Klages and German Baltics
Ludwig Klages’s visit to Riga (1955) during his lecture trip in the Nordic countries did not let indifferent either his listeners in the House of the Blackheads or his readers in Latvia. In his reflections about the trip and observations during it, the German Baltic perspective was dominant, the one
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga III
After his lecture trip in 1924 to the Baltic countries, Oswald Spengler receives a letter, dated by the 6th of February, 1925, from the Great Guild in which, among other things, in the name of the Herders Society is expressed the regret about some statements during the discussions and private
Walther Ziesemer and HI
On the 8th of January, 1926 a student of Germanist and medievalist Eduard Sievers (1850-1932), Germanist and language researcher Walther V. K. Ziesemer (1882-1951) sends a letter to professor Vulfius. Referring to the correspondence and the agreement with Dr Masing and HI rector Klumberg, Ziesemer announces his lecture plan in
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga II
The Baltic region was not unknown to Oswald Spengler long before his trip in 1924 through the Baltic States: while studying in Halle there were two students from Tallinn in his fried cycle; at the beginning of the First world war his sister’s husband Fritz Konhard, shortly after conscription in
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga I
On the 4th of December, 1927 the former chairman of the Herders Society in Riga, lawyer Paul Ernst Emil von Sokolowski (1860-1934) sends a letter to Oswald Spengler in which he draws attention to the political situation in the Baltic region at that time. Among other things, this letter is
Klages and German Baltics
Ludwig Klages’s visit to Riga (1955) during his lecture trip in the Nordic countries did not let indifferent either his listeners in the House of the Blackheads or his readers in Latvia. In his reflections about the trip and observations during it, the German Baltic perspective was dominant, the one
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga III
After his lecture trip in 1924 to the Baltic countries, Oswald Spengler receives a letter, dated by the 6th of February, 1925, from the Great Guild in which, among other things, in the name of the Herders Society is expressed the regret about some statements during the discussions and private
Walther Ziesemer and HI
On the 8th of January, 1926 a student of Germanist and medievalist Eduard Sievers (1850-1932), Germanist and language researcher Walther V. K. Ziesemer (1882-1951) sends a letter to professor Vulfius. Referring to the correspondence and the agreement with Dr Masing and HI rector Klumberg, Ziesemer announces his lecture plan in
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga II
The Baltic region was not unknown to Oswald Spengler long before his trip in 1924 through the Baltic States: while studying in Halle there were two students from Tallinn in his fried cycle; at the beginning of the First world war his sister’s husband Fritz Konhard, shortly after conscription in
Spengler’s correspondence in the context of Riga I
On the 4th of December, 1927 the former chairman of the Herders Society in Riga, lawyer Paul Ernst Emil von Sokolowski (1860-1934) sends a letter to Oswald Spengler in which he draws attention to the political situation in the Baltic region at that time. Among other things, this letter is
