Georg Rendl
Georg Rendl (born February 1, 1903 in Zell am See , † January 10, 1972 in Sankt Georgen near Salzburg ) was an Austrian writer , poet and painter .
Life
Georg Rendl was the son and youngest of four children of Georg Paul Rendl, a railway official from Tyrol; also the mother Antonia Rendl, geb. Kleinheinz, came from there. Rendl attended elementary and secondary school in Salzburg , where his father had been transferred. He had bought a piece of land in Bürmoos, about 20 km north of the city, and built a bee farm there with 160 colonies. Rendl dropped out of school prematurely, apprenticed to beekeeping with his father and later became a traveling beekeeping teacher himself. Rendl spent a few years in that part of today's Bürmoos community, which at that time still belonged to St. Georgen near Salzburg, and ran the bee farm. However, this was lost due to an unfortunate financial ruin of the father. In the following years, Rendl lived in extreme poverty and hired himself out as a simple worker in a brick factory, in track construction and in a mine; Most recently he worked as a glass blower until the factory in Bürmoos was closed. As a result, he was unemployed for a long time and completely penniless. During this time he went from being an atheist to being a believer. Finally, Rendl began to write and soon found a publisher's interest.
On March 3, 1934, Rendl married the Salzburg notary's daughter and infant sister Bertha Funke, who was always a loyal help in his later life. He moved with her to Bürmoos, but returned to Salzburg in 1937. In 1938 he moved again and permanently to St. Georgen and moved into a secluded house "to be away from the hustle and bustle of the National Socialist marches and the contempt of my former acquaintances and friends".
During the time of National Socialism , Rendl was a member of the Reichsschrifttumskammer in order to be allowed to write, but was ostracized as a Catholic writer and known as an opponent of the regime. After he had dealt with the Gestapo several times and to avoid final arrest, Rendl moved in as a medical soldier.
In the 1950s he was successful as a writer and playwright. In addition to his literary work, Rendl was particularly active as a painter and again as a beekeeper in old age. He created works of naive painting to the last . His work comprises between 200 and 300 oil and reverse glass paintings, the majority of which were purchased by the St. Georgen community while he was still alive.
Georg Rendl lived until his death in his house in God's hands in St. Georgen, a secluded, former agricultural outbuilding that he had rented from the St. Georgen pastor and converted into a residential building himself. The relationship between the writer and his rural environment is classified as complicated.
Georg Rendl's rather small circle of friends included the poet Jakob Haringer and the politician Josef Kaut, as well as the painters Albert Birkle and Wilhelm Kaufmann . He was also known to Stefan Zweig , among others . Rendl was a devout person and always remained humble. A central motif in his life was the gift:
"I had to look after everything that was given to me so that I could give everything away, because I am a real beggar [...] I am a rich beggar: nothing belongs to me because I give."
Rendl died of a stroke in his house around three years after his wife Bertha on January 10, 1972. His grave is in the St. Georgen cemetery.
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Georg Rendl became famous for his bee novel , which was published in 1931 by Insel-Verlag and was written in just 50 days, and for his trilogy of novels, Die Glasbläser von Bürmoos . Both reflect the experiences during his time in Bürmoos. But the decisive factor for Rendl's acceptance into the publishing house was his work Before the Windows , published in 1932, which reflected his time as an unemployed person.
During the National Socialist era, some of his earlier works were reissued and given a current foreword. It is unclear whether Rendl's knowledge of the Nazi-friendly comments there was even available.
In the 1950s, some of his books had high editions. His play Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich was performed in the Vienna Volkstheater , and the Salzburg State Theater played Stay with Us Vianney and Savonarola .
In the sixties, Rendl turned away from literature and to painting, which he had mainly pursued as a hobby up until then, and a large number of oil paintings were created as a result.
Most recently, the Otto Müller Verlag in Salzburg has reissued some literary works.
- List of works
- 1931: The bee novel. Leipzig. Also English, American, Dutch edition.
- 1932: In front of the windows. Novel. Stuttgart. Also French, Dutch edition.
- 1932: That's why I praise the summer. Novel. Stuttgart
- 1933: Faust worker. Stories. Leipzig
- 1933: The Game of Death. Amateur play . First performance in Vienna
- 1933: debtor. Gospel game. Munich. Polish edition too.
- 1934: The appointed. Roman, Stuttgart. Also Hungarian edition.
- 1934: Satan on earth. Novel. Salzburg / Leipzig. Finnish edition too.
- 1934: The Sower. Gospel game. Munich
- 1934: Before the harvest. Gospel game. Munich
- 1935: People in the moor. Novel. Volume 1 of the glassblower trilogy. Salzburg / Leipzig
- 1935: vision of great mercy. Stories. Berlin
- 1935: Passion. Game of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Vienna
- 1936: Fairy tale flights to the bee land , youth story. Stuttgart
- 1937: The animals in the seven nights. Animal book. Stuttgart
- 1937: The glassblowers. Volume 2 of the glassblower trilogy. Salzburg / Leipzig
- 1937: Ghost made of steel. Volume 3 of the glassblower trilogy. Salzburg / Leipzig
- 1937: Homeland Salzburg. Hiking book. Graz / Leipzig
- 1937: Elisabeth, Empress of Austria. Play. Vienna / Volkstheater
- 1937: village summer. Youth book. Dülmen
- 1938: St. Wolfgang - brief description of his life. Kevelaer
- 1938: The majoress. Game for women. Munich
- 1939: a happy person. Novel. Munich. Czech edition too.
- 1940: Now it's different. Stories. Leipzig
- 1940: The two tomcats and other animal stories. Leipzig
- 1940: The conqueror Franz Xaver . Portrait of the saint. Freiburg
- 1940: The trip to the mother. Novel. Bonn
- 1940: The new home. Narrative. Bochum
- 1940: Sebastian on the street. Youth book. Recklinghausen
- 1946: Christ the King Game. Confession game. Vienna
- 1947: I'm looking for joy. Novel. Salzburg / Lucerne
- 1948: poems. Salzburg
- 1948: The Nameless One. Mystery play . Linz
- 1948: The little passion play . Vienna
- 1948: fire in the sky. A game for Advent and Christmas. Munich
- 1950: Sebastian on the street. Recklinghausen (reprint)
- 1951: Vincent de Paul . A festive game. Freiburg in Breisgau
- 1951: House in God's hands. Novel. Vienna
- 1952: The Unloved. Novel. Vienna
- 1954: a girl. Novel. Vienna
- 1955: Stay with us Vianney . Play. Salzburg
- 1957: Savonarola . Play. Salzburg
- 1963: These are the poems. Salzburg
Aftermath
Georg Rendl has been forgotten after his death in 1972. To mark the 100th birthday, the Georg-Rendl-Gesellschaft, founded in 2000, and the communities of St. Georgen and Bürmoos commemorated Georg Rendl in several events. Among other things, this led Theater Holzhausen the glassblowers of Bürmoos on. The Georg Rendl Symposium organized by Andreas Maislinger dealt with a. with the theme "village writers".
From 1983 to 1985, the Salzburg Chamber of Labor awarded the Georg Rendl Prize for literature from the world of work. (Rendl's novel trilogy Die Glasbläser von Bürmoos was long considered the only Salzburg industrial novel .) It was awarded to Engelbert Obernosterer and to two members of the Salzburg authors' group : Christine Haidegger and O. P. Zier .
The artist is honored with a street named after him in Salzburg and in Zell am See as well as with a path named after him in Bürmoos and St. Georgen. The Georg-Rendl-Haus in St. Georgen is located in the Au district and can be visited; the Rendl-Haus in Bürmoos was demolished in September 2008 due to its dilapidation and other building projects.
literature
- Georg Rendl (1903–1972) poet and painter. For the 100th birthday. Catalog for the special exhibition in the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum January 31 to June 15, 2003, published by the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum and the Georg Rendl Society, Salzburg 2003.
- Arnold Nauwerck: Georg Rendl. His life in certificates and documents. Salzburg Museum Carolinum Augusteum, Salzburg 2006, ISBN 3-900088-17-9 .
- Ruth-Maria Steiner: Georg Rendl and Salzburg. Term paper from German studies, University of Salzburg 1978.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Rendl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Georg Rendl in the Salzburg Literature Network
- Georg Rendl on the website of the Bürmoos History Association
- Georg Rendl on the website of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum (pictures, curriculum vitae)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karl Heinz Ritschel: Georg Rendl. A Salzburg poet has risen again. In: Salzburger Nachrichten , September 30, 1995.
- ↑ a b quotation from Karl Heinz Ritschel: Georg Rendl. A Salzburg poet has risen again. In: Salzburger Nachrichten , September 30, 1995.
- ↑ www.salzburg.mobi ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rendl, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zell am See |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1972 |
| Place of death | St. Georgen near Salzburg |