Gottfried Schwab
Gottfried Schwab (born June 26, 1851 in Darmstadt , † March 2, 1903 in Neu-Wittelsbach near Munich ) was a German poet and writer of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
life and work
Gottfried Schwab was the son of the merchant Wilhelm Schwab and was born in 1851 in his parents' office building on the White Tower in Darmstadt. After finishing school, Schwab lived in Switzerland for four years . His main interest was art and nature. Schwab became known especially for his patriotic poems .
Gottfried Schwab was buried in the old cemetery in Darmstadt (grave site: IV wall 116).
Varia
Gottfried Schwab's friend, the composer Arnold Mendelssohn , set several of his poems to music.
Works (selection)
- Tisiphone. A story from the Dekumatenlande (A story from 1888. A criminal story from the late period of Roman rule on the Middle Rhine.)
- Kunst und Büttel (A comedy directed against the "Lex Heinze" from 1900 with its severe punishment for freedom of movement in art.)
- Michel, listen, the sea breeze is whistling! (An award-winning fleet song.)
- Cloud shadows and high gloss . Vlg. Von Lampart & C, Augsburg, 1910
Honors
The Gottfried Schwab monument on Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt commemorates Gottfried Schwab.
literature
- Gottfried Schwab. In: Karlheinz Müller, Literary Walks in Darmstadt , Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-7929-0203-6 , pp. 184f.
- Gottfried Schwab. In: Roland Dotzert et al .: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt , Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1930-3 and ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 , p. 814.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwab, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1903 |
| Place of death | Neu-Wittelsbach near Munich |