Jacob Mayer (dialect poet)
Jacob Mayer (born January 5, 1866 in Buchen (Odenwald) ; † June 11, 1939 ibid) was a Jewish citizen of Buchen and a dialect poet .
Life
Jacob Mayer was born on January 5, 1866 in Buchen to a Jewish family. After his father's death, he continued the textile business for women’s and men’s fashion in Buchener Marktstraße 13/15 . In addition to textiles, his shop sold leather goods, perfume and stationery.
Jacob Mayer was deeply rooted in Buchen. He was involved in numerous clubs. He was chairman of the local branch of the Odenwald Club and secretary of the Buchen Casino Society . At times he was also on the board of directors of the Jewish community .
He wrote numerous songs and poems in Buchen dialect, which are still played and performed today - especially on Carnival and the Schützenmarkt. He is considered a thought leader and supplier of ideas to the Buchener Faschenacht in the 1920s and 1930s. Even today the poet has left his mark. One of his poems is about the figure of Blecker, a person who "lies on his stomach on a pedestal, sticks out his tongue and shows his bare bottom." This was depicted in the historic city wall and symbolizes the Buchen Carnival. Also known was his poem, Guy awake! which, with a melody by Karl Tschamber, the Buchen conductor of the town band, is part of the tradition as the “Buchen Fool's March”. Mayer himself was president of the municipality's penalty council.
During the time of National Socialism , Jacob Mayer could not continue his various offices in the associations. He was excluded from public life. As a result of the boycott of Jewish shops, he became increasingly impoverished and lonely from 1933 onwards. Emigration was out of the question for the native Jacob Mayer.
On June 11, 1939, he committed suicide in the attic of his former residential and commercial building. He was one of the last to be buried in the Bödigheim Jewish cemetery before it was closed by the National Socialists.
In Buchen, a street (Jakob-Mayer-Weg), a primary school (Jakob-Mayer-Grundschule) and a square (Jakob-Mayer-Platz at the former synagogue, 2008) were named after him , albeit in a different spelling of the first name put up a memorial plaque.
Example of his work
Excerpt from the dialect poem "Ma Buche!"
- Hidden in sloe flowers,
- crouched deep nei's daal,
- guide thin close to the forest, e paradise!
- Vum Waartdoorn looked at all the splendor:
- Is it then ebbs nicer? Nergets! For wiped!
- You are looking for a long time rimm -
- 'S geit nor ä (n) sottis paradise!
- And that little you! Ma beech!
literature
- Gerlinde Trunk: The Buchen dialect poet Jacob Mayer . In: Der Wartturm , 2006, No. 2, ISSN 0723-7553 .
- Heinrich Wiedemann: The Lord Mayer . In: Under monument protection. Seven stories from the German past. Gerlingen 1995, ISBN 978-3-88350-729-3 .
- Jürgen Strein, Gerlinde Trunk: Jacob Mayer: dialect poet, local patriot and chronicler of the city of Buchen. December 2, 2016, hardback edition: 132 pages, publisher: Rhein-Neckar-Druck (December 2, 2016) ISBN 978-3-936866-65-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b G. Helmut Brosch: Do you still know them ... those of Buchen? Buchen, ISBN 978-90-288-3074-5 , p. 29 ( online ).
- ↑ Buchen (Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis) Jewish history / prayer hall / synagogue. alemannia-judaica.de, accessed on February 19, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Monika Bönisch: Hinne houch! The carnival in Buchen in the Odenwald. Narri-Narro, accessed February 19, 2014 .
- ↑ "Guy awake" became a hit. Faschenachtinbuchen.de, accessed on February 19, 2014 .
- ↑ The Jewish cemetery is anything but an “uncomfortable monument”. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , September 11, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish citizen of Buchen (Odenwald) and dialect poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beeches (Odenwald) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1939 |
| Place of death | Beeches (Odenwald) |