Heinrich Behnken

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Portrait and essential life dates on a memorial stone in Anderlingen

Heinrich Behnken (born December 25, 1880 in Ahlerstedt , † December 1, 1960 in Hamburg ) was a German teacher and author of works primarily in Low German.

Life

Behnken was the son of the teacher Lütje Micheels and was trained at the preparatory institute in Rotenburg (Wümme) and at the teachers' college in Stade . From 1900 he worked as a teacher, first in Sittensen and from 1904 in Hamburg. There he became headmaster in 1919. From 1945 he taught in Ahlerstedt- Oersdorf and retired in 1948. In 1950 he moved back to Hamburg.

Behnken wrote novels, short stories, radio plays and stage plays, which were performed at the Ohnsorg Theater , among others .

The dialect radio plays that have been produced by NDR , among others , include Dat Düvelsexamen from 1957, in which, under the director Hans Tügel, the actors Otto Lüthje , Heini Kaufeld , Uwe Friedrichsen , Roswitha Steffen , Rudolf Beiswanger and Erna Raupach-Petersen play the leading roles languages.

One of his grandchildren was the publicist Klaus Behnken (1944-2016).

Works

Literary works
  • "Young Leev un anner seals". Hamburg 1925
  • Ut Moor un Heid . Hamburg 1934
  • Young Leev and other stories . Hamburg 1938
  • "Lütje Micheels, de Schoolmester". Hamburg 1955
  • Krischan Matthees and other stories . Hamburg 1956
Stage plays
  • "Üm den Hoff". 1913 (unprinted)
  • "De Verschriewung". Verden 1919
  • "Klaus Kniphoff and Maria Hohusen. 1922 (unprinted)
  • "Versteekenspeelen". Verden 1924
  • "The first guest". Verden 1924
  • "Fründ Hein". 1925 (unprinted)
  • "Dat lewe money". Verden 1926
  • "De Diek". 1927 (unprinted)
  • Pack donkey . Verden 1928
  • "Sodom un Gomorrah". Verden 1928
  • Hamborger Beer . Verden 1931
  • "De Zwickmöhl". Verden 1932
  • Witch comedy . Verden 1933
  • Wiehnachen 1931 . Verden 1935
  • Snaak's Wiehnachen . Verden 1935
  • Jan, de Schult . Verden 1936
  • Hide and seek . Verden 1938
  • De marriage foundation . Verden 1939
  • Dat Düvelsbook Verden 1939
  • "De Baltikumer". (unprinted)
  • "Hanne Eckhoff". (unprinted)
  • "Oersdorfer Nativity Scene". 1947 (Westermanns Pedag. Contributions)

Radio plays

  • 1924: De Verschriewung - Director: Not specified
  • 1925: De first guest - Director: Not specified (2 broadcasts)
  • 1925: Versteckspeelen - Director: Not specified
  • 1925: Versteekenspiele - Director: Not specified
  • 1925: De Verschriewung - Director: Not specified
  • 1925: De Verschriewung - Director: Hans Böttcher
  • 1926: Versteekenspeelen - Director: Richard Ohnsorg
  • 1927: Die Verschriewung - Director: Not specified
  • 1927: Klaus Knipphoff - Director: Hans Böttcher
  • 1951: Witches Comedy - Director: Eberhard Freudenberg
  • 1951: Versteeken spelen - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1951: De Marriage Foundation - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1951: Snaaksche Wienachten - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1952: Een Sommerdag - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1952: De grote Krink - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1953: Dat Brannwien-Duwell - Director: Günter Jansen
  • 1953: Dat Düwelsbook - Director: Heinz Kottkamp
  • 1955: Blot weren't old! - Director: Günter Jansen
  • 1955: De ole Schoolmester - Director: Günter Jansen
  • 1957: Dat Düvelsexamen - Director: Hans Tügel
  • 1960: Hexenkomödi - Director: Rudolf Sang

Awards & honors

Memorial stone in Anderlingen
  • 1922: Prize for Low German Writings, Hanseatic City of Bremen
  • 1931: Fritz Stavenhagen Prize, 6th Low German Stage Day in Schwerin
  • 1939: Hermann Boßdorf Prize, for the three-act "Dat Düwelsbook"
  • 1955: Fritz Reuter Prize (Hamburg) for the novel Lütje Micheels, de Schoolmester #
  • Memorial stone in Anderlingen

literature

  • Berthold Cordes: De Minsch Heinrich Behnken - de Schoolmester, de Schrieversmann un sien Wark . Norderstedt 2005 ISBN 3-8334-3480-5
  • Carsten Scholz: Testimony for the Rector: Heinrich Behnken in National Socialism, in: Stader Jahrbuch 2012, pp. 209–218.

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personal data
SURNAME Behnken, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of Low German works
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahlerstedt
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1960
Place of death Hamburg