Herbert Andert

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Herbert Andert (born October 16, 1910 in Ebersbach / Sa. , † January 13, 2010 ibid) was a German dialect poet , dialect curator and researcher of the Upper Lusatian dialect .

Life

Herbert Andert was the son of homeland researcher Hermann Andert (1879–1945) and the younger brother of Werner Andert (1907–1983).

Andert attended the Hainschule in his hometown from 1917 to 1921 and then switched to the Löbauer Realschule. There he appeared for the first time in 1922 with the Christmas play Dr Christboom written by his father . From 1923 Andert received his further high school education at the German High School in Löbau and then studied pedagogy at the University of Leipzig . In 1930 Andert wrote his first folksongs, written in Upper Lusatian dialect, and in 1933 he made his first radio appearance. In the same year Andert was the founder of the dialect singing ensemble "Ebersbacher Edelroller". In 1938 he published the first record in Upper Lusatian dialect. He was also a co-founder of the "Oppacher quail". He wrote and spoke in "Middle Upper Lusatian", the dialect of the Oberland .

After returning from captivity, Herbert Andert worked as a biology teacher at the Hainschule in Ebersbach. In 1949 Andert founded the "Aberschbächer Heedelirchen", which he managed until 1989.

Together with his brother he worked on the collection and mapping of the vocabulary of the Upper Lusatian dialects. Andert published several dialect books and was a lecturer at the Kunstverlag der Oberlausitz. He is also the poet and composer of the high German song Mein Lausitzland , next to Kurt Piehler's Oberlausitz, beloved homeland one of the secret hymns of Upper Lusatia.

Andert was awarded the Upper Lusatia Art Prize in 1983 for his services and was made an honorary citizen of his hometown in 1994. He also received the Federal Cross of Merit in 2003 for his life's work and the Lausitz gold award . After the appearance of his last publication in 2002, he had withdrawn almost completely from the public (also for health reasons). He died on January 13, 2010 in his house in the upper part of Ebersbach / Sa.

The Andert High School Ebersbach-Neugersdorf bears his name.

Publications (selection)

  • Ba uns derheeme, 2 volumes, Ebersbach 1953–1954
  • "The Upper Lusatian and his dialect", local history sheets for the districts of Dresden -…, 1955–56, issue 1–17, pp. 40–44
  • I'm from dr Äberlausitz, Ebersbach 1958
  • Anne Fuhre Freede from dr Äberlausitz, Leipzig 1969
  • Äberlausitz - my Heemt, Löbau 1983
  • There's sick and sick, Löbau 1986
  • I [love] de Äberlausitz, Koenigstein, 1991
  • Dialect book of Upper Lusatia, published in 1991
  • Aus'n Äberlausitzer Äberlande, Löbau 1987
  • Our Äberlausitz refreshes !, Bautzen 1996
  • Gunn Tag - my dear Äberlausitz !, Bautzen 1997
  • Äberlausitz - my Freede, Bautzen 1998
  • Oallerlee from our Heemte - a our language, Bautzen 2002

Sound carrier

  • Äberlausitz - our Freede mit'n, Aberschbächer Heedelirchen and Herbert Andert, CD

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ overview of the life Anderts. In: usermix.de. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Acknowledgments from the family in the Sächsische Zeitung
  3. ^ Obituary in the Heimatblatt of the city of Ebersbach / Sa., February 2010.
  4. ↑ Our school. Andert-Oberschule Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, accessed on January 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Change, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet, dialect curator and researcher of the Upper Lusatian dialect
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersbach / Sa.
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2010
Place of death Ebersbach / Sa.