Anton Ohorn

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Anton Ohorn
Set design from the play The Brothers of St. Bernhard by Anton Ohorn, from a performance at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, 1905. Photo by Zander & Labisch .

Anton Joseph Ohorn (born July 22, 1846 in Theresienstadt , Bohemia , † June 30, 1924 in Chemnitz ) was a teacher, poet and writer .

Life

Ohorn came from a humble background. After graduating from the Bohemian-Leipa grammar school , he entered the Premonstratensian Canons ' Monastery in Teplá at the request of his parents in 1865 and was ordained a priest there at the age of 24 .

As such, he taught for a few years as a teacher at the monastery school. With the permission of his order Ohorn was able to study theology, history and German in Prague for five years . In 1872 Ohorn completed his studies with a doctorate to become Dr. phil. from.

From a crisis grew bigger and bigger problems with the official church and the catholic faith, so that Ohorn left his order. On August 28, 1872, he converted to Protestantism in Gotha . At the beginning of school in the same year Ohorn began teaching at the daughter's school in Mühlhausen . Two years later he was appointed as a senior teacher at the high school in Chemnitz . From 1877 to 1911 he taught German and literary history at the Technischen Staatslehranstalten in Chemnitz ( Technische Universität Chemnitz ). In 1885 Ohorn was awarded the title of Professor and Councilor . On his 60th birthday, the city of Chemnitz made Ohorn an honorary citizen . Anton Ohorn was an honorary member of the akad. Singership Concordia Chemnitz, today's compatriot in the CC Concordia Chemnitz zu Ulm.

In addition to his educational work, Ohorn was also active as a writer. This is how u. a. various youth books in which he z. B. presented topics from the areas of medieval history or adventures from the Wild West in fiction. In addition, Ohorn dealt with the nationality conflicts in Bohemia.

Works (selection)

  • The Village Angel (1872)
  • The Flying Dutchman (1873)
  • Basics of the history of literature (1874)
  • Emperor Red Beard
  • The clockmaker of Strasbourg (1876)
  • The monastery pupil (1875)
  • The daughter of Judas (1879)
  • Hiking in Bohemia (1879)
  • The last staufe
  • In the lottery of life (1882)
  • In Czech weather. A German song from the capital of Bohemia (1884)
  • The Pfaffe Amis (1883)
  • Let there be light! (1886)
  • Emir, the white pasha in Sudan (1891)
  • The Book of the Iron Chancellor (1894)
  • Rübezahl (1896)
  • German poet book. Life pictures from German literary history (1897)
  • Old German Humor (1902), online
  • The brothers of St. Bernhard. Monastery piece. Translated into seven languages, premiered in Chemnitz in 1904
  • Unsolvable. Play in three acts, world premiere on April 20, 1906 at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna, online
  • The white falcon (1908)
  • The Transylvanian (1910)
  • German and Faithful (1917)
  • My German Bohemia (1918)
  • From Monastery and World - The Book of My Life (1919)
  • German-Austria forever German (1919)

His poem Maienzeit was set to music in 1896 by Peter Gast (actually: Heinrich Köselitz ) as the 5th song under Opus 6 and published by Friedrich Hofmeister in Leipzig.

Contemporary biography

Bernhard Rost: Anton Ohorn. Life picture of a poet of the present. , Leipzig 1911.

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personal data
SURNAME Ohorn, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ohorn, Anton Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Theresienstadt , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1924
Place of death Chemnitz