Wilhelm Gaerte

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Wilhelm Otto Gaerte (born January 19, 1890 in Eydtkuhnen , East Prussia , † August 31, 1958 in Hanover ) was a German archaeologist, folklorist and museum director in Königsberg (Prussia) . He is considered the doyen of East Prussian prehistory.

Life

Gaerte studied from 1909 at the Albertus University in Königsberg Classical Archeology , Classical Philology and Folklore . In 1914 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . After a short time as a study assessor , he came to the Prussia Museum in 1919, becoming its famous and last director in 1925. He turned the rather prehistoric institution into a leading regional museum in the eastern regions of the German Empire . He built up the folklore department and set up the Muscovite Hall , to which several rooms on East Prussian history were attached.

As a Catholic he was a member of the German Center Party . During the National Socialist era he became a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps . With his limited willingness to cooperate and his "unclear relations with the Poles in Masuria" he was deposed by the National Socialists in 1938.

From 1925 to 1945 Gaerte was editor of the magazine »Prussia« and chairman of the ancient society Prussia .

After the flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1950 , he lived in Hanover.

Fonts

  • Prehistory of East Prussia. Gräfe and Unzer, Königsberg 1929.
  • Old Germanic customs on Nordic stone paintings. Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1935.
  • Short guide to the Prussia Museum. Prussia Antiquities Society, Königsberg 1935.
  • Popular beliefs and customs of East Prussia. Contributions to comparative folklore (= Marburg East Research. 5). Holzner, Würzburg 1956.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The leg armor of the Greeks. von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1920, (revised in: Journal for historical weapons and costume science. Vol. 8, No. 9, 1920, pp. 263-279 , Vol. 8, No. 10/11, 1920, p. 301 -305 ).
  2. ↑ a b Ostpreußenblatt (2000)
  3. ↑ Prehistory Dossiers (University of Tübingen) (PDF; 182 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Gaerte, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaerte, Wilhelm Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Eydtkuhnen , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1958
Place of death Hanover