Hans Matt-Willmatt

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Hans Matt-Willmatt (born August 15, 1898 in Hauingen , † December 8, 1978 in Stühlingen ) was a poet, writer and local researcher.

Life

Matt-Willmatt grew up as a shepherd boy in the Hotzenwald and took part in the First World War at the age of 16 . He then became an actor in Lübeck and went on hikes through the Lüneburg Heath and the eastern Danube countries. He also took part in World War II , where he suffered serious injuries. Then he devoted himself to local history topics. Hans Matt-Willmatt was married for the fourth time in 1948 and had a total of eight children. He worked as a freelance writer and collected sagas, fairy tales and legends from the Black Forest and Hotzenwald region for several years . From 1966 until his death in 1978 he lived in Stühlingen in the Waldshut district .

Works

  • The chronicle of the Waldshut district . Vocke Verlag, Waldshut 1956.
  • Beautiful home on the Upper Rhine - pictures of the people and their work in the Waldshut district . Südkurier, 1967.
  • Berau in the southern Black Forest . H. Zimmermann, Waldshut-Tiengen 1969, OCLC 603141135 .
  • Joke and carving from the Hotzenwald . Moritz Schauenburg, 1975, ISBN 3-7946-0120-3 .
  • Legends of the Upper Rhine and Hotzenwald . Moritz Schauenburg, 1986, ISBN 3-7946-0243-9 .

literature

  • Hubert Matt-Willmatt, Brigitte Matt-Willmatt, Beate Kierey: Hans Matt-Willmatt (1898–1978): wit and carving from the Upper Rhine and from the Hotzenwald. Legends, originals, anecdotes . Schillinger Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-89155-345-9 .
  • Gerhard Moehring , Michael Fautz, Werner Heuer: Hauingen . A village book for the 900th anniversary. Loerrach 2002, DNB 1168508355 , p. 122.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b leo-bw.de: Matt-Willmatt, Hans
  2. ↑ salpeterer.net: Hubert Matt-Willmatt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.salpeterer.net  
personal data
SURNAME Matt-Willmatt, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet, writer and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Hauingen , today Loerrach belonging
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1978
Place of death Stuehlingen