Anton Sommer

Anton Sommer

Anton Sommer (born December 11, 1816 in Rudolstadt ; † June 1, 1888 there ) was a Thuringian dialect poet .

Life

Sommer studied theology in Jena from 1835 to 1838 and then worked as a private tutor in Blankenhain and Magdala and as a commercial school teacher in Berlin . In 1850 he returned to his hometown, where he founded a private school and was also allowed to preach in the village church in Schaala . In 1864 he was appointed garrison preacher in Rudolstadt, where he died half-blind on June 1, 1888. His cozy pictures and sounds from Rudolstadt in vernacular (11th edition, Rudolst. 1886, 2 vols.) Have met with much approval.

The most famous poem is probably Hämwieh (homesickness), which describes his connection with his home town Rudolstadt.

Honors

Monument on the Anger in Rudolstadt

• 1881 Appointed honorary citizen of the city of Rudolstadt
• December 11: 1888 Unveiling of the memorial plaque at Mauerstraße 27
• October 8, 1903: Inauguration of the Anton Sommer memorial on the Anger in Rudolstadt
• January 20, 1904: Street name in Rudolstadt
• December 11, 1913: Unveiling of the memorial plaque at Strumpfgasse 15
• June 1, 1988: Unveiling of the memorial plaque at Am Gatter 6 (birthplace)

Furthermore, a school in Rudolstadt was named after Anton Sommer.

photos

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  Pictures & sounds from Rudolstadt 1868

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  Pictures & sounds from Rudolstadt 1868

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  Pictures & sounds from Rudolstadt 1876

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  Pictures & sounds from Rudolstadt 1881

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  Anton Sommer's house in Rudolstadt

literature

• Bruno Haushalter:  Summer, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 594-597.

Web links

Commons : Anton Sommer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Anton Sommer in the catalog of the German National Library