Basler Leverstiftung
The Basler Hebelstiftung is a foundation under Swiss law in Basel . The foundation's task is to maintain the memory of the Alemannic dialect poet and theologian Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826), who was born in Basel .
history
The foundation was set up on the occasion of a small celebration for the 100th birthday of Hebels on May 10, 1860 in the house of the Zunft zu Safran in Basel by the four professors Fritz Burckhardt-Brenner , Peter Merian , Wilhelm Vischer-Büfinger , Christian Friedrich Schönbein , and Johann Jakob Im Hof as well as Eduard Thurneysen and 50 other prominent citizens. The first president of the foundation was Christian Friedrich Schönbein.
The reason and originally the sole purpose of the foundation was the fulfillment of a last wish that was only passed on orally. He wanted the oldest men in his home town in the south of Baden, Hausen im Wiesental, to be given a glass of wine every Sunday and the four best students to be given a gift every year. However, since Leebel's banker went bankrupt, this wish could not be fulfilled at first.
The young grammar school teacher Fritz Burckhardt-Brenner, who had invited to the anniversary celebration, now took up the largely forgotten wish there; after an idea of the fiscal Johann Rudolf Burckhardt , a collection was made spontaneously. The foundation was brought into being with the 2,270 Swiss francs that were collected in just a few weeks - around 30,000 francs based on today's value (2010).
management
The presidents of the Basel Leveraging Foundation since it was founded have been:
- 1860-1868: Christian Friedrich Schönbein
- 1868–1907: Fritz Burckhardt-Brenner
- 1907–1919: Albert Gessler
- 1919–1935: Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer
- 1935–1960: Wilhelm Altwegg
- 1960–1972: Eduard Sieber
- 1972–1974: Rolf Max Kully
- 1974–1982: Alfred Gass
- 1982–1985: Louis Wiesmann
- 1985–2006: Liselotte Reber-Liebrich
- 2006–2016: Beatrice Mall-Grob
- since 2016: Beat Trachsler
The foundation management is supported by a voluntary foundation council , which currently (2010) consists of ten members.
activity
Lever mills and levers
Since the year it was founded, the foundation has always invited the eleven eldest men and the respective mayor, and since 1972 the twelve eldest women, to a "Hebelmähli" event in his home town of Hausen im Wiesental on May 10th - the anniversary of his birth - in accordance with his last will. one, a small lunch with a bottle of good Markgräfler wine per person. According to the foundation's statutes, 1 guilder was originally to be spent on this meal . As part of the feast or the ceremony for the awarding of the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis , a member of the foundation board has to give a “speech to the old men and women” according to the statutes.
In accordance with Hebel's request, a wedding gift will also be presented to all the local brides who have married last year (originally this gift was only given to “an innocent and at least well-to-do girl from Hausen, who got married in the course of this year or is now promised ") And the four best schoolchildren and trainees of the year receive a book of Hebels works. With the exception of one year (1944, i.e. during the Second World War), these obligations set out in the Foundation's statutes have been fulfilled every year so far. The Hebelstiftung delegation has also been taking a Basel school class to Hausen in Baden every year since 1989, because the “Hebelmähli” has been part of the diverse events on the same day since 1861 .
Lever evening pint
In Basel itself, the foundation has been organizing the “Hebel-Abendschoppen”, a public reading by contemporary authors that is free of charge and accompanied by an aperitif , every year since 1988, on the May days before the “Hebelmähli” .
other activities
On the initiative of the Hebelstiftung, the naming of Hebelstrasse and Hebelplatz, a memorial plaque on the house where he was born and the Hebeldenkmal from 1899 on Peterskirchplatz can also be traced back.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the lever monument, the foundation board member and Basel commercial school teacher Willi Schläpfer let some of his students write the lever poem Z'Basel to mym Rhy , which - although von Hebel did not write in Basel dialect, but in Wiesentäler Alemannic - the text of the Baslerlied is to translate into 25 languages.
Since 2005, members have been taking visitors to places in Basel that are reminiscent of Hebel's essence, work and activity under the motto “With em Hebel uff d Gass!”. For the first time in 2004 a "meal with Johann Peter Hebel" was organized.
The basilisk fountain in front of the town hall of Hausen is a gift from the Hebelstiftung in 2000. In 2005, the Hebelstiftung donated the brass music commissioned by Schopfheimer Markus Götz , "With the Power of Music", to Hebelmusik Hausen for its 150th anniversary. In May 2007 the foundation published a double CD with the most famous Alemannic poems and calendar stories of Hebels. For the 250th birthday of Hebels in 2010, the Basler Hebelstiftung initiated the publication of a volume with 12 Hebels calendar stories and a special stamp from the Swiss Post .
Publications
- Johann Peter Lever. Essence, work, effect . Basel: GS Verlag 1990
- Johann Peter Lever. Selection of works . Basel: GS Verlag 1991
- Johann Peter Lever. His most famous Alemannic poems and calendar stories . Double CD, self-published 2006
- Johann Peter Lever. Calendar stories in comics and illustrations . Basel: Schwabe 2010
Web links
- Official website
- The Basel Lever Foundation , website of the community of Hausen im Wiesental
- Hebelmähli in 1916
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not to be confused with the Hebelstiftung Hausen im Wiesental , which operates the Hebelhaus , a local history and literature museum in the former home of Johann Peter Hebels., Cf. Leverage Foundation and Leverage Commission ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The establishment of the Basler Hebelstiftung ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The President of the Basler Hebelstiftung ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Letter from Prof. Schönbein to the Mayor of Hausen, April 1861 ( memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The lever house
- ↑ Z'Basel an mim Rhi - in around 20 languages ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ With em lever uff d Gass! ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
