The watering can
The watering can was an "alternative" literary magazine in Germany. It appeared in a total of ten issues between 1973 and 1980. The initiator was the later high school teacher Klaus Morsch. Maximilian Schönherr and later Günther Hießleitner joined as editors . The authors included Hans Georg Bulla , Margrit-Heide Irgang , Angelika Koller , Frank Witzel , Peter Paul Zahl and the later cabaret artist Lioba Albus .
The watering can started as a continuation of the 1973 Abitur magazine of the high school in the small Franconian town of Haßfurt and remained editorially at home in Franconia (Würzburg, Erlangen, Neuendettelsau) for all publication years . However, the editorial team already gathered authors from all over Germany in the first issues. The booklets comprised around 50 pages, with print runs between 300 and 1000 copies. In addition to the anthologies that appear roughly every six months, the Gießkanne-Verlag published special issues with works by individual authors, such as the Würzburg poet Ludwig Röder. The booklets were sold by post or through local bookshops. The editors and authors went from bookstore to bookstore to deposit the latest edition there on a commission basis. The Munich author bookstore was one of the largest buyers .
Like its sister magazines Federlese (Munich), Litfass (Berlin), Nachtcafé (Freiburg) or Machwerk (Siegen), Die Gießkanne also worked on a cost basis, with minimal support from classified ads from local bookstores, restaurants and printing houses. Neither the authors nor the editors received any fees.