Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen

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Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen (born August 29, 1911 in Ludwigsburg , † October 17, 1981 in Blaubeuren ) was a German folklorist and archivist who researched and published mainly about life in the old Württemberg village .

Life

Angelika Adele Luithlen was born on August 29, 1911 in Ludwigsburg, the first of two daughters of the Hohenlohe doctor Friedrich (Fritz) Luithlen (1881–1941) and the East Prussian estate owner's daughter Rose, née. von Ostau (1879–1949). She spent childhood and school in Tübingen , and from 1923 in Ravensburg . In 1930 she married her teacher, the art teacher and painter Eugen Bischoff (1902–1944) from Laichingen . Between 1931 and 1942 she gave birth to five children in Ulm , after the war death of her husband as a single mother.

As far as her time allowed, Bischoff-Luithlen wrote poems and newspaper articles, radio reports and plays from village history for the local theater groups. With From country and its people on the Alb in 1958 her first book, which contains detailed descriptions of village everyday life appeared matched with the picturesque impressions from the estate of her husband.

At the age of about 50 she started studying folklore and history as a guest student in Tübingen. a. with Helmut Dölker , Hermann Bausinger and Hansmartin Decker-Hauff . At the same time she worked as an archivist, from 1973 in the service of the city of Münsingen and the Reutlingen district , where she looked after the 25 local archives of the former Münsingen district. In order to be able to reach these villages, she got her driving license at the age of 65. This work resulted in new insights into the old village life, summarized in three books, which appeared from 1978 onwards.

Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen died on October 17, 1981 in the Blaubeuren hospital.

Scientific importance

Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen's strength lay in the portrayal of everyday village life, not in isolation but as a coherent world. In doing so, she consciously sought the realistic look that was trained in working with files. On the one hand, to bring about a reorientation in folklore and a differentiation from the National Socialist ideology of blood and soil , but without negating tradition in the sense of longue durée . On the other hand, she was able to relativize urban clichés of romantic village life and thus demystify the image of the old Württemberg village, but present it realistically. Through her work as an archivist, Bischoff-Luithlen has received and made accessible a large number of sources for folklore.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • From the country and the people in the Alb: Seen u. Experienced. Drawing: Eugen Bischoff u. Bernhard Bischoff . Schwäbischer Albverein eV, Stuttgart 1958, 2nd edition 2001, ISBN 3-920801-50-4 .
  • Gruorn - a village and its end. Schwäbischer Albverein eV, Stuttgart 1967, 5th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-920801-57-5 .
  • The Swabian and the authorities: not just soulful things from old files and the like. Swabian village archives. Theiss, Stuttgart 1978, 8th edition 1998, ISBN 3-8062-1375-5 .
  • From offices, bakeries and fairs: e. Reading and Reference book on everyday village life in old Württemberg a. To bathe. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1979, 2nd edition 1980, ISBN 3-17-005839-8 .
  • The Swabian and his hat. Theiss, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0309-1 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A full life and a "bit of immortality" - on the life and work of Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen. Obituary from Dr. Eberhard Schanbacher / Laichinger Alb history association
  2. ↑ a b Ottnad: Baden-Württembergische Biographien, p. 30
  3. ↑ Alber: Albgeschichten, p. 306
  4. ↑ Bausinger: Famous and Obscure, p. 301
  5. ^ Bausinger: Famous and Obscure, p. 303
personal data
SURNAME Bischoff-Luithlen, Angelika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luithlen, Angelika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1981
Place of death Blaubeuren