Heinrich Federer

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Heinrich Federer (1866–1928)
Heinrich Federer (1910)

Heinrich Federer (born October 6, 1866 in Brienz ; † April 29, 1928 in Zurich , legal resident in Berneck ) was a Swiss writer and Catholic priest .

Life

Birthplace in Brienz
Memorial plaque on the parish church in Sachseln
Heinrich Federerstrasse Berneck

Heinrich Federer was born as the son of Johann Paul Federer , a wood carver and teacher, and Verena born. Nägeli was born in Brienz. He grew up in Sachseln and attended the grammar school in Sarnen from 1881 to 1887 . After another year at the college in Schwyz , he graduated there in 1888 with the Matura . After studying theology in Eichstätt (1888), Lucerne (1888–1890) and Freiburg im Üechtland (1890–1892), he was ordained a priest in 1893 and was then chaplain in Jonschwil .

For health reasons - he suffered from asthma - Federer was transferred to a women's home in Zurich in 1900 and worked as editor- in- chief of the Catholic Neue Zürcher Nachrichten . He had previously been denied admission to the Benedictine monastery in Einsiedeln, as was the case with the Jesuits, as his homosexual inclinations were probably already known within the church .

In the so-called “Stans Pedophile Trial” on September 24, 1902, Federer was sentenced to 24 days imprisonment and a fine of CHF 500 for an alleged, abusive sexual act against the twelve-year-old private student Emil Brunner (1890–1924) entrusted to him for “immoral acts” sentenced. Federer had spent a night in a twin room with his private student in the hotel on the Stanserhorn , where both of them shared a bed at times and they came together. The resident of the neighboring room alerted the hotelier Josef Bucher (son of the hotel builder Franz Josef Bucher ) towards morning and he notified the police in the valley. During the descent with the Stanserhorn cable car , Federer's tender approaches to the student were noticeable. Federer lost his reputation and his job with the newspaper. Two days after his arrest, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) condemned him. In the second instance, on January 15, 1903, the Nidwalden Higher Court reduced the verdict to the offense of "causing public nuisance" and the fine to CHF 300. 20 years later he was rehabilitated in the NZZ by an article by Eduard Korrodi .

In the realistic homeland novel Berge und Menschen , Federer dealt with the topic of legitimate and illegitimate parenthood as a homage to Emil Brunner. With this and the Lachweiler stories , Federer achieved his literary breakthrough in 1911. He became the most famous author in Catholic Switzerland.

Heinrich Federer lived between 1919 and 1928 in the Oberstrass-Quartier at Bolleystrasse 44 in Zurich , where a plaque still commemorates his last years, his grave is in the Zurich Rehalp cemetery (FG 96090). His estate is in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern .

In the second half of the 20th century, Federer's life and work were increasingly forgotten. In 2002, Pirmin Meier made the subject of Federer's trial, his homosexuality and its literary traces again in his historiographical story “The Federer Case”.

Honors

Inscription on the Catholic parish church of Our Lady in Berneck (SG)

Awards

Works (selection)

Beginning of the story The red magic of Mastro Giorgio of Gubbio
End of the story
  • Mountains and people , novel, 1911
  • Lachweiler stories , narrations, 1911
  • Pilate , narration, 1912
  • Sisto e Sesto , short story, 1913
  • Jungfer Therese , novel, 1913
  • The Pope's Last Hour , narrative, 1914
  • Das Mätteliseppi , novel, 1916
  • Our Lord and the Swiss. A proud, humble little story , 1916
  • Patria , narrative, 1916
  • One night in Abruzzo. My Tarcisius story , 1917
  • Give me back my wilderness , narrative, 1918
  • Der Fuhremacher , story, 1919
  • The miracle in wooden shoes , short stories, 1919
  • Rascal about rascal , story, 1921
  • Dante , novella, 1923
  • Pope and Emperor in the village , story, 1924
  • Wandering and miracle stories from the south , short stories, 1924
  • Regina Lob , Roman, 1925
  • Under southern suns and people , six short stories, 1926, therein a. a .: The red magic of the Mastro Giorgio of Gubbio
  • At the window , autobiography / memories of the youth, 1927
  • From the Younger Days , autobiography, 1928
  • Of saints, robbers and of justice , tales, 1929
  • I turn off the light , poems, 1930

Swiss student association

Heinrich Federer was an active member of the Swiss Student Association when he was a student . He became a member of the following sections:

In Suitia and Romania he also held the office of actuary. In 1904/1905 he was one of the founders of the Catholic "Renaissance".

literature

Heinrich Federer's last place of residence at Bolleystrasse 44 in Zurich
Federer's grave in the Rehalp cemetery in Zurich
  • Hermann Aellen : Heinrich Federer. An introduction to the poet's work. 2nd, expanded edition. Salzer, Heilbronn 1928.
  • Hermann Aellen: On Heinrich Federer's 70th birthday In: The Berner Woche in words and pictures: a sheet for native art and art , Vol. 26, 1936, pp. 713–714
  • Karl Fehr :  Federer, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 42 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Hedi Krähenmann: The opposites in Heinrich Federer's life and work (= European university publications . Series 1: German language and literature. 512). Lang, Bern et al. 1982, ISBN 3-261-05012-8 (At the same time: Zurich, University, dissertation, 1982).
  • Hermann Schweizer: Heinrich Federers Peudonyme In: Appenzeller Calendar, Bd. 268, 1989
  • Edwin Schweizer, Bernhard Sohmer: Heinrich Federer. Lachweiler days. Thur-Verlag Egli, Jonschwil 1996, ISBN 3-907851-01-3 .
  • Pirmin Meier : The Federer case. Priests and writers in the hour of temptation. A narrative research. Historiographical narration, Ammann, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-250-10442-6 .
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Federer, Heinrich, Dr. phil. hc In: Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: "... unforgettable years". Swiss students at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt (1848–1912) (= treatises on student and higher education. Vol. 15). SH-Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-89498-174-7 , pp. 253-255.

radio play

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meier: The Federer case. 2002, p. 270 ff.
  2. ↑ Meier: The Federer case. 2002, p. 150ff.
  3. ↑ Meier: The Federer case. 2002, p. 286f.
  4. ↑ Pirmin Meier : The Holy Father Francis spoke the word of the year. Article on the gay lobby in the Catholic Church. In: Zentralschweiz on Sunday 14 July 2013, online (PDF; 278 kB) on the internet portal for elections and voting in the canton of Lucerne
  5. ↑ Section personalities on the welcome page, website of the municipality of Sachseln, accessed on February 11, 2018
  6. ^ Postage stamp Heinrich Federer - Swiss writer, 1866-1928 , Pro Patria
  7. ↑ Mike Bacher: Heinrich Federer v / o Belisar / Heinz. A poet in the circle of the Swiss Student Union. In: Civitas , 1 / 2016-2017, p. 38

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personal data
SURNAME Federer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss native writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Brienz
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1928
Place of death Zurich