Gerhard Jung

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Gerhard Jung in the "Domhotel zum Geist" in Freiburg (1964)
Poem by Jung on the Feldberger Dichterwegli

Gerhard Anton Jung (born August 10, 1926 in Zell im Wiesental ; † April 25, 1998 in Lörrach ) was a German dialect poet and writer . He also composed and sang songs in Alemannic , the dialect in which most of his texts were written. He was particularly known in the Black Forest for his poems .

Life

Gerhard Jung grew up in the Wiesental . His father, a Franconian named Karl, was a veterinarian and his mother Hermine was a housewife. He had three siblings. In Zell he went to elementary school and in Schopfheim he attended high school. From 1946 until his retirement in 1981 he worked for the post office . As bailiff was his duty to carry out the training of middle and senior postal service. He also found people among the many apprentices who saw him not only as a teacher and trainer, but also as a friend and role model. Furthermore, Gerhard Jung worked as a freelance local poet . He was also a member of the board of numerous associations and, last but not least, a motor and advisor. After his retirement he devoted himself entirely to his passion, writing. Strongly shaped by the war years, peace and reconciliation were among the focus of his texts. One of his most famous works is the book "Bettmümpfeli", the seventh edition of which reached 35,000 copies. For Gerhard Jung, the focus was always on "being able to create a home for people". Gerhard Jung and his wife Klara Jung, née Wuchner, two sons, Karlheinz and Markus Manfred Jung and a daughter, Sabine Maria Ging. The high point of his poetry came at the beginning of the 1970s, when he was awarded the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Badge by the community of Hausen im Wiesental in 1973 and the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Prize by the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1974. The native poet , popular in the Black Forest, died in Lörrach in 1998 with his family.

Honors

  • Honorary member of the traditional costume group in Zell im Wiesental (1971)
  • Johann-Peter-Hebel badge of the community of Hausen im Wiesental (1973)
  • Johann Peter Hebel Literature Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1974)
  • Gold Medal of Honor for Special Services to the Black Forest Association (1974)
  • Gold Medal of Honor of the Federation of Heimat und Volksleben (1977)
  • Home Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1980)
  • Honorary Citizen of the City of Zell im Wiesental (1986)
  • Honorary member of the Federation of Heimat und Volksleben (1987)
  • Honorary citizen of the community of Hausen im Wiesental (1997)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (April 24, 1997)

Works

Books

  • D'Heimet uf em Wald (1960)
  • Schmecksch de Brägel (1966)
  • Root and Leaf (1968)
  • Bettmümpfeli (1971)
  • Where ane gohsch? (1973)
  • Slide e bizzeli nöcher (1977)
  • Uf de threshold (1980)
  • Proscht Gürgeli (1983)
  • Come on, how about it? (1983)
  • Solstice (1985)
  • Through the Seasons (1986)
  • E Flammli Glows (1987)
  • In the Black Forest Herrgottswinkel (1989)
  • Souvenierli us in the Black Forest (1991)
  • Tomorrow comes the Swede (1992)
  • Rutsch no ne bizzeli nöcher (1993)
  • Im Belchenwind (1993)
  • With e me pencil stump (1995)
  • Seifiblodere (1995)
  • Good Lord is beautiful (1996)

Sound carrier

  • Everything That Is Beautiful (1976)
  • Slide e bizzeli more (1986)
  • Black Forest Buuremess (1986)
  • S rag doll (2000)

Plays

Jung wrote 60 small and medium-sized dialect plays, which are in the archive for Alemannic dialect plays in Denzlingen.

  • The Herrischrieder Wedding (1983)
  • The treasure in the Hotzenwald (1985)
  • The women of Dogern (1986)
  • Gueti alti Zit (1988)
  • Bernau 1848 (1990)
  • Tomorrow comes the Swede (1991)
  • What a Zit (1992)
  • The Blacksmith of Dogern (1992)
  • Gugelfuhr (1995)
  • One day in April
  • Father, We're Coming to Your House (1998)

Opera

  • Waldwiehnacht in the Black Forest (1997). Christmas opera for children. Music: Volker Felgenhauer (* 1965). World premiere December 13, 1997 Lörrach ( St. Peter ; theater group Regio, children's choir and youth symphony orchestra; director: Sibylle Kiefer; conductor: Martin Kruck)

literature

  • E joy and not denied: On the 75th birthday of the honorary citizen Gerhard Jung von Elmar Vogt
  • The life of Gerhard Jung by Thomas Knauber

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jung, Gerhard Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Zell im Wiesental
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1998
Place of death Loerrach