Hans von der Au

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Hans Ludwig von der Au (born February 16, 1892 in Eberstadt ; † May 1, 1955 in Darmstadt ) was a German theologian and folklorist .

Life

Hans Ludwig von der Au was the son of the Nieder-Modau pastor Hermann von der Au (* 1865, † 1932) and his wife Katharine von der Au born. Horst (* 1868).

He sprang from an old Evangelical Lutheran family from Maar in Upper Hesse , which has been securely present since 1532. It is said to go back to a noble family from Fulda , which was documented in 1338 with Hermann von der Aue.

After graduating from high school, Hans von der Au studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Gießen from 1910 , but interrupted his studies in 1914 and fought as a volunteer in the First World War in France and on the Eastern Front . After fleeing from captivity in Siberia , he returned to Darmstadt via India in 1920 . He continued his studies (among others Wilhelm Diehl continued) in 1921 ordained and in 1924 for theology Lic. Doctorate. He was vicar in Erbach , then parish assistant and administrator in Neu-Isenburg and from 1923 to 1925 second pastor in Reichelsheim . Subsequently, from 1925 to 1934, he was a state youth pastor and during this time began his folklore studies, especially in the field of Hessian folk dances. With a thesis on this topic (see below) he was awarded a Dr. phil. been awarded a doctorate.

The last period of his activity as a state youth pastor was marked by disputes between church youth groups and the Hitler Youth ; von der Au gave up the office in 1934 and worked until he was called up in 1944 as a teacher at the Justus Liebig High School in Darmstadt. He was a member of the SA since 1934 and of the NSDAP since 1937 .

In addition to his work in the school service, he continued his ethnographic research. For example, in 1937 and 1939, together with Heinrich Winter (1898–1964) , he undertook two trips to record the customs in the Spessart on behalf of the State Office for Folklore in the Bavarian Homeland Association . Also together with Winter in 1941 he took part in ethnographic surveys in the resettlement camps of the Dobrudja Germans.

After the Second World War , he was assistant pastor in Darmstadt-Eberstadt in 1945/46 , employed in the Hessian State Archives in 1947 and hospital chaplain in 1947/48, before returning to school service and working as a teacher at the Viktoriaschule in Darmstadt .

In May 2019, a street in Eberstadt named after Hans von der Au was also affected by a decision by the Darmstadt municipal authorities to change eight street names that are reminiscent of Nazi supporters.

Fonts

  • About the office of elders in the Hesse-Darmstadt church . University of Giessen 1924 (= dissertation)
    • also udt: On the history of the seniorate in the Hesse-Darmstadt church . Winter, Darmstadt 1925
  • Contributions to the history of the Horst-Range family . Issue 1. 1929
  • Hessian folk dances: dance styles from Hessen . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel. Part I, 1931. Part II, 1932. III. Part, 1934. IV. Part, 1937.
  • Folk dances from the Rhön: dance styles from the Rhön with dance descriptions . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1935
  • German sword dance . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1935
  • Folk dances from Nassau . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1936
  • Palatinate folk dances inside and outside . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1937
  • Folk dances from the Spessart . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1938
  • The folk dance in the Rhine Franconian region . University of Giessen 1939 (= dissertation)
  • Lower Hessian folk dances . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1940
  • (with Heinrich Winter) Folklore survey of the Dobrudscha Germans . Heppenheim 1941
  • The names of the Eberstadt district near Darmstadt . Elwert, Gießen / Marburg 1941 (= Hessian field names book 20)
  • The names of the districts of Ober- and Nieder-Modau in the Odenwald . Elwert, Gießen / Marburg, 1942 (= Hessian field name book 27)
  • Folk dances from the Hessian and Nassau homeland . Kunze, Darmstadt 1942
  • German folk songs from Dobruja . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1944 (only a correction copy received; not delivered)
  • (with Heinrich Steitz ) Wilhelm Diehl. A memorial book for the prelate's 80th birthday . Verlag Hessische Volksbücher, Darmstadt 1950
  • Odenwald costume . Leske, Darmstadt 1952
  • Hey is notch in our village. Dances to the right and left of the Saar . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1954
  • German folk dances from the Dobruja . Bosse, Regensburg 1955

Articles (selection)

  • The Psalter of Eberhard XIV in Erbach . In: Hans von der Au, Heinrich Hassinger, Hermann Bräuning-Oktavio (Ed.): I serve. Ceremony for the 60th birthday of Wilhelm Diehl . Wittich, Darmstadt 1931
  • Over the seven jump in the Rhine Franconian landscape . In: Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde , Heft 34, 1935.
  • Three noisy streams. For the interpretation of a Vogelsberg women's dance . In: Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde , Heft 35, 1936.
  • The exchange cup in the folk dance of the Rhine Franconian countryside . In: Yearbook for Folk Song Research , Volume 5, 1936.
  • The cheap home seven jump . In: Das deutsche Volkslied , issue 39, 1937.
  • The Jew in the dance of the Rhine Franconian landscape . In: Volk und Scholle . Vol. 16 (1938), H. 2, pp. 41-51, u. H. 3, pp. 83-86.
  • The Bajeßmann, a Spessart folk dance . In: Giessen contributions to German philology , issue 60, 1938.
  • The slap in the folk dance of the Rhine-Main area . In: Deutsche Liederkunde I, 1939.
  • The Kindszeche in western Main Franconia . In: Bayerische Volkskunde , No. 13, 1940.
  • Zwitserli tanza, a folklore contribution to a dance song . In: Yearbook for Folk Song Research , Volume 7, 1941.
  • Odenwälder three-king games . In: Contributions to Hessian Church History , Issue 12, 1941.
  • The folk dance in Alsace . In: Oberdeutsche Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , issue 15, 1941.
  • To the egg dance . In: Das deutsche Volkslied , issue 45, 1943.

literature

  • Ludwig Clemm : Hans vd Au . In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association , Volume 7, 1956, pp. 159–160.
  • Friedrich Knöpp: Hans von der Au on the 100th birthday . In: Geschichtsblätter Kreis Bergstrasse , Issue 25, 1992, pp. 85–91.
  • Klaus Ripper (Ed.): Create and wrestle, but sing! Commemorative letter for the 100th birthday of Dr. Dr. Hans vd Au . Hessian Association for Dance and Costume Care, Reichelsheim 1992

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Bernhard Koerner (Ed.): Hessian gender book . tape 5 - band 64 of the complete series of the Genealogical Handbook of Bourgeois Families . Starke Verlag , 1929, ZDB -ID 2252-4 , von der Au from Maar in Oberhessen , p. 101-102, 122-124 .
  2. ↑ Claudia Kabel: Darmstadt: Adieu Hindenburgstraße , homepage of the Frankfurter Rundschau , May 10, 2019 (accessed on May 14, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Au, Hans from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Eberstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1955
Place of death Darmstadt