Carl Swoboda
Carl Swoboda (born July 1, 1896 in Schirgiswalde ; † August 4, 1978 ) was a German folklorist and monument conservator from Upper Lusatia in Saxony .
Life
Carl Swoboda was the son of a businessman from Schirgiswalde. He lost his mother at the age of five. During the First World War he was drafted as a soldier, where he was seriously wounded. When he returned to Schirgiswalde, he began to be interested in the history of his hometown, which had many peculiarities, as it belonged to the Kingdom of Bohemia until 1809 and was then a free republic until 1845.
In 1922 Carl Swoboda was one of the founders of the Society for the History of Upper Lusatia. In the following year he founded a local museum in Schirgiswalde with large personal grants, which still exists today and bears his name. He managed the museum until his death and was instrumental in its further development.
After the Second World War, Carl Swoboda was one of the first activists in Schirgiswalde. During this time he and like-minded people founded a local group of the Kulturbund for the democratic renewal of Germany. He became vice chairman of this local group. In 1946, the working group for the history of Upper Lusatia was founded, which was also based in the cultural association of the later GDR.
Carl Swoboda was actively involved in the protection of monuments and nature in his homeland. His merits are u. a. the preservation of the arbor houses on the market square in Schirgiswalde, the preservation and research of the historical wallpaper in the St.-Pius-Haus in Schirgiswalde or the research of the folk customs there. During the Christmas season he devoted himself to researching the local nativity scene and celebrating the Schirgiswald Carnival was very important to him. He gave countless lectures and published his research results in regional newspapers and magazines, for example about the Sorbian sculptor Jakub Delenka .
literature
- Stefan Wollmann: Folklorist and monument conservator Carl Swoboda, Schirgiswalde, died , in: Sächsische Heimatblätter , 25 (1979), no. 6, p. 288.
Web links
- Autograph by Carl Swoboda in the Saxon State Library in Dresden
- Literature by and about Carl Swoboda in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swoboda, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folklorist and monument conservator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schirgiswalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1978 |