Gottwalt Weber

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Gottwalt Weber with his wife Margarete

Johannes Gottwalt Weber (born October 10, 1869 in Klöden , † November 10, 1934 in Dessau ) was a German fairy tale writer.

Life

Gottwalt Weber was born as the son of the teacher Friedrich Otto Weber and his wife Lina Emma Julie Hofmann in 1869 in Klöden. He spent his childhood in Dröbel an der Saale , where his father had been transferred. Gottwalt Weber started school there in 1875. At 14 he wrote his first songs. He attended the Leipzig University and then taught as a senior teacher at the elementary school in Dessau until 1911.

Gottwalt Weber married Margarete Pape on October 2, 1900 (* October 5, 1877 in Roßlau (Elbe) ; † May 11, 1952 in Dessau). She was the daughter of the pharmacist Ferdinand Pape and his wife Marie Dannemann, who lived as rentiers in Dessau and Fallersleben . The marriage resulted in three children, Gottwalt, Margarethe and Eberhard.

In 1911 he was appointed director of the Lyceum in Zerbst . The family moved into the patrician house of the Brand von Lindau family. The house was close to Zerbst Castle , the Dukes of Anhalt .

Kavaliershaus Brand von Lindau

Gottwalt Weber died on November 10, 1934 in Dessau, Goethestr. 20, where he had retired in 1933.

Literary meaning

The Austrian writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , whom Weber had consulted, persuaded him to propose his first fairy tales to Bertelsmann Verlag for publication. After the publication of the novella volume Novellen (1892) and several fairy tales in the Snowflakes series , he became known to a wide public in 1913 with the publication of the fairy tale volume From the corner of the city wall .

World War I , defeat in 1918 and the Treaty of Versailles shaped the writer. After 1918 his tone changed. Some of the poems in the volume Sonnenglanz und Wolkenschatten (1921) contain a militant, nationalist accent. In the youth story Beside the Heerstraße (1923) he spread anti-Russian and anti-French stereotypes.

His Schildbürgerstäum - Poodle-mad people - Hilarious Schildbürgerstreich (1922) as well as The first car in Schilda. A primeval story in thirty-three chapters (1930) - show another facet of the work. Gottwalt Weber was inspired to do this by both the shield bourgeoisie and the political life in Zerbst and Dessau.

From the end of the 1920s he only published traditional fairy tales - What Waldzwerglein tells (1927). Most of his works were published by the publishing house for children's and youth books "Leipziger Graphische Werke" and were provided with illustrations by Paul Hey (1867–1952), Carl Schreiber, Albert Erbert (1879–1958) and Fritz Baumgarten (1883–1966) .

Works

  • Novellas. [Publisher unknown], Dessau 1892.
  • Monument to Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt by Ludwig Manzel, explained by Gottwalt Weber. Eduard de Rot Verlag, Dessau 1908.
  • From the corner of the city wall. New German fairy tales. Printed and published by C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1913, 116 pp. (Illustrations by Paul Hey) (further editions 1916, 1922 and 1928)
  • Neunmalklug and his faithful. L. Fernau Verlag, Leipzig 1919.
  • Sun shine and cloud shadows. A small volume of poetry. H. Zeidler's Verlag, Zerbst 1921.
  • Poodle Crazy People - Hilarious Shield Citizen Pranks. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig vorm. Vogel & Vogel, 1922, 136 p. (Illustrations by Carl Schreiber) (further editions 1923, 1926, 1929 and 1931)
  • New German fairy tales. Fairy tale collection - New German fairy tales by Gottwalt Weber. Bing-Spiele and Verlag, Nuremberg [1923], 99 p. (= Youth publications)
  • Next to Heerstrasse. Stories for our boys. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1923, 135 p. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • Through flames and floods, stories for our boys. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1930. 135 p. (Second edition 1930)
  • Hilde's talisman and other stories for young girls. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1924, 144 pages (= Daughter Library) (illustrations by Albert Erbert) (second edition 1930)
  • Ajax and Lotte. New human and animal stories. Berliner Tierschutz Verein, [Berlin] 1926, 115 p. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert) (further editions 1926 and 1928)
  • Unge Pulei and other short stories with a picture of the author. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1926, 166 pp.
  • What Waldzwerglein says. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1927, 124 p. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert) (further editions 1930 et 1932)
  • Funny Guys - Sparkling brand new shield pranks. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1928, 158 pages (illustrations by Carl Schreiber)
  • Fairy tale of the mountain fairy. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1929, 135 pages (illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • Mermaid tales. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1930, 135 pages (illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • Brand new shield pranks. Verlag A. Anton & Co., Leipzig [approx. 1930], 140 p. (Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten) (further editions 1930 and 1935)
  • The first car in Schilda. An ancient story in thirty-three chapters. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig / Paul Franke Verlag, Berlin, 1930, 141 p. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert) (second edition 1931)
  • Magic castle fairy tale. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1931, 135 pages (illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • The trip to the magic island, a fairy tale. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1931, 141 pp. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • Heathen tale. New German fairy tales. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1931, 142 p. (Illustrations by Albert Erbert)
  • The red necklace. A German forest and Christmas fairy tale, Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1932, 137 pages (illustrations by Albert Erbert)

literature

  • The big Brockhaus. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1935, vol. 20 (Wan – Zz), 15th edition, p. 75.
  • Reinhard Oberschelp (Ed.): Complete directory of German-language literature. (GV- 1911-1965.) KG Saur, Munich / New York / London / Paris 1981, Vol. 141 (Wam-Wed), p. 347.
  • Aiga Klotz: Children's and Young People's Literature in Germany 1840–1950. Complete list of publications in German. Vol. V (T-Z). JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, pp. 179-180.
  • Meyer's Lexicon. Seventh edition, Vol. 12 Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1930, p. 1107.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottwalt Weber: Unge Pulei and other short stories. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1926, p. 10.
  2. ↑ Gottwalt Weber: Unge Pulei and other short stories. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1926, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Gottwalt Weber: Unge Pulei and other short stories. Leipziger Graphische Werke, Leipzig 1926, p. 12.
  4. ^ German Administration for National Education in the Soviet Occupation Zone (Ed.): List of the literature to be sorted out . Second addendum. Deutscher Zentralverlag, Berlin 1948, transcript letter W, pp. 307–328.
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Gottwalt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Johannes Gottwalt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fairy tale writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Dumplings
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1934
Place of death Dessau