Joachim Ringelnatz [SEP] place of death
Joachim Ringelnatz
Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author and painter Hans Bötticher
(7 August 1883, Wurzen, Saxony – 17 November 1934, Berlin). His pen name "Ringelnatz" is usually explained as a dialect expression for an animal, possibly a variant of "Ringelnatter", German for Grass Snake or more probably the seahorse for winding ("ringeln") its tail around objects. Seahorse is called Ringelnass (nass = wet) by mariners to whom he felt belonging. He was a
being commissioned as HMS "Meteorite". It was the catalyst for a series of German-made Air-independent propulsion submarines such as the Type 212 submarine and Type 214 submarine.
Notable residents.
- Carsten Niebuhr, (1733–1815), German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer of the Arabian Peninsula under the service of Denmark
- Joachim Ringelnatz, (1883–1934), German poet, cabaret artiste and painter. Since 2002 the city hosts the Joachim Ringelnatz-Museum, managed by the Joachim Ringelnatz-Foundation.