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Otto Ludwig Theodor Mensing (1868 – 1939) was a

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and

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performer.

Life

Mensing was born on 28 July 1868 in

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in the

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province of Schleswig-Holstein The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (german: Provinz Schleswig-Holstein ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia (subsequently the Free State of Prussia after 1918) from 1868 to 1946. History It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and H ...

, but moved to

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

in 1903. As early as 1902, the preparatory work for a dictionary began with a call for information printed in various

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newspapers. The intent was to gather source material in ''Plattdeutsch'' (

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

) in Schleswig-Holstein and send it to Mensing. His Schleswig-Holstein Dictionary appeared in five volumes between 1925 and 1935. Mensing led the ''Low German Society'' (''Niederdeutsche Sozietät'') at

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and was appointed professor there in 1917. In 1921, he founded the ''Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel'' (Kiel Low German Theatre), with whose ensemble he appeared on Northern Radio (''Nordische Rundfunk'') as an

and

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. He was freed from teaching in 1928 in order to concentrate on his

Low German language : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

research. In 1937, he was elected to the corresponding post at

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. In Kiel, the street named ''Mensingstrasse'' recalls the language researcher. In

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

the ''Professor-Mensing-Straße'' was named in 1959. In 1886, Mensing became a member of the

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, the ''Kieler Burschenschaft der Krusenrotter''.Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): ''Verzeichnis der Alten Burschenschafter nach dem Stande vom Wintersemester 1927/28.'' Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 331.

Works (selection)

* ''Untersuchungen über die Syntax der Concessivsätze im Alt- und Mittelhoch-deutschen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Wolframs Parzival.'' Dissertation 1891. * "Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Wörterbuch". In: ''Die Heimat. Monatsschrift des Vereins zur Pflege der Natur- und Landeskunde in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Lübeck.'' Vol. 14 (1904), Issue 7, July 1904, pp. 149–157
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. * ''Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wörterbuch.'' – abridged edition, Verlag C. Donath 1906. * "Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Wörterbuch". In: ''Die Heimat. Monatsschrift des Vereins zur Pflege der Natur- und Landeskunde in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Lübeck.'' Vol. 16 (1906), Issue 11, November 1906, pp. 261–269
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. * "Volkskundliche Bestrebungen in Schleswig-Holstein". In: ''Die Heimat. Monatsschrift des Vereins zur Pflege der Natur- und Landeskunde in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Lübeck.'' Vol. 18 (1908), Issue 12, December 1908, pp. 277–283
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. * "Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Wörterbuch". In: ''Die Heimat''. Vol. 22 (1912), No. 9, September 1912, pp. 209–214
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. * "Das Plattdeutsche in Schleswig und die neue Bewegung". In: ''Schleswig-Holsteinisches Jahrbuch'' (1921), pp. 76–80. * ''

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wörterbuch The Schleswig-Holsteinische Wörterbuch ("Schleswig-Holstein Dictionary") is a regional dictionary of the Low German language in the dialects used in the state of Schleswig-Holstein i.e. Schleswig, Holsteinish and Hamburger Platt and their sub- ...

.'' – folk edition. Published by Karl Johann Gottfried Wachholtz, 1925–1935. * ''Volkssprache und Volkskunde bei

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.'' Flensburg 1923. * ''Niederdeutsches Allerlei. Volkstümliche Vorträge.'' Neumünster 1934. * ''De holsteensche Rüggeloeper und andere Flugschriften zum Schwedeneinfall in Holstein vom Jahre 1644.'' Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1938.

Radio plays (selection)

Type of radio play: broadcasts (edited radio plays) Type of broadcast: live broadcast without aircheck * 1926: Wilfried Wroost: ''Peter Pink''. Low German folk play in three acts (''Peter Pink, unemployed worker'') – directed by: not given (Nordische Rundfunk (NORAG)) * 1926:

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: ''Ünner een Dack. Speel in dree Uptöög (Vader)'' – directed by: not given (Übertragung aus Kiel – NORAG) * 1926: Hans Ehrke: ''Dat Pastür.'' A comedy in one act (''De Vörstand)'' – directed by: Otto Mensing (Single-actor evening by the der Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel – NORAG) * 1926: Gorch Fock: ''Cili Cohrs.'' Serious play in 1 act – directed by: Otto Mensing (Single-actor evening by the Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel – NORAG) * 1926: Hinrich Wriede: ''Leege Lüd.'' An amusing play in one act (''Hans, Buer'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (Single-actor evening by the Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel – NORAG) * 1927: Paul Schurek: ''Stratenmusik'' (''Hein Dickback, Strotenmuskant, Baß'') – directed by: not given (NORAG) * 1927: Wilfried Wroost: ''Wrack.'' A Hamburg folk play in four acts – Speaker: not given; directed by: Otto Mensing (Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne – NORAG) * 1927: Hans Ehrke: ''Füer''. A drama in four acts – directed by: Otto Mensing (Ensemble: Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne – NORAG) * 1927: Otto Franz Grund: ''Nestküken.'' An amusing play in 3 acts (''Jan Wunnerlich'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (NORAG) * 1927: Adolf Feldvoß: ''Bornhöved''. A Low German drama in one prelude and 3 acts – commentary and direction by: Otto Mensing (NORAG) * 1927: Ottomar Enking: ''Dat Kind.'' Comedy in three acts. (''De ol Knees, Rentjee'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne – NORAG) * 1928: Fritz Stavenhagen: ''De ruge Hoff.'' Low German rural comedy in five acts (''Hans Joachim Kummerow, Vollbauer'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Niederdeutsche Bühne (transmission via Kiel) – NORAG) * 1928: Ingeborg Andresen: ''De Roop.'' Play in three acts (''Peter Lassen, Hofbesitzer'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne – NORAG) * 1928: Hans Ehrke: ''Füer''. Drama in four acts – directed by: Otto Mensing (NORAG) * 1928: Paul Schurek: ''Stratenmusik''. Low German comedy in three acts (''Hein Dickback, Stratenmusikant, Baß'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne – NORAG) * 1928: Heinrich Behnken: ''Versteekenspeelen''. Low German comedy (''Angelus Tobaben, ein Bauer'') – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Niederdeutsche Bühne (transmission via Kiel) – NORAG) (three episodes) * 1928: Alma Rogge: ''De Straf.'' Funny Low German single-act play – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne (transmission via Kiel) – NORAG) * 1928: Heinrich Behnken: ''Packesel''. Funny Low German single-act play – directed by: Otto Mensing (guest play by the Kieler Niederdeutsche Bühne (transmission via Kiel) – NORAG)

References

Literature

* Volquart Pauls: ''Otto Mensing †.'' In: ''Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für schleswig-holsteinische Geschichte'', Vol. 68 (1940), pp. XIII–XIX
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External links

* * * Hartwig Molzow: ''Art. Mensing, Otto''. In:

''(), pp. 1756–1760 (initially in: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Biographisches Lexikon Vol. 11. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2000). {{DEFAULTSORT:Mensing, Otto Linguists of Germanic languages 20th-century lexicographers Dialectologists German male stage actors Theatre directors Audiobook narrators Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities Low German 1868 births 1939 deaths