Johann Baptist Biedermann

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Johann Baptist Biedermann (born September 23, 1844 in Schruns ; † October 20, 1923 in Bludenz ) was a Vorarlberg dialect poet and "farmer advocate".

Life

Johann Baptist Biedermann was the son of the Taubewirt and repeated head of Schruns and attended high schools in Feldkirch , Innsbruck and Meran . This is followed by a law degree completed at the University of Innsbruck in which he in 1870 with the promotion of Dr. jur. completed. First he joined the lawyer Walter's office in Bludenz . In 1872 he had to take over the family's own Gasthof Zur Taube in Schruns from his brother for family reasons . However, he only remained a pigeon host until 1878. He worked as a timber and cattle dealer in winter and continued to work legally as a "farmer lawyer".

After his return to Bludenz, he became a member of the city council. Politically, he was certainly part of the liberal camp, as his work Freethinker Breviary, which was later banned by the National Socialists , shows. So in 1876, along with other like-minded people, he demonstratively took part in Vorarlberg's first civil funeral in Schruns.

Together with his wife, Ludwina Biedermann geb. Jochum († 1910), Biedermann was buried in the local cemetery in Schruns. The grave still exists today.

Due to the emerging tourism, his poems in local dialect spread throughout the German-speaking area.

Works

Book cover by Nüt för uguat
  • Nüt för uguat . Poems in the Montavon dialect. 1897, self-published
The poems and 'Gätzli' in this collection of poems are more sociable pieces, it's a lot about love, 'go to Hengert' and there is a lot of local color in the 'Gätzli'. They should convey the cultural identity of the Montafon to the environment. The little book was published in 1897 by the Süddeutscher Verlags-Institut and is dedicated to his wife Ludwina.
  • Freethinkers Breviary
The breviary appeared around the turn of the century and was later banned by the National Socialists. Already in the title it refers to liberalism or freethinking .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Kasper, new entry in the Montafon archive
  2. ↑ Dirk Strohmann: Der Liberalismus im non-urban Vorarlberg (1830-1914) , Institute for Regional Research in Social Sciences, publications 11, 2013, p. 32f
personal data
SURNAME Biedermann, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dialect poet, Schrunser landlord, trader and "farmer advocate"
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Schruns
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1923
Place of death Bludenz