Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg

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Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg

Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg , actually: Hermann Gilm von Rosenegg (born November 1, 1812 in Innsbruck , †  May 31, 1864 in Linz ) was an Austrian lawyer and poet . His brother Hugo von Gilm (1831–1906) became a chemist.

Life

Of Swabian-Alemannic descent, he spent his youth in Vorarlberg , where he attended high school in Feldkirch . After studying law at the University of Innsbruck , he was a civil servant in Schwaz , Bruneck and Rovereto from 1840 . In 1846 he came to Vienna and initially worked as a concept intern in the court chancellery , after which it was dissolved in the k. k. Home Office . In 1856 he was appointed head of the presidential office of the Lieutenancy in Linz . In his responsibility for the theater department, he wrote theater reports and prevented gross interventions in the schedules and texts of the plays.

Hermann von Gilm earned praise for his subtle poems. His heated disposition is reflected in the political songs, and as an opponent of the Jesuits , he wrote sharp polemics . In dealing with his works he was cautious towards the public. As a liberal , the official could not publish his political and ecclesiastical convictions under his name. Only the book of poems Tiroler Schützenleben appeared during his lifetime .

Gottfried Benn valued the poet. In 1885 Richard Strauss set eight poems from the cycle “The Last Leaves” (originally published in Sophienlieder ) to music as his Opus 10, among them “Zueignung” (No. 1), “Die Nacht” (No. 3) and “ Allerseelen ”(No. 8) enjoys lasting popularity.

Honors

As early as 1870, the Innsbruck city fathers considered renaming the extension of Angerzellgasse to Gilmstrasse . In 1873 this project was implemented; The elementary school located there was also called Gilmschule . There is also a bust of Gilm on the facade of the Tyrolean State Museum in Innsbruck.

A street in Bozen is also named after Hermann von Gilm, as has (since 1910) in Dornbirn , where Gilm grew up.

In 1894 the Gilmgasse in Vienna- Hernals was named after him, and in 1898 a bust was unveiled in his honor at the house where he died in Linz .

Munich also dedicated a street to him in the Sendling district in 1937

Works

  • March Violet (1836)
  • Summer fresh songs from Natters (1839)
  • Sophia songs (1844)
  • Tyrolean shooter life. Giveaway to celebrate the five hundred year unification of Tyrol with the Austrian ruling house . Wagner, Innsbruck 1863. - Full text online .
  • Poems . Two volumes. Gerold, Vienna 1864–65.
  • Addendum (1868)
  • Jakob Stainer. Seal . In: Jakob Stainer, Absam's violin maker in history and poetry . Wagner, Innsbruck 1992, pp. 137-143. - Full text online .
  • Poems . Liebeskind, Leipzig 1894. - Full text online .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Gilm's last moments .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt (No. 12165/1898), July 6, 1898, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Gilm's great-grandfather Franz Joseph Gilm, subordinate and rent master of the lordships of Bludenz and Sonnenberg , was elevated to the hereditary-Austrian nobility in 1739 with the predicate "von Rosenegg". - See: Gilm v. Rosenegg . In: Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 3: Eberhard - Graffen . Voigt, Leipzig 1861, text online .
  2. ↑ On September 29, 1863, a large rifle parade took place in Innsbruck in the presence of Emperor Franz Josef I , in which Hermann von Gilm participated as an "enthusiastic singer". - See: Unfortunately we have a sad message to bring today…. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , No. 122, June 1, 1864, p. 1112, first line. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ibn
  3. ↑ Memorial plaque above the portal at Baumbachstrasse 16. - See: Hermann von Gilm / Memorial tablets . In: linz.at , accessed on September 26, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Gilm zu Rosenegg, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilm von Rosenegg, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1864
Place of death Linz