Franz Karl Ginzkey

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Franz Karl Ginzkey

Franz Karl Ginzkey (born September 8, 1871 in Pola, coastal region , Austria-Hungary , today Pula , Croatia , † April 11, 1963 in Vienna ) was an Austrian poet and writer as well as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army . His most famous book Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon has captivated generations of children.

Life

Memorial plaque at the Military Geography Institute in Vienna

Franz Karl Ginzkey, son of a Sudeten German officer in the Austrian Navy , attended the Navy Realschule in Pola, then the Navy Academy in Fiume and, after he had to leave there due to lack of subordination, the infantry cadet school in Trieste , which he had with the Graduated from the rank of ensign.

Ginzkey was an infantry officer in the k. u. k. Army in Trieste and Pola and initially also provisional commander of the Hohensalzburg Fortress, which was used as barracks ( Rainer infantry regiment ) . From 1897 to 1914 he worked as a cartographer at the Military Geography Institute in Vienna with the title of technical senior councilor , then as an archivist in the war archive . During this time he also worked temporarily as a war correspondent on the Italian front.

Since 1920 he was retired as a member of the army and then worked as a freelance writer. He lived in Vienna and from 1921 in Salzburg, where he was involved in founding the Salzburg Festival , of which he was a member of the board of trustees for decades. He was friends with Max Mell and Stefan Zweig , but also with Anton Faistauer and Carl Zuckmayer . From 1919 to 1931 he was a member of the Masonic Lodge "Zukunft". In 1933 Ginzkey left the PEN Club after it spoke out against the book burnings in the German Reich.

At the time of Austrofascism he was a member of the State Council (for the professional group of artists) from 1934 to 1938 . In 1936 he became a member of the Association of German Writers Austria , which advocated the annexation of Austria to the German Reich. Ginzkey also wrote a contribution in his confessional book of Austrian writers after the Anschluss in 1938. Membership in the NSDAP (No. 8,751,771) was only granted in 1942 through Adolf Hitler's mercy , because Ginzkey, as a former Freemason, was met with suspicion by the National Socialists. During this time Ginzkey also wrote propaganda, for example the poem "Heimkehr des Panzerschützen " published in the magazine "Oberdonau" in 1943 , which says: "Faithful to the duty to dare the utmost; if he said silence of his heart to distress; to death he was charged with sowing; and he was inexorably sowing death " .

From 1944 he lived in Seewalchen am Attersee and in Vienna. Although it was after the war Ginzkeys The front in Tirol ( Fischer , Berlin 1916) in the Soviet occupation zone to the list of auszusondernden literature and set, he was also the author of numerous articles in the the New Right attributable Eckartbote . Nevertheless, the now over seventy-year-old was reprinted in the Second Republic and honored many times as a representative of old Austrian poetry. Since 1956 Ginzkey lived in the Ginzkeyhof named after him , a municipal housing of the City of Vienna at Johannesgasse 9-13.

Ginzkey was married to Stefanie Stoiser since 1910. He died at the old age of 92 and rests in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 32 C, number 25), which was rededicated in 2015 as a “historical grave for the duration of the cemetery with care”.

Since 1965 his song Oh Heimat, to love you to a melody by Ludwig van Beethoven has been the Lower Austrian national anthem .

Services

Franz Karl Ginzkey was a prominent representative of Neo-Romanticism in Austria, who was appreciated by numerous artist colleagues. In 1906, Peter Rosegger placed him at Staackmann Verlag , which published most of Ginzkey's works. This meant the literary breakthrough.

The author, which was popular at the time, was initially primarily considered a poet . In addition, he also emerged as a narrator with short stories and numerous novels , the subject of which is enigmatic human entanglements.

The tone of Ginzkey's works is rather quiet, the language soulful and full of quiet melancholy. After the war, Ginzkey was seen as a representative of an old Austrian tradition, which very often described local places in his works. In addition to novellas and ballads that are set in Vienna (such as the ballad “Der liebe Augustin” or the novella Der Zahnweh-Herrgott ), many of his works also show a strong bond with Salzburg . The world of the Austro-Hungarian Army is also often discussed. Some works from the First and Second World War testify to strong patriotism and nationalism ("Den Herren Feinden", "The Front in Tirol", "Heimkehr des Panzerschützen").

Ginzkey was best known to the general public through his children's books, which, however, have racist stereotypes. These circumstances, as well as Ginzkey's political activities during the time of National Socialism, which has been an increasingly discussed topic since the 1980s, contributed to the fact that the writer is rarely published today. An exception is Ginzkey's best-known children's book, Hatschi Bratschi's Luftballon ; it was reissued in agreement with the heirs after removing some racist expressions and passages.

Works (selection)

  • Hatschi Bratschi's balloon . A seal for children, Berlin 1904 (facsimile of the first edition by Ibera Verlag, Vienna 2019)
  • James and the women . A youth. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1908.
  • Story of a silent woman . Novel. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1909.
  • The one from the bird pasture. Novel. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1912.
  • The meadow fence . Narrative. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1913.
  • From the poet's workshop. Lecture. Heller, Vienna 1913.
  • Enemies of the Lord! A song of defiance and reminder. Hugo Heller, Vienna 1914.
  • The front in Tyrol. S. Fischer, Berlin 1916.
  • The juggler of Bologna . Novella. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1916.
  • Songs . Reuss & Itta, Constance 1916.
  • Liberated hour. New poems. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1917.
  • The only sin . L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1920.
  • The double mirror. Reflections and narratives. Vienna Literary Institute, Vienna 1920.
  • Rositta . L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1921.
  • The Prince of Capestrano . Novella. Vienna Literary Institute, Vienna 1921.
  • From strange ways. 7 stories. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1922.
  • Ballads from old Vienna . Wila, Vienna 1923.
  • Brigitte and Regine . Novella. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1923.
  • The trip to Komakuku . Stories from strange youth. Rikola-Verlag, Vienna 1923.
  • The way to Oswalda . Narrative. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1924.
  • The strange soldier . L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1925.
  • The cat Ypsilon. Novellas. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1926.
  • The god and the actress. Novel. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1928.
  • Three women. Rosita - Agnete - Oswalda. Verlag Das Bergland-Buch, Salzburg 1931.
  • Ghosts on Hirschberg. From the handwriting left behind by Major von Baltram. Novel. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1931.
  • The lost heart. A fairy tale game. Free rewrite after the Norwegian game by Barbra Ring. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1931.
  • Florian's miraculous journey across the wallpaper . 1931.
  • Magic of fate. Novella. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1932.
  • The face of Salzburg . Pustet, Salzburg 1933.
  • Salzburg and the Salzkammergut . Geography monographs 48. Velhagen & Klasing 1934.
  • Salzburg, its people and its costumes . Verlag Österreichische Kunst, Vienna 1934.
  • Altsalzburg pictures after 10 pen drawings after Ulf Seidl . Würthle, Vienna undated
  • Prince Tunora . Novel. L. Staackmann, Leipzig 1934.
  • Liselotte and her knights or why not romance? Novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1936.
  • Star guest. New poems. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1937.
  • The blessed well . A Raphael Donner novella. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1940.
  • Master tales. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1940.
  • Creation of Eve. An epic song. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1941.
  • Time and people of my youth. Wiener Verlags-Gesellschaft, Vienna 1942.
  • Return of the tank gunner. in Upper Danube 3/1943.
  • Taniwani. A happy fish book . Amandus Edition, Vienna 1947.
  • The homeland seeker . A life and a longing. Stocker, Graz 1948.
  • Genius Mozart. Gallus-Verlag, Vienna 1949.
  • The dreamer hansl. Picture book. Jungbrunnen publishing house, Vienna 1952.
  • The dance on one leg. A fling into the whimsical. Wancura, Vienna 1956.
  • Selected works in four volumes. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1960.
  • Ballad from Dear Augustin. Record, spoken by Albin Skoda . Amadeo 1961.

Awards and honors

In 1960, the Protection Association of Austrian Writers founded the Ginzkey Ring, with which it honors services in the spirit of Ginzkey.

In 1968, the place between Alpenstrasse and Adolf-Schemel-Strasse in Ginzkeyplatz in the Salzburg district of Salzburg-Süd (Alpensiedlung) was named in his honor. On his 100th birthday in 1971, a Franz Karl Ginzkey memorial was erected in Seewalchen am Attersee.

In Vienna a plaque at the former Military Geography Institute reminds of his work here. The urban residential complex at Johannesgasse 9–13 was named after the poet "Ginzkeyhof".

A planned naming of a school center after Ginzkey in Seewalchen in 1988 failed because of its political past.

Ginzkey was artistically represented in 1922 by a portrait by Anton Faistauer and in 1959 by a bronze bust by Gustinus Ambrosi .

literature

  • Werner Welzig :  Ginzkey, Franz Karl Maria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 406 ( digitized version ).
  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Ginzkey Franz Karl. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , pp. 543-543 ( digitized version ).
  • Reinhold Hangler (colleague): The case of Franz Karl Ginzkey and Seewalchen. A documentation. Mauthausen-Aktiv-Vöcklabruck, Vöcklabruck 1989.
  • Kaus Heydemann: Literature and Market. Career and assertion of a minor master's author in Austria. The Ginzkey case 1891–1938. 2 vols. Univ. Habilitation-Schr., Vienna 1985.
  • Helene Hofmann: Franz Karl Ginzkey. The poet's life and work. Univ. Diss., Vienna 1923.
  • Robert Hohlbaum: Franz Karl Ginzkey. His life and work. Staackmann, Leipzig 1921.
  • Herta Mitteregger: Franz Karl Ginzkey. His lyric work. Univ. Diss., Innsbruck 1952.
  • Sigrid Ochsenhofer: Children's and youth literature at the beginning of the 20th century using the example of Franz Karl Ginzkey. Univ. Dipl.-Arb., Vienna 1993.
  • Heinz Wittmann: Encounters with poets. (Franz Karl Ginzkey, Maria Grengg ...). Austria. Publishing house, Vienna 1971.
  • Franz Karl Ginzkey: Time and people of my youth . Wiener Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1943.

Web links

Commons : Franz Karl Ginzkey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ginzkey's second name 'Karl' is based on his own statement, apparently based on an incorrect entry in the baptismal register: He was baptized "Franz" and always called that, but it was not until he was 13 years old, when he was registered at the Marine Academy, that that "Karl" was erroneously entered in the baptismal register. Then he also "officially" adopted this middle name.
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel 17/1963
  3. ^ Franz Karl Ginzkey: Return of the Panzerschützen. In: Upper Danube: Art and creation from the Führer’s home district. Episode 1, 3rd year, March 1943
  4. ↑ polunbi.de
  5. ↑ https://webarchiv.onb.ac.at/web/20160903183838/http://www.onb.ac.at/oe-literaturzeitschriften/Eckartbote/Eckartbote_texte.htm
  6. ^ The poet FK Ginzkey - honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 24171/1931, December 30, 1931, p. 3. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
personal data
SURNAME Ginzkey, Franz Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ginzkey, Franz Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer, poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Pola, coastal country , Austria-Hungary , today Pula , Croatia
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1963
Place of death Vienna