same name by Geh. Archives Councilor Dr. Ludw. Keller, Berlin 1906.
  • The Hague Lodge of 1637 and the Cologne Letter of 1535: reply to Ludwig Keller's remarks in the Hohenzollern yearbook for 1906 , Berlin: Mittler 1907.
  • Prehistory of Freemasonry in England , 3 volumes. 1909-1911.
    • Vol. 1: The old English factory boxes and their offspring , Berlin: Mittler 1909.
    • Vol. 2: Foundation and further development of the London Grand Lodge, the Ancient Masons and the union of the two Grand Lodges , Berlin: Mittler 1910.
    • Vol. 3: Prehistory and beginnings of Freemasonry in Ireland , Berlin: Mittler 1911.
  • The fruitful society and Johann Valentin Andreä  : reply to Ludwig Keller's remarks in the May issue of the Comenius Society , Berlin: Mittler 1911.
  • The order of the lovebirds of the eighteenth century and the fruitful society of the 17th century, Berlin: Mittler 1911.
  • The old and accepted Scottish Rite and Frederick the Great , Berlin: Mittler 1913.
  • Prehistory and beginnings of Freemasonry in Scotland , Vol. 1: The old Scottish factory boxes, Berlin: Mittler 1914.

literature

  • Hans-Erich de Wyl (ed.): Blue Book of the Corps Teutonia Marburg 1825 to 2000 (No. 442), Marburg an der Lahn 2000.
  • Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner: International Freemason Lexicon , 1932.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 104/454; 7/110
  2. ↑ Dissertation: De suffixis Latinis "t-or", "i-or", "or" .
  3. ^ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurerlexikon , revised and expanded new edition of the edition from 1932, Munich 2003, 951 pages, ISBN 3-7766-2161-3
  4. ^ Wilhelm Begemann - Provenance Wiki. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Begemann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, teacher, historian and freemason
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckeburg
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1914
Place of death Berlin