Historiker Paul Hinneberg (1862-1934): Love Letters Berlin 1888 An Later Woman

You bid two love letters (one dated 1888) out of Berlin.

Written by students of political science and philosophy as well later historians and journalists Paul Hinneberg (1862-1934), who as Organizer and publisher of the large encyclopaedic work "The Culture of the Present" and the "Deutsche Litteraturzeitung".

Addressed to his lover Anna Wendler (* 5. December 1863 in Seelow as the daughter of the assistant bailiff Franz Julius Wendler and Karoline, b. Dumke, died 30. October 1942 in Berlin-Schmargendorf), which he April 1892 in Berlin-Rixdorf.

From a partial estate of Paul Hinneberg; I am offering further documents from it in parallel!

1.) 1-page letter, dated Friday, April 2nd March evening. -- The envelope with Postmark Berlin, 2. March 1888, addressed to "Miss Anna Wendler, by address: Mr. Georg Sievers, Grand Duke. Mecklenburg. Domain lessee, Hof Drieburg b. Gadebusch, Mecklenburg-Schwerin."

Excerpts: "My beloved, good, noble heart bride, loved above all in the world! What have I endured again, beloved, the day and a half that your sweet, sweet letter came after I had longed for it! Anna,my Anna, I can't write to you how empty, how dull the world, life, seems to me when I have to go without your dear features longer than the circumstances have already done. [...] (Unfortunately, Paul Gothau is coming to visit me, so I have to stop for today, as much as I regret it! [...] The little bouquet for convalescence on the condition that she does not dance and does not drink cold drinks when they are hot!). A thousand loving kisses from your faithful Paul! Goodbye tomorrow!!!!!!"

2.) 6-page letter, dated 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. -- Without envelope.

Excerpts: "My good, noble, adored heart bride! How I had to wait again, beloved, until finally on Friday morning, the day before yesterday, I received your blissful answer. Although I consoled myself, or more correctly I tried to console myself with the news about the horrible snowdrifts of the last few days, another worrying thought went through my head again and again: will your letter not have gotten lost in the general confusion [ ...]. O dear, dear Anna, what have you become to me, what do I owe you and will you eternal debts!!! [...] How I have reviled and despised the world and people, not least myself [...]. And if today, far, far away from being satisfied with myself, I am convinced that I have become better, more humane than I ever was, who else do I owe thanks for that but you, you noble, noble heart, and Your high example! [...] But that kiss of friendship, which was supposed to be the farewell of an unhappy, despairing heart, it still burns on my lips like the heat of heaven, it didn't separate us, but connected us: I feel as if it were our hearts, who would have kissed first! However, how it pains me WEN I think of the days when my Anna's sufferings reached their climax! [...] How she was determined, seemingly without too much pain, to sacrifice her happiness, her entire happiness in life, to duty, to the word she had given. [...] And when I got to know the person for whom this sacrifice was meant, when I realized how incapable he was of ever appreciating this sacrifice, it shuddered through me like never before: for so long it had seemed like a duty to me, my girlfriend to remind her of her word - now it went through my soul like an order: You mustn't admit it, it mustn't be. [...] Do you still remember, dearest bride, how on that dreadful night I sank onto the divan, broken in body and soul, how a balmy slumber then overcame me, which made me dream of an angel in human form, and how I awoke saw this angel kneeling by my bed? You still remember, beloved, speak, still remember how I said to the woman who was trembling with cold and excitement: Anna, you must not become his wife!! [...] But heaven, noble one, bless our union, that is my ardent entreaty [...]. Your Paul."

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About Paul Hinneberg's father: Gustav Hinneberg was on the 16th December 1827 in Bruchhagen near Greiffenberg (Uckermark) as the son of the teacher and sexton Carl Ludwig Hinneberg and Charlotte, b. Voigt and attended the school teacher seminar in Potsdam. From 1848 to 1850 he was 4th. Teacher at the city school in Greiffenberg (Uckermark) and private tutor with the local pastor Gustav Fittbogen (1808-1885); he also worked there as an organist and choir director. In 1850 he moved to Berlin and taught for a few months at the girls' school of Dr. Carl Julius Gerlach (1811-1886); In 1851 he taught at the Parochialkirchschule Berlin and from 1852 at the boys and girls school of Johann Christian Hennig in Berlin, Schumannstr. 9. In 1853 he passed the organ examination in the seminar in Köpenick.

In October 1852 he married Ida Paulick (b. on 2. July 1832 in Görlsdorf / Angermünde, died. 3. June 1905 in Berlin), daughter of the art gardener Georg Paulick (b. around 1802, died 1865).

From New Year 1855 he was a teacher and sexton in Felchow near Angermünde and returned to Berlin in the 1860s, where he worked as a newspaper forwarder and on 14. Died December 1888.

The historian and publicist Paul Hinneberg (1862-1934) was a son of his.

Condition: paper browned, stained and somewhat creased; cover damaged and heavily stained. BPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: Hinneberg Novooo autograph autograph

About Paul Hinneberg (source: wikipedia & NDB):

Paul Hinneberg (* 16. March 1862 in Felchow near Angermünde; † 21 April 1934 in Berlin) was a German historian and publicist.

Live and act: Paul Hinneberg studied political science and philosophy in Berlin. In 1888 he received his doctorate in Halle on the philosophical foundations of historical science. From 1885 he was Leopold von Ranke's private secretary. After his death he published the seventh volume of world history. Hinneberg found his living position in 1892 when he took over the publication of the Deutsche Litteraturzeitung, an important review journal.

Hinneberg is best known today as the organizer and publisher of the large encyclopaedic work The Culture of the Present, which appeared in numerous volumes from 1905 to 1926. He also founded the series of monographs The Scientific World View.

Due to the various editorial functions and based on his personal connection to the ministerial director Friedrich Althoff, Hinneberg exercised a not inconsiderable degree of influence on German science and university policy in the empire.

Works (selection)

The philosophical foundations of historical science. In: Historical Journal. Jg. 63 (1889), p. 18 ff. (Dissertation, Halle, 1888)

Hinneberg, Paul, scientific editor, * March 16, 1862 Felchow near Angermünde, † June 20, 1934 Berlin. (Protestant)

genealogy:V Gustav, sexton and teacher in Felchow near Angermünde;

M Ida Paulick.

Biography: H. studied political science and philosophy in Berlin (doctorate in Halle 1888), worked for Ranke from 1885, was awarded the 7th volume of its world history (1886) and in 1892 joined the editorial team of the "Deutsche Literaturzeitung" (DLZ), which as a scientific review journal can be traced back to 1880 under various editors (Roediger). Under his editorship (since 1892) and under the supervision of a commission of the German scientific academies, the DLZ (including an extensive bibliography of new publications) appeared as a "weekly for criticism of international science" and gained a worldwide reputation. – In addition to his work for the DLZ, H. realized his great plan for a scholarly encyclopedia around the turn of the century: “The culture of the present, its development and its goals”. The edition, which was planned for more than 40 volumes, was taken over by the Teubner publishing house in Berlin and Leipzig. A systematically structured overall presentation of the culture of the time should be offered. The great scholars of the time were recruited as collaborators. F. Paulsen and H. Diels, among others, collaborated on the introductory volume: “The General Foundations of Contemporary Culture” (1906, ²1912). A. von Harnack, G. Bezold, U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, F. Morf, W. Meyer-Lübke contributed to further volumes. the 1st World War II prevented the completion of the work. After the war years and inflationary difficulties, H. renewed this plan for presenting contemporary culture by publishing a new series of monographs entitled “The Scientific World View”, which was published by Quelle and Meyer in Leipzig. But the death of the editor, who had made a name for himself as a scientific organizer, put an early end to the enterprise.

factories

the phil. basics d. History, Diss. Halle 1888 (partial dr., cont. in: HZ 63, 1889).