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Adelheid Stier (born December 11, 1852 in Potsdam , † April 8, 1942 ) was a German poet and storyteller.

life and work

Adelheid Luise Emilie Stier, born and raised as the daughter of a civil servant in Potsdam, first worked as a private teacher in Potsdam before moving to Gotha as a teacher in 1882 . In addition to her work as a teacher, she also worked as a poet and storyteller.

In 1900 her first lyric collection appeared under the simple title Poems . In 1905 the ballad band from the old days of the Thuringian homeland followed . Her volume Jesus of Nazareth: Pictures from the Gospels was published a year later . After 1920, various volumes of stories were published by her, including the children's story Ei ja / look da! , the Hermann Kaulbach picture book , where Adelheid Stier contributed the texts to the works of the painter Hermann Kaulbach (1846–1909) or the two volumes Schwarzrüsselchen and other stories as well as Quirlefitsch and other stories .

In April 1942 the author from Thuringia died at the age of 89.

Fonts (selection)

  • Poems. Poetry. Stuttgart JG Cotta, 1900.
  • From the old days of the Thuringian homeland. Poetry. Gotha, 1905.
  • Jesus of Nazareth: Images from the Gospels. Poetry. Hanover Schmidecke, 1906.
  • Sayings for woman. Claims. Gotha FA Perthes, 1920.
  • Oh yes / look there !. Stories for children. Gotha: Friedr. Andr. Perthes, 1921.
  • Hermann Kaulbach picture book. Stories. Stuttgart: Union Dt. Verl.-Gesellschaft 1930.
  • Black proboscis and other stories. Stories. Hanover Schmidecke, 1930.
  • Quirlefitsch and other stories. Stories. Stuttgart: Union Dt. Verl.-Gesellschaft, 1933.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adelheid Stier In: Hans Patze , Walter Schlesinger : History of Thuringia: Church and culture in the modern age. Böhlau, 1972, page 465.
personal data
SURNAME Taurus, Adelheid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stier, Adelheid Luise Emilie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and narrator
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1942