Anna Kroher

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Anna Kroher (born June 30, 1859 in Augsburg ; † December 4, 1943 in Staudach-Egerndach ) was a German author and folklore researcher .

Life

Anna Luise Dorothea Kroher was the daughter of the wholesale merchant Carl David Troeltsch. She married the son of the founder of the Staudacher cement factory, Adolf Kroher. Her main folklore work Im Bannkreis der Große Ache from Chiemsee to the Bavarian border from 1917 was published in 1921, 1971, 1981 and 2003 under the title Im Bannkreis der Große Ache . The book is considered a standard work on the Achental.

Honors

At the school in Staudach-Egerndach a plaque commemorates Anna Kroher, on January 26, 1930 she became an honorary citizen of the Egerndach community, and overseas Anna-Kroher-Strasse was named after her.

Works (selection)

  • In the spell of the great Ache from Chiemsee to the Bavarian border. Weidinger Verlag, 1917 and 1921.
  • New editions, revised by Erika (née Kroher) u. Karl Müller-Tolk: Under the spell of the great Ache. Marquartstein 1971, 1981, 2003.
  • various stories and tales from the Chiemgau and today's Bavarian area, partly published 1920–1930 in the Heimatbilder from Chiemgau -

literature

  • Fred Oberhauser, Axel Kahrs: Literary Guide Germany. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-458-17415-8 .
  • University of Passau, Institute for East Bavarian Homeland Research: East Bavarian Border Marks. Passau yearbook for history, art and folklore. Volume 38, published by the Association for East Bavarian Homeland Research, Passau 1996.
  • Bernhard Josef Stalla and Gerhard Stalla (eds.): Books and authors between Inn and Salzach: Biographies and bibliography on the literature of a cultural region. Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-883-09367-X .
  • Fred Oberhauser, Gabriele Oberhauser: Literary guide through Germany. An island travel dictionary for the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-458-14083-2 .
  • Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer , Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli : Concise dictionary of German superstition. Volume 6: Wall - plow bread. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig 1935, reprint: 1974, ISBN 3-11-006594-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Passau, Institute for East Bavarian Homeland Research: East Bavarian Border Marks. Passau yearbook for history, art and folklore. Volume 38, Verlag des Verein für Ostbairische Heimatforschung, Passau 1996, p. 189.
  2. ^ Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer, Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli: Concise dictionary of German superstition. Volume 6: Wall - plow bread. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig 1935, reprint: 1974, ISBN 3-11-006594-0 , p. 16.
  3. ↑ Fred Oberhauser, Axel Kahrs: Literary Guide Germany. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-458-17415-8 , p. 1197
  4. ^ Fred Oberhauser, Gabriele Oberhauser: Literary guide through Germany. An island travel dictionary for the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-458-14083-2 , p. 695.
  5. ↑ uebersee.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Kroher, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kroher, Anna Luise Dorothea (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and folklore researcher
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1943
Place of death Staudach-Egerndach