Frieda Jung

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frieda Jung (born June 4, 1865 in Kiaulkehmen , Gumbinnen district ; † December 14, 1929 in Insterburg ) was an East Prussian writer , local poet and narrator in Low Prussian .

Life

Frieda Jung was the fifth and youngest child of the teacher August Jung (1826-1882) and his wife Wilhelmine (1823-1896), née Voulliéme, born in Kiaulkehmen , Gumbinnen district. There she attended the eight-grade elementary school . 1880 was in the church of the neighboring village Nemmersdorf confirmed . Her father died in 1882. The mother then moved with the children to Gumbinnen . Soon afterwards the wife of Frieda Jung's eldest brother died in Königsberg ; Frieda Jung moved there for a few years to run the household and look after the two children.

At the age of nineteen she married the Gumbinner elementary school teacher Brauer, and the marriage lasted for about a year. The daughter that emerged from the marriage died soon after her birth in 1885. (She was given some loving poems.) Due to illness and mental suffering, also physically weak, Frieda Jung found it difficult to find a job. After attending the kindergarten teachers' seminar in Lyck , she worked in a kindergarten in Lyck and as an educator, and from 1896 as a partner in various houses.

Her first poems appeared in 1900. Jung decided to work as a freelance writer. In 1902 she moved to Buddern , where her sister Martha lived. In the following decade she became known through readings and volumes of poetry in East Prussia and was doing so well financially that in the summer of 1912 she was able to move into her own house in Buddern. In 1914 she had to leave the village for a short time because of the approaching Russian army . During this time she stayed with a friend in Osnabrück . In 1916 she sold her house in Buddern and moved to Insterburg . In the 1920s, Jung was financially worse again due to illness. The Goethe-Bund collected for them. In 1925 she was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Insterburg.

Jung died of heart failure on December 14, 1929 in the Insterburg hospital after a successful vocal cord operation and severe flu. She was buried in the New Cemetery on Kamswyker Allee in Insterburg. In her honor, her place of birth Kiaulkehmen was renamed "Jungort" on January 22, 1935.

Works

Jung's poems are emotional and often folk song . She also wrote in East Prussian Low German . In addition to poems, she wrote down her childhood memories under the title In der Morgensonne . With readings from this book in over 60 cities, she brought East Prussia and its residents close to many listeners during the First World War . A number of short stories and fairy tales appeared in magazines.

The Kassel composer Luise Greger set the poems Braucht die Rose (op.120 / 15), Dein ( op.122), Ihr Gärtchen ( op.124 ) and O, don't go over ( op.123) to music . Since moving to Buddern in 1912, many of her poems have been written by well-known contemporary composers, among others. a. by Herbert Brust , set to music.

  • Poems , Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Königsberg 1900.
  • May rain - God's blessing (poetry and prose), E. Sterzel's bookstore, Gebr. Reimer, Gumbinnen 1904.
  • Joy and suffering (poetry and prose), E. Sterzel's Buchhandlung, Gebr. Reimer, Gumbinnen 1905.
  • Festive poems and greetings from friends , E. Sterzel's Buchhandlung, Gebr. Reimer, Gumbinnen 1906.
  • New poems , Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Königsberg 1908.
  • In the morning sun (childhood memories), Burckhardthaus Verlag, Berlin-Dahlem 1910.
  • Hold on, my homeland (prose), 1915.
  • Up there in East Prussia (poetry and prose), 1916.
  • From East Prussia's Suffering Days (poetry), 1916.
  • Tante, Seidel , paperback 1924, Burckhardthaus-Verlag, Berlin-Dahlem.
  • Experiences (autobiographical texts), Burckhardthaus Verlag, Berlin-Dahlem 1924.
  • Selected poems , Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Königsberg 1925.
  • Yesterday and Today (poetry and prose), Königsberger Allgemeine Zeitung and Verlagdruckerei, Königsberg 1928.
  • I too sat at table with the pain (selected poetry), Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Munich 1956.
  • Lord, give us bright eyes , Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg , Leer 1981.
  • Nur Du und Ich (selected poetry in German and Russian by Sem Sinkin), “Born” publishing house, Kaliningrad 2006.
  • Evening silence: 50 timeless poems (classics program: Dichter), Martin Werhand Verlag , Melsbach 2017.

Honors (selection)

  • 1925: Honorary citizenship of the city of Insterburg on the occasion of Frieda Jung's 60th birthday
  • 1929: "Frieda Jung-Ehrengrabstätte" dedicated by the city of Insterburg / East Prussia
  • 1929: The Insterburg girls' middle school is named "Frieda Jung-Schule"
  • 1934: Renaming of the municipal secondary girls' school in Angerburg to "Frieda Jung-Schule"
  • 1935: Renaming of her place of birth Kiaulkehmen to "Jungort"
  • 1962: Renaming of the one-class school in Wipperfürth -Neye to "Frieda Jung-Volksschule"
  • 1965: Exhibition at the Angerburger Tage 1965 in the sponsorship district Rotenburg (Wümme) : “100. Birthday, 1865–1929, paintings and works by Frieda Jung "
  • 2009: Inauguration of the "Frieda-Jung honor plaque" in Russian and German at her last house in Insterburg (1916–1929) today in Chernyakhovsk / Russia
  • 2009 Establishment of the "Frieda Jung permanent exhibition" on the life and work of Frieda Jung as a gift from the Insterburger Heimatgruppe Darmstadt to the City Library Museum of Chernyakovsk / Russia (Insterburg / East Prussia until 1945) on the occasion of the celebrations there for the 80th year of death in 2009 of also in Russia esteemed poet.

literature

  • Klaus Marczinowski: Frieda Jung - life and work, joys and sorrows in the life of an East Prussian poet , Husum Verlag, Husum 2008, ISBN 978-3-89876-399-8 .
  • Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen (Ed.): Frieda Jung , Rautenberg, Leer 1985
  • Franz Brümmer : Frieda Brauer, known by her maiden name, Frieda Jung, in: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present , 6th edition, vol. 1, pp. 328–329, Leipzig 1913
  • District community Gumbinnen: Personalities of the homeland - Golden light floods over their head - For the 150th birthday of the poet, Frieda Jung! In: Gumbinner Heimatbrief, issue No. 126–1 / 15, July 2015, pp. 50–51,
  • Eberhard Jung: Frieda Jung - Honored by Germans and Russians together! , in: "The Ostpreußenblatt" of October 10, 2009
  • Heimat-Jahrbuch Ost-Sudetenland, Volume 2, 1954, p. 118, "Lord give us bright eyes ..." by Frieda Jung
  • Volker Bauch: “Full of Joy” - 24 entertaining stories in Advent , St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig, 2016, p. 64 “The Christmas wishes” by Frieda Jung
  • Käthe Andree: Memory of Frieda Jung , in: Ostpreußen-Warte, Portal Ahnenspuren, episode 03/04, March 1951
  • Brigitte Jäger-Drabeck: About Frieda Jung in “Masurische Storchenpost”, November 2008, p. 23 f. and December 2008, p. 28 f.
  • Christian Krollmann: Old Prussian Biography , published on behalf of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research,
  • Volumes 1-2
  • German Literature Lexicon, The 20th Century, KG Sauer-Verlag, Zurich and Munich, volume. 3, published 2003, page 618, entry Frieda Brauer (née Frieda Jung)
  • Martin Bormann: Magic of the homeland , master stories, Gräfe & Unzer-Verlag Munich, 1957, including De Fru Liesegang or Jubilee by Frieda Jung
  • Julia Virginia : Women's poetry of our time , publisher: Schuster & Loeffler, Berlin, Leipzig, 1907, 231 pages, including 6 poems by Frieda Jung, pp. 89–92
  • Heinrich Spiero : History of German women's poetry since 1800 , publisher: BG Teubner, Leipzig, 1913, 139 pages, Frieda Jung pages 121–122,
  • Helmut Motekat : East Prussian literary history with Danzig and West Prussia from 1230-1945 , Schild-Verlag, Munich, 1977, Frieda Jung S. 368-370, ISBN 978-3-88014-053-0
  • Gudrun Wedel; Autobiographies of women, Lexicon, Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna, Ursula-Platz 1, 50668 Cologne, 2010 edition, 1440 S,
  • ISBN 9783412205850 , including poet, Frieda Jung, 1865-1929, Person und Werk, pp. 386–387.
  • Russian colored 22-part picture / photo series with inscription and 2-page text about the life and literary work of Frieda Jung on the Internet under "Frieda Jung, the East Prussian homeland poet"
  • Association of Displaced Persons, Godesberger Allee 72-74, editor of "Important Women from the East", Study Guide No. 66, 35 pages, 1st edition 1997, Frieda Jung, page 22, ISBN 3-925103-84-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Marczinowski: Frieda Jung - life and work, joy and sorrow in the life of an East Prussian poet, Husum 2008. ISBN 978-3-89876-399-8
  2. ↑ Frieda Jung: Evening silence in WorldCat
personal data
SURNAME Young, Frieda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiaulkehmen , District of Gumbinnen (East Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1929
Place of death Insterburg (East Prussia)