Gustav Leutelt

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Portrait of Gustav Leutelt
Gustav Leutelt Monument in Wiesbaden
Burial place in Seebergen

Gustav Leutelt (born September 21, 1860 in Josefsthal , † February 17, 1947 in Seebergen ) was a Sudeten German poet and writer .

Life

Gustav Leutelt was born in Josefsthal in the Jizera Mountains , northern Bohemia, as the son of a teacher. He was a great-grandson of the "miracle doctor" Johann Josef Kittel . Leutelt trained as a teacher at the teacher training institute in Leitmeritz and worked as a sub-teacher at his father's elementary school. As a senior teacher in the nearby Untermaxdorf (Dolní Maxov), he initially took over the local elementary school and later also the advanced training school. At this institute he came into contact with glass workers and refiners, whose craft he chose to study for his life. In 1906 he founded a local museum in Untermaxdorf, in which he collected documents, pictures and other exhibits on the economy and history of the Upper Kamnitztal . After 1922 he moved to Gablonz an der Neisse as a pensioner .

Leutelt was expelled from his homeland at the age of 85 by the Beneš decrees in 1946. He died in Seebergen near Gotha in 1947 at the age of 86. His grave is also in the Seeberg cemetery.

Artistic creation

Leutelt wrote in the tradition of Adalbert Stifter . Because of his prose connected with the nature of the Jizera Mountains, he was called the "poet of the Jizera Mountains". In contrast to others, Leutelt's work was not dominated by the nationality conflict between Czechs and Germans in Bohemia. He described the general human fate in work and community life in his homeland.

Quotes

“Home is not everything, but it is the root system from which the world tree rises. Neither love of home as an escape from the world, nor love of the world out of disdain for home are good. Education at home is not an end in itself; but it should lead to awe of the homeland. And we have to look for a way to this that is also feasible for those who are estranged from it. World love with home in the heart should be the highest for us. "

Awards and honors

Works

Handwriting
  • Descriptions from the Jizera Mountains , 1899
  • The royal houses , 1906
  • The second face , 1911
  • Hüttenheimat , 1919
  • From the Jizera Mountains. Stories , 1920
  • The Glass Forest , 1925
  • The book from the forest , 1928
  • Pictures from the life of glass workers , 1929
  • Seventy years of my life , 1930
  • Midsummer Night. Sudeten German stories , 1930
  • Doctor Kittel , 1943
  • Glassmaker , 1944
  • Destiny , 1944

Work editions

  • Collected works in three volumes , Karlsbad: Adam Kraft Verlag 1934–1936 (2nd edition 1941–1943)
  • Gustav Leutelt. Complete edition in two volumes , ed. v. Adalbert Schmidt. Augsburg: Adam Kraft Verlag 1953–1955
  • Complete edition in five volumes , Schwäbisch Gmünd: Leutelt-Gesellschaft 1986–1990

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personal data
SURNAME Leutelt, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sudeten German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Josefsthal
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1947
Place of death Seamounts