Diedrich Speckmann

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Diedrich Speckmann (born February 12, 1872 in Hermannsburg , † May 28, 1938 in Fischerhude ) was a German writer . As a representative of local art , he was best known as the “heath poet”.

biography

Speckmann was born in Hermannsburg as the first child of the mission inspector Friedrich Speckmann. His father took over pastoral positions in Müden (Örtze) (1877–1882) and Schneverdingen (1883–1911). In 1891 he graduated from the Ernestinum Celle . He then studied Protestant theology at the universities of Tübingen , Leipzig , Erlangen and Göttingen , where he passed the 1st and 2nd state exams . Until 1902 he had private tutor positions in Vorsfelde and Eisenach , did one-year military service in Göttingen (released as a non-commissioned officer in the reserve), was educator at the “ Rauhen Haus ” in Hamburg and assistant preacher in the situation . 1902–1908 he was pastor in Grasberg near Bremen .

At his own request, Speckmann was suspended from office for health reasons and lived as a freelance writer without any official obligations. After staying in Bremen for about a year, he moved into a house built for him in Fischerhude near Grasberg in 1910. He had his permanent residence in this village until his death on May 28, 1938.

From February 1915 to October 1918 Speckmann served as a soldier in World War I , most of the time in the Belgian leg. He wrote a diary about his war effort, which was printed in 2005. In the first half of the 20th century, however, he was mainly known for his heather novels, such as Die Heideklause , Jan Murken , Das Anerbe and Heidehof Lohe .

On his 54th birthday he married his housemaid Marie Alfke. The marriage remained childless.

After the National Socialists came to power in October 1933, Speckmann was one of the 88 writers who signed the pledge of loyal allegiance to Adolf Hitler . His work Ehler Wittkopp and his Secret (1935) was placed on the list of literature to be sorted out in the Soviet zone of occupation in 1948 .

Honors

review

The poet and writer Richard Nordhausen writes about Speckmann among other things:

“ Diedrich Speckmann's books are wonderful books. [...] there is a magic emanating from the works of the heather child which, in my opinion, makes them more or less superior to all new literature. You breathe original German freshness and health, [...] he never plays a comedy for even a few seconds. "

Works

Speckmann's grave in Fischerhude
  • Heidjers Homecoming (1904), Tired
  • Heidehof Lohe (1906), Celle ( Complete Edition, Vol. 2, Leipzig 1921 online  - Internet Archive )
  • The Golden Gate (1907), Capri
  • Saint of the Heart (1909)
  • Rosenbrock siblings (1911)
  • Erich Heydenreich's Village (1913)
  • The Anerbe (1914)
  • The Heidklause (1919)
  • New - Lohe (1920)
  • Jan Murken (1922)
  • The island in the green (1923)
  • The Helper (1926)
  • Lüdinghoff (1927)
  • The children from Junkershof (1929)
  • Gandersmühlen (1930)
  • Flounder of the Fathers (1932)
  • Childhood on the Heath (1934)
  • The birthday
  • Ehler Wittkopp and his secret (1933)
  • What was mine once
  • The old farmer to his son
  • We're plowing a new one (1937), Celle

On the occasion of his 50th birthday in 1922, an eight-volume complete edition was published (Verlag Martin Warneck, Berlin) containing the first 9 novels. Shorter stories (Speckmann also refers to his novels as stories) were published in two anthologies:

  • Clouds and Sun (1924)
  • People in Moor and Heath (1933)

In 2006 Leo Mielke published excerpts from Speckmann's 29 war diaries in the Hermannsburger Missionsverlag. In the form of a 74-page booklet, Speckmann's brief memoirs appeared in 1934 under the title “A youth in the heath” (title on the cover sheet: “A childhood in the heath” ).

literature

  • Ludwig Fitschen: Diedrich Speckmann 1872–1938. In: Otto Heinrich May (Ed.): Niedersächsische Lebensbilder, Vol. 3, Hildesheim: Lax 1957, pp. 308-318.
  • Gunther Schendel: The Protestant parsonage from a church historical point of view - Contributions to the DVD educativ premium "The White Ribbon" , Matthias Film gGmbH 2010 (about Diedrich Speckmann as a parsonage child).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 577.
  2. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-s.html
personal data
SURNAME Speckmann, Diedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermannsburg
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1938
Place of death Fischerhude