Wolfgang Meyer (teacher)

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Wolfgang Friedrich Oskar Meyer (born May 31, 1867 in Hamburg ; † December 1, 1957 there ) was a German teacher and sports official.

Life

Meyer graduated from the Johanneum School of Academics . He studied at the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen Philology . During his studies he became a member of the Tübingen fraternity Derendingia in 1885/1886 . After graduating as Dr. phil. he became a teacher at his old high school. He later became director of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg. This was followed by the appointment to the school board and then to the high school board.

Meyer was 2nd chairman of the Hamburg gymnastics association from 1816 and Gau leader of the Gau Nordmark of the German gymnastics association. He also worked as a teacher at the Johanneum and the secondary school Sankt Pauli in Hamburg. Most recently he was headmaster and high school councilor. He endowed the Hamburg schools with the Wolfgang Meyer Wanderpreis , which was awarded annually in competitions. In recognition of his achievements, the Senate named a sports field on the Sternschanze after him. Today the Wolfgang Meyer sports facility , a Hamburger SV venue, bears his name.

During the First World War he was a captain and battalion leader.

Meyer developed an extensive journalistic activity.

Publications (selection)

  • De codice Plutarcheo Seitenstettensi eiusque asseclis , Leipzig 1890. (Dissertation)
  • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn - A picture of life from a long time , Berlin 1904.
  • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's letters , Leipzig 1913.
  • Letters / FL Jahn , Dresden 1930.
  • History of gymnastics in the Gau Nordmark of the German Gymnastics Association , Hamburg 1936. (2 volumes)

literature

  • Hans-Peter de Lorent : “Do not just stand idly by in these great times.” (Wolfgang Meyer). In: hlz - magazine of the GEW Hamburg. 12/2016, pp. 50-52 ( PDF, 217 KB ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Kössler : Meyer, Wolfgang Friedrich Oskar . In: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century . Band Maack - Mylius. Giessen 2008, p. 240 ( PDF; 7.1 MiB ).
  2. ^ State center for political education Hamburg: Wolfgang Meyer. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Membership directory of the Derendingia fraternity in Tübingen. 1967, master roll no. 156.
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Wolfgang Friedrich Oskar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1957
Place of death Hamburg