The two Quitzow's last trips
The two Quitzow's last trips . The historical novel from the youth of the House of Hohenzollern by Karl May was published from November 1876 to June 1877 in the magazine Feierstunden am häuslichen Heerde and was the continuation of the novel Fürst und Junker writtenby Friedrich Axmann . However, only part of the novel was written by Karl May himself; after the end of his activity as editor for the publishing house Münchmeyer the remaining deliveries were written by his successor Heinrich Goldmann and this with the addition “started by Karl May, continued by Dr. Goldmann ”communicated to subscribers and readers. (Since Heinrich Goldmann died before the novel was finished, the actual ending was completed by an unknown writer or editor. The novel therefore has a total of four authors.)
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The two Quitzow's last journeys take place in the years 1411 to 1415, a time in which the Nuremberg burgrave Friedrich VI. (as later Frederick I , the first Margrave of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern ) on behalf of the Emperor, the political turmoil and the related uncertainty in the Mark Brandenburg tried to quit. The long-established families (mainly Quitzow , Holtzendorff and Gans von Putlitz ) were not ready to submit to him.
With the help of Werner von Holtzendorff, Dietrich von Quitzow was able to evade Otto von Suteminn's persecution and went into hiding disguised as a servant. In a daring action, he takes Prince Johann von Zollern hostage. Dietrich's cousin, the robber baron Claus von Quitzow, and his allied neighbors find out that money is being transported from England to the margrave and do not want to miss the opportunity. Meanwhile, Dietz and Kuno, Dietrich's sons, are looking for a place to stay with their uncle. They learn that their father is the "Black Dietrich" and that Count Warwick, who initiated the money transport, lost his wife and children through him. In order to atone for this injustice, they find the hideout of the robber barons and free the prisoners there. a. a mentally confused countess who is accepted by Suteminn's foster children.
(According to Siegfried Augustin, Dr. Heinrich Goldmann's novel was continued from about here .)
The transport of money has now reached Hamburg and is now being carried out on wagons. The planned attack fails, Claus von Quitzow is killed and the money reaches its destination safely. Count Warwick arrives at Suteminn in Tangermünde , who turns out to be the count's savior in the fight against the "Black Dietrich". He recognizes Detlev and Marie as his children and the confused Countess as his wife. Dietrich von Quitzow was killed in the battle of Angermünde , as was the younger of his sons. Count Warwick returns to England with his found family and accompanied by Suteminn. He recognizes his missing brother in the privateer captain Vendaskiöld.
Book editions
It was not until 1932 that the novel was "rediscovered".
A version of three fragments of the novel edited by Franz Kandolf can be found in volume 69 of the Collected Works , Knights and Rebels .
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May's source was Die Mark Brandenburg under Emperor Karl IV up to its first Hohenzollern regent, or The Quitzows and their time (1836/37) by Karl Friedrich von Klöden , now also online .
Dramatizations
The medieval period drama whitewater of Michael Sens freely based on the story of Karl May was premiered on 23 June 2005 at Burg Ziesar . It is the only play based on a story by Karl May that was staged in an original location.
Remarks
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Werner_von_Holtzendorff
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Suteminn
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Claus_von_Quitzow
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Richard_von_Warwick
- ↑ Karl May Handbook , p. 301 ff.
- ^ Foreword to the reprint German Hearts - German Heroes , Bamberg 1976; quoted by Christoph F. Lorenz: Karl Mays "The two Quitzow's last journeys" as a historical novel ... , 1979, p. 28, note 1.
literature
- Christoph F. Lorenz: Karl May's "The Two Quitzow's Last Journeys" as a historical novel. In: Mitteilungen der Karl-May-Gesellschaft (M-KMG) 41/1979 ( online version ), pp. 24–28.
- Hainer Plaul: Illustrated Karl May Bibliography. With the participation of Gerhard Klußmeier . Edition Leipzig 1988. ISBN 3-361-00145-5 (or) KG Saur Munich – London – New York – Paris 1989. ISBN 3-598-07258-9
- Siegfried Augustin : "The two Quitzow's last journeys". Karl May's literary journeyman's piece. In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 1991 ( online version )
- Ernst Seybold: Quitzow stories. In: Karl May Congratulations, IV. Collection. Ergersheim 1991.
- Joachim Biermann: An English knight traveling. In: M-KMG 94/1992. ( Online version )
- Rudi Schweikert : The answer is in the "Pierer". Additions to a contribution by Joachim Biermann in M-KMG No. 92 [recte: 94]. In: M-KMG 95/1993. ( Online version )
- Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz : Karl May Bibliography 1913–1945 . Karl-May-Verlag Bamberg – Radebeul 2000. ISBN 3780201577
- Siegfried Augustin: The two Quitzow's last journeys. In: Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann GmbH, Würzburg 2001, pp. 301-304. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3 ( online version )
- Dieter Sudhoff , Hans-Dieter Steinmetz : Karl May Chronicle I . Special volume on the collected works. Karl-May-Verlag Bamberg-Radebeul 2005. ISBN 978-3-7802-0170-6
Web links
- The original text online on the Karl May Society website .
- Entry on the historical Quitzows on Wikipedia.