Wilhelm Goerges

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Wilhelm Goerges

Gustav Wilhelm Emil Görges (born April 22, 1813 in Braunschweig ; † December 25, 1894 there ) was a German post office worker and writer .

Life

The son of from Peine originating Cantor Christoph Friedrich Görges (1776-1852) and his wife Katharine Marie Dieterike born, Pape attended the Collegium Carolinum from 1832 , where he studied commercial science. From 1833 to 1875 Görges was an official at the ducal court post office in Braunschweig. He is the author of extensive publications on the postal and local history of Germany, especially the states of Braunschweig and Hanover . Görges was married to Emilie Frohwein from Schöningen . His grave is in the Brunswick cathedral cemetery .

Görges self-published his three-volume main work, Fatherland Stories and Memories, which he composed between 1843 and 1845 . In addition to historical facts about events, places and people, it also contained anecdotes and legends . Since only as many copies were printed as there were subscribers at the time , it was soon sold out. For the 50th anniversary of the throne of the Brunswick Duke Wilhelm in 1881, the second edition was published under the direction of Ferdinand Spehr , who completely revised and expanded the work. Spehr had already contributed to the first edition. The third and last edition was published in 1929 by Franz Fuhse .

Works (selection)

Patriotic Stories and Memories ... from 1881
  • Braunschweigisches Post- und Eisenbahn-Taschenbuch for the year 1853. Meinecke, Braunschweig 1853, OCLC 833800049 .
  • as editor: Deutscher Postalmanach. F. Otto, Braunschweig 1842-1853, OCLC 19919767 .
  • Friedrich Wilhelm's album. Memorial sheets dedicated to the memory of the immortalized Duke. Meyer brothers, Braunschweig 1847, OCLC 13164819 . (About the Brunswick Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Oels ).
  • Patriotic stories and memorabilia of prehistoric times with many images of cities, towns, villages, castles, palaces, monasteries, churches, ancient buildings a. the country of Braunschweig and Hanover, for the most part as they appeared 200 years ago, together with portraits and other illustrations that were deemed necessary. Meinecke, Braunschweig (1843–1845, continued in 2nd edition in 1881 and 3rd edition in 1929), OCLC 35579562 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Görges, Ferdinand Spehr, Franz Fuhse: Patriotic stories and memorabilia of the states of Braunschweig and Hanover. P. 446.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Görges, Ferdinand Spehr, Franz Fuhse: Patriotic stories and memorabilia of the states of Braunschweig and Hanover. P. 444.

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personal data
SURNAME Görges, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Görges, Gustav Wilhelm Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German postal worker and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1894
Place of death Braunschweig