Anton Schurz

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Anton Xaver Schurz (born September 2, 1794 in Asparn an der Zaya , † December 29, 1859 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Anton Schurz was a son of Johann Paul Schurz, who worked as administrator of the Breuner rule. His wife Therese Schurz, with whom he had been married since 1821, was a sister of the poet Nikolaus Lenau . His daughter Katharina Schurz worked as a stage singer.

Anton Schurz attended the St. Anna School in Vienna and studied at the Bergakademie Schemnitz from 1810 . From 1813 he worked in court accounting for the coinage and mining industry, first in Oravica and from 1814 in Vienna. There he became an accountant in 1835 and court accountant in 1850. He retired as a civil servant in 1854.

As a writer, Schurz stood in the tradition of the time before the Weimar Classic . His poems appeared, among other things, scattered in various almanacs . He was influenced by the work of his brother-in-law Nikolaus Lenau, with whom he was close friends until his death and with whom he made several trips. He wrote a two-volume biography of Lenau, which is an important source for Lenau research.

Anton Schurz died in 1859 at the age of 65 and was buried in a grave next to that of Nikolaus Lenau in the Weidlinger Friedhof . The Schurzgasse in Vienna- Hetzendorf was named after him in 1922 .

Works

  • Young man's poems . Manuscript in the Austrian National Library. Vienna 1818.
  • Poems . Hallberger, Stuttgart 1841.
  • Eight songs for the 11th army of the Vienna People's Army . Ullrich, Vienna 1848 ( digitized version ).
  • The Idria mine fire in November 1846, according to authentic sources . In: Yearbook for the miner and smelter of the Austrian imperial state . Vol. 1. Ullrich, Vienna 1848, p. 123-157 .
  • Fiction essays montanistic content. Poems . In: Yearbook for the miner and smelter of the Austrian imperial state . Vol. 2. Ullrich, Vienna 1849, p. 187-195 .
  • Poems . In: Austrian yearbook for the mountain and hut man . Vienna 1855, p. 487-497 .
  • Lenau's life. Mostly from the poet's own letters. From his sister . First volume. Cotta, Stuttgart / Augsburg 1855 ( digitized ).
  • Lenau's life. Mostly from the poet's own letters. From his sister . Second volume. Cotta, Stuttgart / Augsburg 1855 ( digitized ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Constantin von Wurzbach : Schurz, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, p. 221 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b K. Adel:  Schurz, Anton Xaver. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 378 f. (Direct links on p. 378 , p. 379 ).
  3. ^ Franz Brümmer:  Schurz, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 99.
  4. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Schurzgasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 164 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Schurz, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schurz, Anton Xaver (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Asparn on the Zaya
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1859
Place of death Vienna