Erich Gülzow (29 March 1888 – 16 August 1954) was a German local historian,

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and

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. He wrote books on the history of Vorpommern and

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island. Through his publications on

Ernst Moritz Arndt Ernst Moritz Arndt (26 December 1769 – 29 January 1860) was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Swed ...

he became known beyond the borders of

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Life

Gülzow was born in Loitz in 1888 as the son of the local teacher and chronicler Christian Gülzow (1856–1934) and his wife Marie. After attending the he pursued

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and

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at the universities of

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and

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

. For his dissertation about

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, he was honoured with the title of

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in 1913. After passing the examination for the higher-level teaching qualification in 1914, he moved to Barth. At the secondary school there he was active from 1919 as

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. During this time he turned his attention to the history of Vorpommern and began to publish numerous writings and essays as an author and editor. He initiated the series "Barther Heimatbücherei" and in 1922 edited the 800-page "Chronik der Stadt Barth" by the late Wilhelm Bülow and published it. From 1935 to 1939 he published the series "Grimmener Heimatbücherei". On his suggestion, the published the in three volumes. In the 1930s he focused his historical research on Ernst Moritz Arndt, about whose estate he had built up a collection since the 1920s. He participated in a historical-critical complete edition of Arndt's work, which was supported by the

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and the universities of

and

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. In 1941 he retired early in order to devote himself better to this task. After the project leader Paul Hermann Ruth, who died in the Second World War, was called up, Gülzow took over the overall management. He did valuable detailed work in researching Arndt's life and work, but also put himself at the service of

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. After the end of the war, numerous research materials on Ernst Moritz Arndt were lost or destroyed. In October 1948 Gülzow made an attempt to re-establish the Arndt society, but was ultimately unsuccessful. Gülzow died in Barth at age 66.

Publications

* ''Zur Stilkunde der Krone Heinrichs von dem Türlin''., Leipzig 1914 * ''Barth vor 125 Jahren.'' Barth 1920 * ''Ernst Moritz Arndt in Schweden.'' Greifswald 1920 * ''Vom Barther Schulwesen in früheren Tagen.'' Barth 1921 * ''Ernst Moritz Arndt und Stralsund.''

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...

1922 * ''Menschen und Bilder aus Pommerns Vergangenheit.'' Stralsund 1928 * ''Loitzer.'' Waberg,

Grimmen Grimmen (; ) is a town in Vorpommern-Rügen, a district in the States of Germany, Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Prior to 2011, when district reforms were made in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it was the capital of the now bygone Nordvorpom ...

1939 * ''Gottlieb Mohnike''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulzow, Erich Grenoble Alpes University alumni 20th-century German historians German editors 1888 births 1954 deaths People from Loitz University of Freiburg alumni Local historians People from Barth, Germany University of Greifswald alumni German expatriates in France 20th-century German philologists

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