Wilhelm Scholz (writer)

Wilhelm Scholz (born November 19, 1863 in Königslutter am Elm ; † November 30, 1939 in Braunschweig ) was a German writer , antiquarian and editor .

life and work

Scholz came from a family of lawyers and first attended the large school in Wolfenbüttel and then the Martino-Katharineum in Braunschweig. He received his professional training as a bookseller in Frankfurt and Leipzig. Back in Braunschweig, he opened in 1895 in honor of Brecht Straße 4, near the State Theater , a bookstore with attached Antiquarian .

During his work as a bookseller, Scholz was also successful as an author of local historical novels. He also wrote for years weekly anonymous article for a regular column in " Braunschweiger General Anzeiger ", the "pepper nuts" was overwritten and caricatured events in the city, criticized and rumored. He also worked for a number of years as editor of the magazine “Handwerksbote” and was editor of the “Braunschweiger Jugendkalender” .

family

At the age of 30 Scholz had their daughter Hildegard (born January 23, 1894 in Leipzig; † December 6, 1991 in Braunschweig), who attended the Braunschweiger Kunstgewerbeschule (later HBK ) until 1913 and then the Berlin Royal Art School . After three decades as an art teacher for young women and girls in an educational institution and home school in Droyssig near Zeitz ( Droyßiger Anstalten ) and made many trips, especially to Paris, she returned to Braunschweig. There she painted and lived as a freelance artist and was active until old age as a member of the BBK , in whose exhibitions she participated. A chalk drawing by her father has also come down to us.

Friend of Wilhelm Raabe and clothes seller

Scholz had a close friendship that lasted a decade and a half with the writer Wilhelm Raabe, who also lived in Braunschweig . Like Raabe, Scholz also belonged to a social association called the Ehrlichen Kleiderseller zu Braunschweig . The friendship lasted until Raabe's death in 1910. In 1912 Scholz published his book “Fifteen Years with Wilhelm Raabe. A contribution to the characteristics of the poet ” , in which he described the time together and his impressions.

Antiquarian bookshop Scholz

The former " Antiquariat Scholz " at its current location.

In 1930 Scholz sold his business to his employee Bernhard Schütte (1902-1992), who continued it under the same name until it was destroyed in World War II . After a period of uncertainty, Schütte received an offer from Braunschweig State Curator Kurt Seeleke to rebuild the old antiquarian bookshop as the Scholz Buchhandlung antiquarian bookshop on the west side of the main entrance to Dankwarderode Castle , where it is still located today and the smallest antiquarian bookshop with an area of ​​just under 8 m² Germany is.

Works

• 1907: student and carpenter. How young blood came to grace from a Brunswick princess.
• 1908: The monastery aunt. A story from life and death. Dedicated to the honorary citizen of the city of Braunschweig Dr. hc Wilhelm Raabe.
• 1909: Bardenwerper. A story of German loyalty and heartache, over which almost 300 years have passed. Scholz's most extensive work depicts life in the times of the " great Halberstadt " based on the main character Hennig Bardenwerper .
• 1909: The end of Schill and his followers. appeared on the 100th anniversary of the execution of Ferdinand von Schill and his officers in Braunschweig on Leonhardplatz .
• 1910: Under the fanal. Description of Duke Karl II and the Brunswick Revolution of 1830.
• 1911: A morning stroll through Braunschweig on the Auctorstage or on August 20, 1401. (The Holy Auctor is the city ​​patron of Braunschweig and August 20 is his day of remembrance).
• 1912: Around Quedenfeld. partly takes place in Wolfenbüttel in the 18th century .
• 1912: Fifteen years with Wilhelm Raabe. A contribution to the characteristics of the poet.

literature

• Ernst Bergfeld : antiquarian and writer. On the 20th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Scholz (1863–1939). in: Friends of the Great Orphanage . Issue 27, Braunschweig 1959, pp. 9-11.
• Heinz Eichhorn: Bernhard Schütte - From the life of the oldest Braunschweig bookseller in the smallest antiquarian bookshop in the Federal Republic. in: Braunschweigischer Kalender 1989. P. 36-38, Verlag Joh. Heinr. Meyer, Braunschweig 1988.
• Kurt Hoffmeister : Braunschweig writers. 140 author portraits. A slightly different history of literature. Braunschweig 2003.
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. Hanover 1996.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Hodemacher: Braunschweigs streets - their names and their stories. Volume 1: Inner City. Cremlingen 1995, p. 101.
2. ^ Ernst Bergfeld: Antiquarian and writer. On the 20th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Scholz (1863–1939). in: Friends of the Great Orphanage. Issue 27, Braunschweig 1959, p. 10.
3. ↑ Manfred Garzmann, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf on behalf of the city of Braunschweig (ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon - supplementary volume . 2nd Edition. Meyer, Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , pp. 118 .
4. ^ Ernst Bergfeld: Antiquarian and writer. On the 20th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Scholz (1863–1939) . In: The Friends of the Great Orphanage (Hrsg.): Series of publications . No. 27 . Braunschweig 1959, p. 10 .
5. ↑ Kurt Hoffmeister: From the Green Hunter to the Great Way House. The clothing sellers before, with and after Wilhelm Raabe in almost 150 years. Chronicle of the clothing seller. Braunschweig 2002, p. 71.
6. ^ ^{A b} Heinz Eichhorn: Bernhard Schütte - From the life of the oldest Braunschweig bookseller in the smallest antiquarian bookshop in the Federal Republic. in: Braunschweigischer Kalender 1989. Verlag Joh. Heinr. Meyer, Braunschweig 1988, p. 36.
7. ^ Ernst Bergfeld: Antiquarian and writer. On the 20th anniversary of Wilhelm Scholz's death (1863–1939) , in: Circle of Friends of the Great Orphanage , Issue 27, Braunschweig 1959, p. 9