Jakob Imig

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Jakob Friedrich Imig (born January 17, 1905 in Louisendorf ; † October 27, 1994 ibid) was a German dialect poet and local researcher from the Palatinate language island on the Lower Rhine .

Life

Imig was the son of Johann Karl Imig (1880–1961) and his wife Helene geb. Lange (1882-1966). He married Luise Rocker (1911–1997). Imig was a farmer by profession , but as a teenager he began to be interested in researching the history and culture of his immediate surroundings in the Palatinate language island on the Lower Rhine. Over time he published several books as well as numerous essays and articles on his area of ​​interest. In addition, he also wrote poems and prose in the dialect of his home country and collected them in two volumes. In 1955 Imig founded the Pfälzerbund am Niederrhein e. V. From 1968 until his death Imig was the editor of his magazine Pfälzer am Niederrhein. Heimatblätter for history, customs and the care of dialects . For the LVR Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History in Bonn, Imig is "the most famous Palatinate" from the Palatinate language island on the Lower Rhine.

Honors

Jakob Imig Archive

The Jakob Imig archive of the Palatinate Federation in Louisendorf , which goes back to his collection, is named after Imig and, in Imig's sense, is dedicated to researching the history and culture of the Palatinate people on the Lower Rhine.

Works

  • 220 years of the Palatinate on the Lower Rhine. Festschrift for the 220th anniversary of the Palatinate settlement Pfalzdorf in the Kleve district. 1741-1961. OO 1961.
  • Pälzer poems. Boss, Kleve 1966.
  • 150 years of Louisendorf. Becoming and growing a colonist village on the Lower Rhine. Boss, Kleve 1970 (= publications of the Palatinate Association on the Lower Rhine. 3); also published at: Heimatstelle Pfalz, Kaiserslautern 1970, (= writings on the history of migration of the Palatinate people 33).
  • with Erich Hubbertz: History of the Evangelical Congregation Kalkar. Published on the occasion of the 400th anniversary. Evangelical parish Kalkar, Kalkar 1977.
  • Rhyming, inconsistent, uff pälzersch. Palatinate Federation on the Lower Rhine, Pfalzdorf 1980.
  • with Helmut Lange: 250 years in the Palatinate on the Lower Rhine. 1741-1991. Festschrift. Palatinate Federation on the Lower Rhine, Pfalzdorf 1991.
  • in addition over 40 articles and essays on regional history

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the Palatinate Association on the Lower Rhine e. V. ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.louisendorf.de
  2. ^ LVR Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History: Island dialects. The Palatinate Dialect Island on the Lower Rhine ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rheinische-landeskunde.lvr.de
  3. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  4. ↑ Werner Stalder: The foreman. In: Rheinische Post , January 17, 2008 (article about Imig)
  5. ↑ See also the bibliography: Writings of the local researcher Jakob Imig on the Palatinate people on the Lower Rhine. Pfälzer am Niederrhein, 22nd year (1989), pp. 738-751.
personal data
SURNAME Imig, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imig, Jakob Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Louisendorf
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1994
Place of death Louisendorf