Back to field 13b at plot 4422: There we find the final resting place of the former President of the State Parliament, Otto Metterhausen. Born on August 12, 1861, in Wittenburg, the son of a pastor, he passed away on October 2, 1943, in Schwerin. Again, the notion of the double death of the deceased comes to mind. After the biological death, many face the risk of being forgotten. In this case, it was thanks to the contribution of the Rostock literary scholar Dr. Jürgen Grambow in the former regional newspaper supplement "Norddeutscher Leuchtturm" in 1980 that the death of being forgotten could be averted.

Metterhausen initially attended the gymnasium in Güstrow and then decided to pursue a career as a customs officer after passing his Abitur. He worked temporarily in this profession in Hamburg, and later as a secretary at the Statistical Office in Schwerin. Here, he quickly rose to become the head of the office and on October 1, 1919, became the director of this institution. Metterhausen was a member of the German National People's Party and through this, entered the Mecklenburg State Parliament. On June 18, 1924, he assumed the chairmanship of the executive committee of this parliamentary institution, thus holding the position of President of the State Parliament. Despite his many functions, which often involved dealing with dry bureaucratic minutiae, Metterhausen liked to retreat into the realm of literary pleasures in his spare time. For his own writing, he used the pseudonym "Phage Strauss." The revelation of the secret behind this pseudonym is also owed to Jürgen Grambow's research. The majority of Metterhausen's publications are written in Low German. They consist of stories, novellas, humorous sketches, and anecdotes that were published by various publishers and also found their way into family journals of the time. For example, the publishing house of Ludwig David in Schwerin reissued the title "Schelmstück" in 1910. Upon closer examination of his publications, such as "De Wittenstetter Burmester-Hochtied" and "Mit allerlei Klönkram," occasional similarities with the work of other Low German writers can be observed. According to recent information, Metterhausen resided in the house at Platz der Jugend 8, formerly Bismarckplatz. Only one granddaughter is known among his descendants, who resides on the Isle of Man. The Low German section of the Cultural Association Schwerin commemorated the 50th anniversary of Otto Metterhausen's death in 1993 by recalling his work.