Karl Weise (poet)

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Karl Weise (graphic by Adolf Neumann , 1864)
Memorial plaque on the house at Königstrasse 36 in Bad Freienwalde
Memorial plaque on the successor building of his birthplace in Halle (Saale)

Karl Weise (born November 19, 1813 in Halle (Saale) ; † March 31, 1888 in Freienwalde ) was a folk poet and master turner .

Life

Born and trained in Halle (Saale), Weise set out on a journey after completing his apprenticeship as a turner. He lived in Berlin from 1842 to 1848 , then in Freienwalde until his death. He had six children with his wife Christiane Charlotte Henriette Milde, whom he married here in 1854. In 1858 he became a member of the Association for German Rhyming , and a year later his first work, Flowers of the Woods, appeared . More and more he became known as a folk poet. Theodor Fontane visited him and both developed a friendship. In the hikes through the Mark Brandenburg , Fontane dedicated a separate chapter to him under the title Hans Sachs in Freienwalde . His growing popularity is also evident from the fact that Weise, whose stories and poems revolved around the craftsman's life, was supported by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV with an annual honorary gift of 50 thalers.

Honors

The Weisestrasse in Berlin was  named after him, as was the Karl Weise School (between Hermannstrasse and Schillerpromenade ). In his hometown Halle (Saale), two memorial plaques on the successor building of his birth house remind of the poet, the older one since 1911. Also in his main place of residence one commemorates the "Freienwalder Hans Sachs", as he was called because of his connection to the city. First, craftsmen erected a memorial for him four years after his death, and in 1979 the city also created one. There is also a street named after him here. After all, there are several memorial plaques in Bad Freienwalde that were created on the 100th anniversary of his death, for example in Gesundbrunnenstrasse or Königstrasse .

Works

  • Flowers of the Woods , 1859
  • Craftsman's Bride , 1860
  • Family life in seals , 1862
  • Folk calendar
  • Ritter Uchtenhagen , poems
  • Flowers of the woods , poems
  • Georg Derfflinger , poems
  • The latest guide through Freienwalde ad Oder and its corridors
  • The youth of a craftsman , narrative, 1879
  • Christmas experiences of a family of craftsmen , narrative, 1872
  • Marie, a daughter out of poverty , story, 1880

literature

  • Karl Weise . In: Illustrirte Zeitung , Volume 19, 1864, pp. 391–393.
  • Ingeborg von Lips: Friedrich Carl Weise, wood turner and poet. November 19th, 200th birthday . In: Mitteldeutsches Jahrbuch für Kultur und Geschichte, Vol. 20 (2013), pp. 222–224.
  • Walter Müller: Carl Weise. Forgotten in his hometown. Folk poet born 200 years ago in Halle . In: Sonntagsnachrichten , Volume 19, 2013, 46, p. 7.

Web links

Commons : Karl Weise  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Article "Weise, Karl" by Ludwig Julius Fränkel in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie  -

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hainer Weißpflug: "Hans Sachs" from Bad Freienwalde . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 3, 1999, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 84-87 ( luise-berlin.de ).
  2. ↑ Weisestrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  3. ↑ Karl Weise . In: Halle im Bild , with images, accessed on May 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Images of the Freienwalder monuments can be found on the page “Art on the Way”: Monument from 1979 , memorial plaques in Gesundbrunnenstraße and Königstraße (erroneously called Karl-Marx-Straße - see list of architectural monuments in Bad Freienwalde (Oder) with the correct one Information), accessed on May 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Wise, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1888
Place of death Freienwalde