Hans Gruber (Author)

Handover of the record “7 Sagen aus Vorarlberg” by Hans Gruber (center) to Siegfried Gasser (right) on December 12, 1977

Johann "Hans" Josef Gruber , pseudonym Thurnhers Hannes , (* July 22, 1924 in Dornbirn ; † July 21, 2000 there ) was an Austrian entrepreneur, journalist and dialect author.

He worked as a freelancer for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , Radio Vorarlberg , and as a well-known author of the Dornbirn dialect as well as a musician (guitar) and entrepreneur. Due to his learned job as a radio technician (later also entertainment equipment and television), which he practiced after the Second World War, he is also considered a pioneer for this technology in Vorarlberg. He also worked for a time as a major buyer for the corporate merger "Funkberater" (purchasing cooperation) in Japan.

Life

Hans Gruber was the legitimate son of Franz Gruber (born February 19, 1896 in Laupertshausen ) and Laura Karolin Gruber, née Thurnher, (born June 24, 1896 in Dornbirn), who married on August 17, 1922. The marriage had two children (sister: Gruber Margaretha Johanna, married Wolf, * June 21, 1922; † December 5, 2013). Hans Gruber attended elementary and secondary school in the Markt district of Dornbirn and, in addition to secondary school, did an apprenticeship as a radio mechanic with his father. Gruber originally wanted to be a painter. He was trained as a technician in the German Navy and was employed as a seaman, stoker and technical engineer during the Second World War (Gruber volunteered at the age of 16 ½, his father was a mechanical engineer on the SMS Prinz Eugen during the First World War ). After his ship was sunk in the Mediterranean in 1945, Gruber was briefly captured by the Americans (Italy).

After the Second World War, he worked as an entrepreneur in the radio and television technology sector. At the same time, he worked as a freelancer at ORF Vorarlberg with various areas of responsibility, initially under his real name as a musician (baroque music) and moderator (initially with contributions to the biographies of famous musicians). He was also involved in the specialist group in the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce , including as chairman of the specialist group and chairman of the journeyman's and master craftsman's examination commission.

The pseudonym Thurnhers Hannes is made up of his mother's maiden name (nee Thurnher) and his abbreviated first name Johann or his nickname Hans (= Hannes) and was chosen by him because the name Hans Gruber was too little "Dornbirnerisch" ( Dorobirarisch ) appeared.

Gruber was married and they have two children.

Works

Thurnhers Hannes: Do Wär 'back amol Thurnhers Hannes , Bertschler, Schwarzach 1986, LP and MC (audio book) on Berton Records (Tyrolis)

Thurnhers Hannes: Thurnhers Hannes tells - Ma since jo nünt, ma redat blos , dialect 1974, ORF live recording in the Schlossbräu in Dornbirn | ORF live recording in the school building in Götzis, 2 CD audio book - Dornbirn 2000, ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg, | CDDB: misc / 020de201

Thurnhers Hannes: Thurnhers Hannes Tramfahrt go Luschnou (sound carrier)

Thurnhers Hannes: Härtnarei Moosbrugger (sound carrier)

Thurnhers Hannes: Uf's Eosso warta (sound carrier)

Thurnhers Hannes u. a .: Vorarlberg dialect radio plays , Dornbirn 2001, Radio Vorarlberg (four-part work)

Hans Gruber recorded a total of seven long-playing records during his lifetime, from which several other sound carriers (e.g. MC , CD ) were produced.

Television and radio

As early as the late 1940s, he was involved in radio broadcasts on ORF Vorarlberg on classical musicians, entertainment programs and radio plays.

The breakthrough came in 1962 as a dialect poet and subtle observer of his environment on Radio Vorarlberg with the contribution: “Ma since jo nünt, ma redat blos” (German: “you don't say anything, you just talk”). Several hundred radio broadcasts followed, appearances in Vorarlberg, in the neighboring German-speaking area and in Vienna in this particular genre. The last contribution before his death was “Der Teifelskrug”, a radio play. In total, he is said to have written around 1000 articles, stories, poems, etc. for the radio, recordings and public events.

Out and about in Austria: Landle in sight , ORF Center, August 28, 1979

Austria picture: Thurnher's Hannes (Hans Gruber) , ORF center, November 15, 1984

Thurnher's Hannes ' 70th birthday , ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg, August 2, 1994

Off Maz CD presentation Thurnher's Hannes , ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg, February 4, 2001

Web links

Worldcat entry
Literature by and about Hans Gruber in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ See also about his life: " Thurnhers Hannes, as nobody knows him ", in the radio report: " Barrel organ - Lüt vom Ländle and around ", June 18, 1995, Ö2 , Radio Vorarlberg , 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm.
↑ The profession of radio mechanic was not regulated at that time and was considered a "free profession".
↑ See: Radio interview from September 22, 1996, Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, “Lüt vom Ländle and all around”, in: “The barrel organ”, ORF.
↑ First with a shop in the Dr. Waibelstrasse and then on the market square with up to 30 employees.
^ Radio Vorarlberg: CD presentation by Thurnhers Hannes "Ma since jo nünt - ma redat blos" , APA-OTS announcement of January 30, 2001.
^ " Commemoration event for Hans Gruber / CD presentation 'Thurnhers Hannes tells' in the series:“ Das Podium ”by Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, from February 25, 2001.

Remarks

↑ The pseudonym is: "Thurnhers Hannes" , occasionally one also finds variants, e.g. B. Thurnher's Hannes cf. z. B. Vorarlberg State Library .
↑ The Bavarian poet Eugen Roth said of Thurnhers Hannes: "If it were a Bavarian, i would like to be mocha", quoted from: Wolfgang Burtscher and Walter Fink, "About Thurnhers Hannes" and according to " Memorial event for Hans Gruber / CD presentation 'Thurnhers Hannes tells' in the series: “ Das Podium ” by Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, from February 25, 2001.

personal data
SURNAME	Gruber, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gruber, Johann Josef; Gruber, Hans (nickname); Thurnhers Hannes (pseudonym); Thurnher, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian journalist and dialect author
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 2000
Place of death	Dornbirn

[3] See also about his life: " Thurnhers Hannes, as nobody knows him ", in the radio report: " Barrel organ - Lüt vom Ländle and around ", June 18, 1995, Ö2 , Radio Vorarlberg , 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm.

[4] The profession of radio mechanic was not regulated at that time and was considered a "free profession".

[5] See: Radio interview from September 22, 1996, Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, “Lüt vom Ländle and all around”, in: “The barrel organ”, ORF.

[6] First with a shop in the Dr. Waibelstrasse and then on the market square with up to 30 employees.

[7] Radio Vorarlberg: CD presentation by Thurnhers Hannes "Ma since jo nünt - ma redat blos" , APA-OTS announcement of January 30, 2001.

[8] " Commemoration event for Hans Gruber / CD presentation 'Thurnhers Hannes tells' in the series:“ Das Podium ”by Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, from February 25, 2001.

[1] The pseudonym is: "Thurnhers Hannes" , occasionally one also finds variants, e.g. B. Thurnher's Hannes cf. z. B. Vorarlberg State Library .

[2] The Bavarian poet Eugen Roth said of Thurnhers Hannes: "If it were a Bavarian, i would like to be mocha", quoted from: Wolfgang Burtscher and Walter Fink, "About Thurnhers Hannes" and according to " Memorial event for Hans Gruber / CD presentation 'Thurnhers Hannes tells' in the series: “ Das Podium ” by Radio Vorarlberg, Ö2, from February 25, 2001.