Wolfgang van der Briele

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Ernst Wolfgang van der Briele (born May 16, 1894 in Halberstadt ; † October 3, 1983 ) was a German studies scholar and long-time director of the Wuppertal City Library .

Life

He was the son of the Halberstadt school director Konstantin van der Briele and his wife Lucie nee Sachsenberg. His paternal ancestors came from Holland and Flanders. After attending grammar schools in Dessau and Clausthal, Wolfgang van der Briele studied at the University of Leipzig and then moved to the University of Rostock . He received his doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1917 he received the draft order to participate in the First World War. After the end of the war, he entered the school service in 1918 and became an assistant at the university library in Rostock the following year. In 1920, Wolfgang van der Briele moved to the Dortmund City Library as an unskilled worker . He soon rose to the position of librarian and in 1927 took over the Elberfeld City Library as director . From 1929 was the director of the Wuppertal City Library (Barmen-Elberfeld).

family

Wolfgang van der Briele married Olga nee Démory on January 15, 1917.

Fonts (selection)

  • Christian Rohlfs, the artist and his work. Published on the occasion of the Christian Rohlfs exhibition in the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dortmund . Dortmund 1921.
  • Westphalian painting from the beginning to Aldegrever . Ms. Wilh. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1926.
  • (Ed.): Festschrift for Otto Schell on his 70th birthday March 14, 1928. With the support of the Bergisches Historisches Verein. Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld 1928.
  • The training course for academically trained librarians at municipal libraries . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 50 (1933), pp. 182-187.
  • Beautiful as prints and rare issues from the possession of the city library Wuppertal-Elberfeld. For the 500th anniversary of the art of printing in 1940 . City library, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1940.
  • Faust and Peer Gynt between heaven and hell . Martini & Grüttefien, Wuppertal 1949.
  • (Ed.): 100 Years of the Wuppertal City Library. From the chronicle of the city libraries. 1st edition. Wuppertal 1952.

literature

  • Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? . Xth edition, Berlin 1935, p. 198.
  • Wuppertal City Library (ed.): Exit and landing. Ceremony for library director Wolfgang van der Briele for his 65th birthday on May 16, 1959 . Wuppertal 1960.
personal data
SURNAME Briele, Wolfgang van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Briele, Ernst Wolfgang van der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1983