Fritz Lendi

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Portrait of Fritz Lendi
Portrait of Fritz Lendi

Fritz Lendi (born June 8, 1896 in Davos Platz GR ; † May 21, 1967 in Bad Ragaz SG ) was a Swiss writer , author of historical novels, journalist , editor and politician .

Life

Fritz Lendi was born on June 8, 1896 in Davos Platz as the son of Friedrich Lendi and Mathilde Lendi-Mossdorf. His parents ran the Lendi bakery in Davos Platz. His brother Christian Lendi was born on November 14, 1899. The mother comes from a family from Saxony who had shopped in the canton of Thurgau. She grew up in Altstätten in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley. One of the family's descendants was their nephew Albert Mossdorf .

In 1907 his parents died. Together with his brother, he then grew up with relatives on his mother's side in Herisau in Appenzell . After finishing secondary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter in the book printer of the Appenzeller Zeitung from 1912 to 1916 .

During the First World War , the young typesetter was rolling through Germany. It took him from Karlsruhe via Vaihingen an der Enz and Penig to Mittweida in Saxony. He was then called up for active service in the Swiss Army . In 1918, after the end of the First World War, his professional path as a typesetter took him to Reinach, Bern, Olten, Heiden and Mels.

In 1920 he founded a family with the teacher's daughter Ursula Marty (born November 3, 1890 - November 17, 1984) from Malans , from which his son Fritz Lendi (1922-2014) and his daughter Lukretia Mathilda Lendi (born January 17, 1927) came . In 1928 he moved to Bad Ragaz . This became the actual field of activity and the second home of Fritz Lendi.

In 1928 he was appointed editor of the Ragaz-Pfäfers foreign newspaper . In 1930 he also took over the editing of the Sarganserländische Volkszeitung (later it was called Der Freie Oberländer ). In these functions he shaped the political and economic development of the municipality of Bad Ragaz and the Sarganserland for thirty years until his retirement.

In 1930 his first work, Schild und Wappen - Primavera, was published by the Association for the Dissemination of Good Writings. Further works followed, including Gesegnete Wasser (1954) with the historical story of Bad Pfäfer and the life of Bernhard Simon . For the SRG he edited, among others ethnographic transmit programs for which he was awarded the Radio Price eastern Switzerland 1,961th

In 1940, in addition to managing the Sarganserländische Volkszeitung , he took over the management of the feature pages of Der Freie Rätier in Chur, the predecessor of the Bündner Zeitung . Working in the liberal press was an inner concern of the journalist. As a political editor, Fritz Lendi recognized the dangers that Nazi Germany threatened Switzerland in the 1930s and war years. In numerous articles and lectures he called on his readers and listeners to defend the country spiritually .

Politically, he was at the head of the Free Democratic Party of the Sargans district. As chairman of the Young Liberal Movement of the Canton of St. Gallen, he was elected to the Cantonal Parliament, the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gallen, for three terms . As a school inspector he was responsible for all school rooms in the Sarganserland.

In July 2019, the Ragazetta took up the Ragazetta years of Bernhard Simon in a special edition with excerpts from the work Gesegnete Wasser by Fritz Lendi.

Literary works

  • Shield and coat of arms - Primavera. Historical narrative. Association for the Dissemination of Good Writings, 1930.
  • The star of freedom. Narrative. Verlag Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel 1938.
  • Late homecoming. Novellas. Walter Loepthien, Meiringen / Stuttgart 1940.
  • The King of the Republic. Novel. Walter Loepthien, Meiringen / Stuttgart 1942.
  • Sankt Luzisteig. Narrative. Walter Loepthien, Meiringen / Stuttgart 1942.
  • The white sledge. Narrative. Walter Loepthien, Meiringen / Stuttgart 1950. New edition 2018.
  • Blessed waters. A description. Walter Loepthien, Meiringen / Stuttgart 1954.
  • Journey to the lowlands. Childhood memory. Amriswiler Bücherei, Amriswil 1964.
  • Collected Works, Volumes I and II. Calven-Verlag, Chur 1974.

Honors

  • 1961: Radio Prize of Eastern Switzerland
  • 1996: Memorial stone with an inscription for the 100th birthday in Bad Ragaz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bad Ragaz Online: History. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ Bad Ragaz Online: History. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Radio & TV award. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ernst Bollinger: The Free Rätier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  5. ^ Bad Ragaz Online: Community news . Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Fritz Lendi: The Star of Freedom: A story from the time of the Prättigau freedom struggles . 1.-3-thousand. Edition. F. Reinhardt, Basel 1938 ( swissbib.ch [accessed on July 8, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Fritz Lendi: The white sledge: a story from the time of the last Walser in Calfeisental . Second edition, [new edition]. Walter Loepthien Verlag, Meiringen 2018 ( swissbib.ch [accessed on July 8, 2019]).
  8. ^ Bad Ragaz Online: History. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  9. ^ Fritz Lendi: Gesegnete Wasser: The history of the famous thermal baths of Pfäfers . W. Loepthien, Meiringen 1954 ( swissbib.ch [accessed on July 8, 2019]).
  10. ^ Fritz Lendi: The journey into the lowlands: memories . Amriswiler Bücherei, [Amriswil] 1964 ( swissbib.ch [accessed on July 8, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Radio & TV award. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lendi, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Writer, historical novelist, journalist, editor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos Platz GR
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1967
Place of death Bad Ragaz GR