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Georg Reicke
1863–1923
A Berlin civic leader who also wrote poetry, drama, and fiction, his work reflects the public life and literary culture of Germany around the turn of the 20th century. Best known politically as Berlin’s second mayor, he also maintained a serious parallel career as an author.
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Woge und Wind: Eine Strandnovelle in Versen
by Georg Reicke
About the author
Born in Königsberg in 1863 and dying in Berlin in 1923, Georg Reicke was a German politician and author. Reliable reference entries describe him not only as a mayor of Berlin, but also as a writer and dramatist, which gives a good sense of how closely public life and literature could overlap in his career.
He is especially associated with Berlin’s city government, where he served as second mayor. At the same time, book and library records show that he published literary work, including drama, and later references also remember him as a poet and novelist. That mix of municipal responsibility and creative writing makes him an unusual figure for readers interested in authors who stood with one foot in politics and the other in the arts.
Reicke is also remembered through literary and archival records in Germany, and his family connection to the writer Ilse Reicke is noted in biographical sources. For modern readers, he stands out as a representative of an era when educated public figures often moved between government, journalism, and literature with surprising ease.