Günther Steyrer

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Memorial plaque for Günter Steyrer in Feistritz an der Drau

Günther Steyrer (* 1931 in Spittal an der Drau ; † April 21, 1986 in Graz ) was a Carinthian school principal, dialect poet and composer.

Life

Günther Steyrer was born in 1931 as the oldest of three children and grew up in Villach-Lind . The apartment there was destroyed by an air raid, and the father did not return from captivity until 1952 . Like his father and grandfather, he too was to become a teacher and therefore, after graduating from high school in 1950, he graduated from the teacher training college in Klagenfurt. He received his first apprenticeship at the Asten elementary school located at 1700 meters above sea level, and in 1959 he switched to the Gschriet elementary school at 1100 meters . From 1973 until his early retirement due to a stroke in 1978, he was director of the Weissenstein elementary school . Günther Steyrer died on April 21, 1986 in a hospital in Graz . He was married twice and had three children from his first marriage.

During his time in Gschriet he began to write poetry in Carinthian dialect . From 1972 these were published in a total of 12 books, mainly by Klagenfurt Verlag Heyn . He often drew the inspiration for his often short but expressive poems directly from his everyday life as a country school teacher, nature and its changes. But religiosity also takes up a large space - atypical for a Protestant , he also composed praises of the Blessed Mother Mary . In addition, Steyrer, who could play several instruments, also worked as a choir director and composer. In 1966 he took over the management of the Feistritz / Drau singing community , and in 1973 also that of the AGV Weißenstein . Inspired by a Salzburg tradition, he composed the so-called Feistritzer Advent Singing together with Dieter Wiedergut in 1972 , which is still performed regularly.

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Tyrolis label released five CDs with Carinthian songs and texts by Günther Steyrer between 2008 and 2013. The municipality of Paternion honored him in a prominent place in the Feistritz district with a memorial plaque, and in Weißenstein a street is named after him.

Publications

Volumes of poetry

  • The Lindn has faded. Poems in Carinthian dialect. (= Living word; small books in Austrian dialect 72). Welsermühl, Wels 1972.
  • Schattnroasn. Poems in Carinthian dialect. Welsermühl, Wels 1977.
  • Out of my snail shell. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1977, ISBN 3853662277 .
  • In me the land. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1979, ISBN 3853663214 .
  • Everything has weight. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1980, ISBN 3853663621 .
  • The well is running again. Poems in Carinthian dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1980, ISBN 3853395260 .
  • Yeah yeah yeah Poems in Kärtner dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1982, ISBN 3853663974 .
  • Between the crib and cross. Meditations in Kärtner dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1983, ISBN 3853664156 .
  • Kumm, sit here a bit. Poems in Carinthian dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1984, ISBN 3853664245 .
  • Over Türdrischpl behind glass pictures a safe childhood. In Carinthian dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1985, ISBN 3853664490 .
  • Wia's keeps coming. Poems in Carinthian dialect. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1987, ISBN 3853665241 .
  • Leutlan Horcht's Zua. funny poems and stories. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1991, ISBN 3853663745 .

CDs

  • 2008: Günther Steyrer - To my Carinthia. (Tyrolis)
  • 2011: Wås is a Karntnaliad. (Tyrolis)
  • 2011: Carinthian Christmas with texts by Günther Steyrer. (Tyrolis)
  • 2012: Carinthian Mariensingen with texts by Günther Steyrer. (Tyrolis)
  • 2013: Carinthian Passion Singing with texts by Günther Steyrer. Contemplative passion songs. (Tyrolis)

Audio cassettes

  • 1996 (?): Mary - Mother of Grace. Marian poems by Günther Steyrer. (Tyrolis)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefan Hanzer: Images of people: Being Dånkbår for a happy hour. Günther Steyrer (1931-1986) . In: Community courier. Communications from the market town of Paternion . Volume 59, episode 227, July 2017. Paternion 2017, p. 43 f . ( paternion.gv.at [PDF]).
  2. ^ Benefit concert in Zlan - "Feistritzer Advent". meinviertel.at, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Christian Wetternig: A new CD as a tribute to Günther Steyr. Kleine Zeitung , February 24, 2011, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ Günther Steyrer at Tyrolis . Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Kleindenkmaeler.at - Jewels of our cultural landscape - Günther Steyrer memorial plaque. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Steyrer, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Carinthian headmaster, dialect poet and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Spittal an der Drau
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1986
Place of death Graz