Anton Gabele

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Anton Gabele (1954)

Anton Gabele (born July 28, 1890 in Buffenhofen ; † August 13, 1966 in Koblenz ) was a German writer , teacher and educator .

Life

Anton Gabele was born in 1890 in the then Hohenzollern Buffenhofen, today a district of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen , as the youngest of four siblings. His parents ran a small farm, a brick factory and the “Zur Sonne” inn in Buffenhofen.

From 1902 to 1908 he attended the Royal Catholic Gymnasium in Sigmaringen, which later became the Hohenzollern Gymnasium , where he passed his school leaving examination. He then studied German, French and English at the universities of Strasbourg , Geneva , Munich , Halle , Berlin and Bonn . In between he worked as a private tutor in southern France and Saxony . After completing his studies he came to Koblenz at Easter 1913 and taught as a secondary school teacher at the Kemperhof boys' school home until 1914. In 1919 he became a teacher appointed and taught until his services end at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Koblenz, later Eichendorff-Gymnasium . In 1920 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. starting with a dissertation on the "Influence of the pseudo-Plutarchic educational pamphlet on Italian and French humanists".

During the First World War he came to Flanders and France from August 1914 to October 1916 with a Koblenz pioneer battalion . As a lieutenant , he was seriously wounded near Verdun in May 1916 . During the First World War he married Katharina Berg, who was born in Koblenz (born February 13, 1890, † July 3, 1985). They had four sons in their marriage.

Anton Gabele's literary work began in his early years. His works were novels , stories and poems , a comedy , a novella and a children's book .

Anton Gabele died in Koblenz on August 13, 1966 and was buried there in the main cemetery. A street in the Asterstein district of Koblenz is named after him.

Awards

In 1930, he was awarded the German Storyteller Youth Prize for his novel "Im Schatten des Schicksals". As a special honor, he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit in 1960 ; for his services to his homeland, he was given honorary citizenship in 1950 by his home community Dietershofen -Buffenhofen. A memorial stone on the house where he was born, the former "Gasthaus zur Sonne", in Buffenhofen, reminds of him. In Koblenz and Meßkirch there is an "Anton-Gabele-Strasse" each, in Haigerloch the "Anton-Gabele-Weg".

Fonts

  • Wackershof diary. Thoughts and experiences at the end of the war 1944 to 1945. Edited by Manfred Koenig. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2016
  • (compiled by Konrad Reinauer): ears of corn that stayed. Anton Gabele [1890–1966]. In memory of his hundredth birthday. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 1990
  • Go out on the high seas. Novel about St. Francis Xavier. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 1990
  • German writings by Heinrich Seuse. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1980
  • The equestrian song of Prince Eugene. Ulis trip with the gold maker to the Belgrade Fortress. Herder, Freiburg 1964
  • Abraham a Santa Clara. The preacher of St. Stephen (= Lux reading sheet No. 374). Publishing house Sebastian Lux, Murnau / Munich / Innsbruck / Basel 1962
  • Blind passengers. Herder, Freiburg 1961
  • The Socrates Trial (= Lux Reading Sheet No. 66). Publishing house Sebastian Lux; Murnau Munich Innsbruck Basel 1960?
  • What should I be afraid of? Poems. Drei-Linden-Verlag, Kressbronn 1960
  • On the beach of the tide. Stories. Drei-Linden-Verlag, Kressbronn 1959
  • The cold cure and other stories. St. Benno, Leipzig 1958
  • The princess with the goat. A story. Herder, Freiburg 1958
  • The miracle man from Lake Constance. Life novel by Doctor Franz Anton Mesmer. Herder, Freiburg 1956
  • The trip to Bernkastel. A cheerful novel. Herder, Freiburg 1954
  • House to the sun. Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 1953
  • When the waters run away. Homecoming novel. German Book Club, 1949
  • Chardon & Co. novella. Aloys Henn Verlag, Ratingen 1943
  • Paracelsus's friend. Stories (= The Little Bell Library, Vol. 8.). Bayreuth Gauverlag, 1942
  • The Beermännin. A story. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1942
  • The night camp. Vol. 10, Staufen-Verl., Cologne 1940 (?)
  • In a cool ground. Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1939
  • In a cool ground. Novel. List, Leipzig, undated
  • The twin brothers. List, Leipzig 1938
  • Talisman. A report. List, Leipzig 1937
  • Pentecost. A novel German youth. Staufen, Cologne 1934
  • The poor man. Hermann Schaffstein Verlag, Cologne
  • In the shadow of fate. Novel. German Book Association (DBG), Berlin 1930

literature

  • Clemens Siebler: Art. Anton Gabele. In: Baden-Württemberg biographies. Vol. IV. Ed. By Fred Ludwigs Sepaintner. W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, pp. 90-93 ( online at LEO-BW ).
  • Carolin Veeser: Anton Gabele (1890–1966). ... my part is guilty because I accepted and kept silent. In: The "Swabian Poet's Circle" from 1938 and its denazification. Edited by Stephan Molitor. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2019 ISBN 978-3-17-036527-8 , pp. 35–37.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turned the page back! 25 years ago at SÜDKURIER . In: Südkurier of July 21, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gabele, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffenhofen
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1966
Place of death Koblenz