Franz Bockel
Franz Bockel (born March 11, 1798 in Klostersande ; † May 2, 1879 in Nortorf ) was a German author.
Franz Bockel was the son of a ship smith in Klostersande near Elmshorst. He learned from his father and after the wandering worked for twelve years as a master blacksmith. After that he was alternately tobacco manufacturer, soap boiler, innkeeper and bookseller. He tried to publish his own weekly paper, but then became an employee of the “Itzehoer Wochenblatt” and various daily newspapers.
He later published works on his own, e.g. B. "The Song of the Ships", "The Man", "The Chimney Sweep", "The Misunderstanding" or "Instippen".
In old age Bockel came to the Nortorf poorhouse. At the request of Johann Meyer , Bockel received from the German Schiller Foundation from 1877 an annual grant of 300 marks. Shortly before his death, he suffered from paranoia.
Bockel was awarded the coronation medal by King Christian VIII .
literature
- Rudolf Eckart : Handbook for the history of Low German literature . Bremen 1911, pp. 271f.
- Johann Heinemann: Johann Meyer, a Schleswig-Holstein poet . Hamburg 1899, pp. 234-240
Web links
- Franz Bockel in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockel, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monastery sands |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1879 |
| Place of death | Nortorf |