Friedrich Wilhelm Helle

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Friedrich Wilhelm Helle (born October 28, 1834 in Bökenförde near Lippstadt , † August 4, 1901 in Munich ) was a German poet and journalist.

Life

Fourteen days before Helle was born, his father's property in Rüthen was destroyed by fire. The parents therefore moved to live with their mother's parents in Bökenförde (then Böckenförde, now part of Lippstadt ), where Helle was born on October 28, 1834. In 1836 the family moved back to their hometown Rüthen , where his father worked as a master blacksmith and farmer. At the age of 10, the young pale was given into the care of a maternal uncle, Pastor Liese in Hallenberg . After his death in 1849, Helle returned to Rüthen.

Because of his poor health, Helle had to interrupt his studies. That's why he learned the bookbinding trade. At the age of 18, he initially resumed his studies privately, then later attended high schools in Warendorf and Brilon . He also attended the academy in Münster for a semester . He took a position as tutor on a Westphalian estate, but continued his studies a year later in Münster and Vienna . Here he worked as a private tutor until 1867. During his student days, Helle heard lectures on classical philology , on German, Spanish and Oriental literature, and dealt with African black mythologies . During this time, his first poems appeared.

The support of some patrons enabled Helle to stay in Rome. From January 1869 to September 1870 he stayed in the Eternal City. After his return home, the death of his father forced him to pursue a livelihood. From 1871 he edited the “Dortmunder Zeitung”, from 1872 the “Koblenzer Volkszeitung”, from October 1872 the “Saarzeitung” in Saarlouis , from May 1873 to 1876 the “Schlesische Volkszeitung” in Breslau , from 1877 to 1880 the “Frankenstein-Münsterberger Zeitung” “In Frankenstein .

The threatened lawsuit for "offense against religion" prompted Helle to emigrate to Jauernig in Austrian Silesia. Supported by the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, who in 1881 granted him an annual payment of 1500 guilders for four years, he worked here on the continuation of his main work "Jesus Messiah". In 1883 and 1884 Helle lived in Ossegg (Bohemia). There he was able to use the extensive library of the Cistercian monastery for his work. From 1884 to 1887 he lived in Teplitz , then edited the “Salzburg Chronicle” until January 1891 and later the “Deutsche Volksschrift” in Bilin near Teplitz.

In September 1892 Helle moved to Dresden so that his son Joseph could get better medical help. After his death he moved to Munich. He was hardly known here.

Helle is known as the poet of the last German Messiad in hexameters and was predominantly epic .

Works

Memorial for Friedrich Wilhelm Helle in Bökenförde
Epic
  • Maria Antoinette. An epic-lyrical poem. Vienna: Seidel 1866
  • Minneife. A romantic poetry. Münster: Russel 1867
  • Mathilde of Meissen. (Ein Minneleben) Lyrical-epic poetry from the time of the Crusades. Munich: Helle 1921
  • Kalanya's Folk Song. Central African creation myth. Epic poetry. Heiligenstadt: Cordier 1894
  • Jesus Messiah. A christological episode. 3 vols. Heiligenstadt: Cordier 1896
  • The creation. Epic poetry. Prologue to “Jesus Messiah”. Donauwörth: Auer 1899
  • The antichrist. From the estate, ed. v. Ansgar Pöllmann, In: Gottesminne 1, 1903, 322 ff. And a .; 2, 1904, 93 ff. And a.
Poetry
  • Reminders to the German people. Patriotic poems from 1857–66. Vienna: Lechner 1866
  • Rome. Catholic seals. Vienna: Mechitharists 1869
  • Rome's hymns and laments. Dortmund: Lensing 1870
  • Marien Prize. Songs to glorify the most blessed virgin. A celebration for the 25th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Neisse: Huch 1879 (1903, 1906)
Prose (partly under the pseudonym Dr. Lucius ):
  • Christkindlein's hike. Christian Christmas fairy tales. Gliwice 1875 (1882, 1904)
  • Fiction and social reform. In: Monthly for Christian Social Reform. 1895 issue 9ff
  • The great church historian Schuhmeier. In: Grazer Volksblatt. 1898 No. 129ff
  • The Holy Week in Rome. In: Salzburger Chronik. 1887 No. 68-77
  • Friend liberalism. In: Monthly for Christian Social Reform. 1894 issue 2ff

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personal data
SURNAME Helle, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Bökenförde near Lippstadt
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1901
Place of death Munich