Hermann Iseke
Hermann Iseke ( born March 9, 1856 in Holungen; † January 14, 1907 in Kalkfontein, German South-West Africa ) was one of the most important poets of the Eichsfeld and is the creator of the calibration field song, the unofficial anthem of the Eichsfeld. In addition to his romantic home seals the Doctor of Law and has published numerous chaplains, most edifying writings.
Life
Hermann Iseke received his first instruction in Latin by the then chaplain Andreas Raabe in Holungen, a famous linguist. From 1867 to 1873 he went to high school in the Holy City, Mühlhausen, where he in 1874 successfully passed the Abitur examination. He then studied law at the universities of Würzburg (1874 ), Leipzig (1874 - 75), Göttingen (1876 - 78) and Greifswald ( 1878). Here he passed the First State Examination, received his doctorate in 1879 in Jena Dr. jur. and worked as a clerk in Duderstadt and Künzelsau. During this time he was looking for a new way of life, moved to Münster, where he studied philosophy and German (1879 - 1880).
In 1880 he decided to become a priest and studied theology in Freiburg, Breslau and Münster. Iseke was an enthusiastic member of the cartel Association of Catholic German Student Vereinees (KV) and to his study sites each active member of a KV- connection; Valhalla in Würzburg, the Teutonia in Leipzig, the Normannia in Greifswald, the Winfridia in Göttingen, the Germania in Münster, the Brisgovia in Freiburg and the Unitas in Wroclaw. Several KV compounds owe their Iseke federal songs. Also in the Academic month leaves of KV Iseke published numerous articles. In the garden of the fraternity Winfridia in Göttingen now a memorial to him.
Even in the cultural struggle received Iseke Eichstätt in Bavaria on 15 July 1883 ordination. As a chaplain, he was then for a year in Dingelstädt and another eight years (1884 - 1892) as a priest in Wachstedt. There he continued his poetic skills for a good cause, a, serious and serene wrote begging letters in verse form and sent it in thousands of copies. The money thus acquired funds were used for churches, hospitals and monasteries, as well as for the training of young people.
In 1892 he volunteered for the military care and initially worked as a military chaplain in Metz and Hanover. In 1897 he was appointed to Mulhouse in Alsace and has already garnered a return to the calibration field into consideration. When he learned of the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900, he volunteered for the German expeditionary force, however, and took the only Catholic chaplain at the so-called " East Asian expedition " into the Chinese Empire in part. He then visited the Western States of North America (1900 - 1902) and worked on his return again as a military chaplain in Kassel and Saarbrücken.
In 1905 he went as chaplain to the German colonial force to Keetmanshoop in German South West Africa, now Namibia. Hermann Iseke died on January 14, 1907 in a field hospital in Kalkfontein from malaria and was buried there. On June 20, he was exhumed, transported to Germany and buried in the cemetery of Holungen with great sympathy of the population again. The avoidance of doubt you 've opened the coffin before the funeral and the deceased had been " well- recognized " reported the Eichsfelder Tageblatt on 24 July, 1907.
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Parallel to his work as a priest and pastor Iseke worked as a poet. In addition to the " Eichsfelder Sang ", which has been called " Eichsfeld song" the unofficial anthem of the Eichsfeld, he published more home -based and edifying works, which he used, among other pseudonyms " Bernardus Americanus ", " Emanuel pumice " and " Heinrich unlucky patch ". He wrote, among other things, a romantic epic poem about the calibration field, a rhymed history of the Augustinian choir Mr. Thomas a Kempis and also worded in verse account of the life of Saint Elizabeth.
Aftermath
In his birthplace Holungen him a memorial stone was erected in honor and the home club bears his name. The city holy city named a street after him. In November 2006, the former Clara -Zetkin- school was renamed Bischofferode and now bears the name Isekes.
Works
His work has been partially published under a pseudonym.
- Hermann Iseke: Des pious Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ in German rhymes. Holy City in 1893.
- Heinrich pitch patch: A scholar and man of war. Holy City in 1894.
- Hermann Iseke: Des pious Thomas a Kempis rose garden and Lilienthal in German verses. Holy City in 1895.
- Hermann Iseke: The love St. Elizabeth of Thuringia godly life and suffering. A rhyming story. Holy City in 1895.
- Emanuel pumice: Gottfried of the student. A moral academic epic. Leipzig 1895, reprint Holy City.
- Bernardus Americanus: From Eichsfeld prehistoric times in history and legend. Heiligenstadt in 1897, new edition Heiligenstadt 2007.