August Holder

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August Holder, around 1895

August Friedrich Nathanael Holder (born August 3, 1850 in Kohlberg , Württemberg; † June 17, 1918 in Kirchheim am Neckar ) was a German teacher , literary historian and local historian.

Life

The son of a primary school teacher followed the same career path and was trained as a teacher from 1865 at the Nürtingen preparatory facility, 1867–1868 at the Nürtingen seminar and 1868–1870 at the Esslingen seminar. He worked as a primary school teacher in Neuffen, Uhlbach, since 1876 in Winzerhausen.

From 1871, Holder published numerous articles and reviews in regional, folklore and linguistic journals, and from 1880 also books. His first book was a historical work about the Wunnenstein , which is largely based on previously published works by other authors and was supplemented by Holder with two legends he discovered. With his monograph Die Ortschroniken , he then laid a theoretical foundation for his long-standing practice of local historiography in 1886, with which he also interfered in the historians' dispute between imperial and local historians.

Holder's literary and local history commitment was not welcomed by all sides. In particular, Pastor Heintzeler von Winzerhausen, whom Holder assisted as organist and cantor, was critical of Holder's interference in village life as a whole and an “unhealthy influence” on the students as early as the 1880s. After he had changed to a teaching position in Erligheim in 1893 , Holder still had to defend himself in a trial for an anonymous insult against the pastor from Winzerhausen. His autobiographical work "The worst experiences of my life" from 1894 reports on it, among other things.

In the meantime, the main areas of his writing and editing activities had shifted to Swabian literary history and the Swabian dialect . He gave u. a. Works by Johannes Nefflen and Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener and was also considered a skilled dialect reciter. In 1899, Holder was also the founder of the Zabergäu club and publisher of its regional journal. In 1911 he wrote the Hohenbeilstein Plant in History on behalf of Robert Vollmöller , the owner of Hohenbeilstein Castle . In 1914, on the occasion of his retirement, he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Crown Order for his literary work. In his retirement he lived in Kirchheim am Neckar, where he was buried.

He was married to the daughter of the innkeeper Luise Pauline Ziegler from Winzerhausen. The marriage resulted in the two daughters Emma (* 1877) and Bertha (* 1878).

Works (selection)

  • The Wunnenstein. History, tradition and legend. 1880, 4th edition 1882.
  • The local chronicles, their cultural and historical significance and educational use. 1886.
  • The wine herb. 1892.
  • The worst experiences of my life. 1894.
  • History of the Swabian dialect poetry. Heilbronn 1896 ( digitized ).
  • Wunnenstein area. 1887.
  • The vine, its cultivation in German soil and its economic future. Regensburg 1892.
  • Johann Rudolf Fischer. About his life and imprint of tragedy [Deß Teuffel's daughter]. in: Bavarian dialects. Contributions to German language and folklore, ed. v. 0. Brenner u. A. Hartmann. Volume I, 1892.
  • Marbach and the Bottwartal. 1897.
  • The old book of fists . Based on the editions of 1587, 1599 and 1674 and other sources of that time, edited and published in a new (factual) arrangement of the sagas. 1907 (Holder only operates as an editor, but the book is more of a free adaptation of the Faust Volksbuch by Holder).
  • Hohenbeilstein in history. Stuttgart 1911.

Editing

  • Johannes Nefflen: Works. 1888.
  • Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener: Works. Selection. (= Library of general literature at home and abroad; 217/219), 1888.
  • Johannes Nefflen: Swabian evening after work. 1890.
  • Johann Rudolf Fischer : Letste Weltsucht and Teuffelsbruot. 1891.
  • Always amused! Swabian lecture and song book. 1899, 2nd edition 1906.
  • Liscow's works. Selection. (= Library of general literature at home and abroad; 1454/1456), 1901.
  • Legends and stories. (= Württemberg folk books; 1–2), 1905–1906.
  • Funny stories from Swabia. (= Württemberg folk books; 3–4), 1907–1908.
  • Works by Johann Peter Hebels . in: Johannes Meyer: From the German literature. Seals in poetry and prose selected for school and home. Volume 4, 1908.

Magazines:

  • Announcements from the Zabergäuvereins. 1900-1901.
  • Quarterly issues of the Zabergäuvereins. from 1902.

literature

  • Holder, August. in: Adolf Hinrichsen: The literary Germany. 2nd edition 1891.
  • Holder, August. in: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland Scholars, artists and writers in words and pictures. 1908.
  • Holder, August. in: Heinz Voss, Bruno Vogler: Literary Silhouettes. 4th edition. Volger, Leipzig 1909.
  • Hermann Ehmer: August Holder and his guide through the Bottwartal. in: History sheets from the Bottwartal. Volume 3, 1989.
  • From the beginnings of Swabian dialect poetry: the dialect researcher August Holder. in: Beautiful Swabia. 7–8 / 2003, p. 74.

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personal data
SURNAME Holder, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holder, August Friedrich Nathanael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, literary historian and local historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Kohlberg , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1918
Place of death Kirchheim am Neckar