Heinrich Janssen (dialect poet)

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Heinrich Janssen (commonly known as Hein Janssen ; born February 23, 1856 in Neutral-Moresnet ; † January 27, 1938 in Aachen ) was a German coppersmith and dialect poet .

Live and act

Heinrich Janssen grew up with twelve siblings and was the son of Heinrich Matthias Janssen (1830–1913) from Venlo and Christina Nacken (1832–1909) from Dürwiß . The father was initially employed in the Galmeigruben of Neutral-Moresnet and from 1860 he ran his own "workshop for brewery equipment, copper foundry and forge" at the Templergraben (then the pig market) and later at the foot of the Lousberg in Aachen. After his death, his sons Heinrich and Karl Janssen (1858–1933) took over the workshop. Although he had trade contacts in Hamburg , Bruges , Stockholm and the Heerlen - Maastricht area and counted numerous breweries, distilleries and restaurants in Aachen among his regular customers, Heinrich Janssen had to cease operations as early as 1919 due to the effects of the First World War .

Janssen, however, had a second mainstay with which he had built a considerable reputation early on. From his earliest youth he showed an interest in the Oecher Platt and began to write his first plays in this dialect in the 1880s. In the course of the next few decades there were to be more than 30 one- to multi-act plays, the majority of which were published as books and performed at several Volksbühnen. In addition, he wrote regular columns for “Echo der Gegenwart”, was a co-founder of the Oecher Platt association and in 1921 co-founder of the Aachen city puppet theater Öcher Schängche , whose literary director he was from 1923.

Hein Janssen, as he was now commonly known, died on January 27, 1938 and found his final resting place in the family crypt on Aachen's Westfriedhof . In 1956 a street was named after him on the occasion of his 100th birthday in Aachen. For his 160th birthday in 2016, an extensive exhibition lasting several weeks was organized by the Aachen Lousberg Society in the Kerstens pavilion .

Fonts (selection)

  • Et Streuengelche: Schwank with singing in 1 act in Aachen dialect , A. Jacobi & Die., Aachen 1893
  • De Kenger us gene Maat: Schwank with singing in 1 act and in Aachen dialect , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1893
  • The Poschwäck: Schwank with singing in 2 acts and in Aachen dialect , A. Jacobi & Cie, Aachen 1897
  • Der Husfrend , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1897
  • The city corporal of Aachen or: Et Baakauf . A Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1897
  • The Sängerkrech opne Schlengermaat Aachener: Street scene with singing , A. Jacobi & Cie, Aachen 1901
  • The jacket Wälsch: Schwank with singing in 1 act , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1902
  • Moddere Jöngsje , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1904
  • Öcher Stöckelcher: Vördreäg, Verzällsecher and Ledchere , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1904
  • Et Gret , Jacobi, Aachen 1912
  • Welde Schlag: Öcher Stökkelcher , A Jacobi & cie., Aachen 1919
  • The Öcher Blommebend: Zsjest. än ersjej; Vördre︠g än Verzällselcher op Öcher Plat , 2 volumes, A Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1921
  • Aachen'sche Ach-, Lach- und Krach-Jeschichten , A. Jacobi 6 Cie, Aachen 1921
  • De Lusterfenk e lößlich: Späl op Oecher Platt met Leddchere en narrow Akt , self-published, Aachen 1922
  • Schelm än Schandarm: En Öcher Speäl met Leddchere en 3 acts us de Zitt no der jrueße Krech , Wilhelm Siemes, Aachen 1923
  • De Knusperhex: E Märchespäl op Oecher Platt met Leddchere en 4 acts , Wilhelm Siemes, Aachen 1924
  • The Schötzekönek: E solves elech Späl op Öcher plates 4 acts , A. Jacobi & Cie., Aachen 1925
  • De Tant Rosalia: E lößlich Späl op Oecher Platt en 1 Akt met Leddchere , Verlag Drießen, Aachen 1925
  • Oecher Pröetchere. Verzällchere än Jedichte , Verlag Drießen, Aachen 1926
  • The Duvvejäck: Schwank in one act in Aachen dialect , D. Jacobi & CO., Aachen 1927
  • Öcher Platt: E loosely Spällche en narrow act , H. Jacobi & Co. Aachen 1928
  • Et Breidöppe: É solemn Spällche no en ooet Verzällche en 1 act; Met Leddchere no au Melodeie , A. Jacobi, Aachen 1931

literature

  • Werner Kohlschmidt, Wolfgang Mohr: Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte , Volume 1, pp. 522–523 Walter de Gruyter, 2012 ( digitized )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Schängche on the website of the city of Aachen
  2. ^ Hein Janssen - coppersmith, dialect poet, theater writer and board member of the Öcher Platt association , exhibition notice on the website of the Lousberg Society Aachen from June 7, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Janssen, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janssen, Hein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German coppersmith and dialect poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Neutral Moresnet
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1938
Place of death Aachen