Georg Reichert

Georg Reichert (1988)

Georg Reichert (born November 15, 1919 in Vogtsreichenbach ; † August 8, 1997 ibid) was a Franconian dialect poet . He was the only child of his parents Friedrich and Elisabeth Reichert. Reichert published 12 “Büchla” and in 1983 received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his commitment to the Franconian language .

Life

youth

Georg Reichert was born at home on his parents' farm. At the age of six he attended the Zautendorf elementary school. Due to the involvement in the work on the home farm and the prospect of a career as a farmer, he left school after seven years, although his teacher had recommended a higher education to him because of his good performance. In order to continue running the farm well, he took further training courses at the agricultural school in Fürth in the winter months of 1937/38 and 1938/39.

War years

Reichert was drafted into military service on October 4, 1940. From that point on he was a soldier in the fourth company of Infantry Battalion 21 in Fürth. His first military deployment was from August 11, 1941 to March 2, 1943 in Russia on the Eastern Front . During this time, Reichert experienced many situations that shaped him. So he thought several times about the very likely death: "A bullet has to pierce my skull, it can't be otherwise, I have to die, dear parents". After a brief military deployment in France and Italy, he had to go to the Russian front for the last time after a three-week vacation. There he fell ill with malaria and was then transferred to the hospital in Lohr am Main . When he was again "conditionally KV [war-usable]", he was ordered to a barracks in Bayreuth. There he barely escaped an Allied bombardment on April 8, 1945. In retrospect, Reichert always spoke of the "unfortunate" or "terrible war".

Rural life

After Reichert married his wife Babette in 1950, his children Betty and Werner were born in 1953 and 1956. In the following years Reichert initially devoted himself to the enlargement as well as the mechanization and motorization of his farm: A new barn and stable were built, two machine halls were built and farmland, meadow and forest were bought. In the final form, his farm, including all buildings, comprised a total area of ​​around 12 hectares, plus 4 hectares of leased land and a vehicle fleet consisting of a Goggomobil, a HELA tractor and a combine harvester. After the income for farmers collapsed in the 1970s, Reichert had to apply for a job outside of agriculture and only run the farm as a sideline. Despite the new situation, Reichert remained a “farmer with body and soul”.

Gainful employment

On January 2, 1977, at the age of 57, Reichert began his new job as an employee at the Fürth District Office. From then on he was “at work” every day for his family.

"[...] I took my vacation for the hay and grain harvest, so I was busy all year round".

Before that, he had already worked outside his farm. For example, he regularly wrote articles for the local section of the Fürther Nachrichten about what was happening around his home village. In 1979 he ended this engagement due to the high time required. In addition, Reichert worked in the years 1968 to December 1992 in the creation of the Franconian dictionary of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen . For this purpose, he regularly answered questionnaires about his dialect. In total, there were “around 2000 questions on 3558 individual problems (stable animals, types of grain, old and new tools and machines, human body parts and a large number of verbs)”.

Retirement

At the age of 65, Reichert was retired from work by District Administrator Dietrich Sommerschuh in 1985. "In these 8 years, apart from my accident, I had not made sick a day, although it was sometimes not well, and now I went back to my old, familiar farm work"

Works

prose

• A farmer writes verses . Memoirs of a Franconian farmer, Emskirchen 1988
• In how much trouble ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you . Memoirs of life, Emskirchen 1994

Poetry

• Everything is possible in the world. Experiences of a farmer from Vogtsreichenbach, Nuremberg 1967
• Därrgott woar not su stupid. Further useful life chapters of a Franconian farmer, Nuremberg 1972
• Everything - just ka paradise. The useful life chapter of a Franconian farmer, third volume, Heroldsberg 1976
• A psichiatrist must be hard. The useful life chapter of a Franconian farmer, fourth volume, Heroldsberg 1979
• I suck it as it is! Market Erlbach 1982
• Bauer is still thinking. Emskirchen 1985
• Wouldn't you know, the Leit? Poems and Gschichtli vo sunst und etz, Emskirchen 1987
• A little what from time. Emskirchen 1991
• How it is in our world. Emskirchen 1992
• Where i suck is woahr. Emskirchen 1993
• Some dialect poems. In: Fürther Heimatblätter, New Series 18, 1968, pp. 11–13

literature

• Sebastian Wach: Georg Reichert - a Franconian farmer and dialect poet. Zirndorf 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ top v .: Keep dialect alive, four Middle Franconians honored with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, in: Fürther Nachrichten, 3./4. December 1983
2. ↑ Georg Reichert: In How Much Need ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you. Life memories . Emskirchen 1994, p. 27 .
3. ↑ Georg Reichert: In How Much Need ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you. Life memories . Emskirchen 1994, p. 63 .
4. ↑ Georg Reichert: A farmer writes verses. Memories of a Franconian farmer . Emskirchen 1988, p. 8th f .
5. ↑ Georg Reichert: In How Much Need ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you. Life memories . Emskirchen 1994, p. 96 .
6. ↑ Georg Reichert: In How Much Need ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you. Life memories . Emskirchen 1994, p. 88 .
7. ↑ Gudrun Bayer: It is high time . Nürnberger Zeitung, Nuremberg June 29, 1991.
8. ↑ Georg Reichert: In How Much Need ... the gracious God did not spread his wings over you. Life memories . Emskirchen 1994, p. 90 .