Johann Baptist Durach (writer)
Johann Baptist Durach (born November 24, 1766 in Salzburg ; died October 18, 1832 in Regensburg ) was a grammar school teacher, librarian and author of historical novels .
Life
Durach was the son of the portrait painter of the same name Johann Baptist Durach and the painter and textile artist Maria Barbara Kelz , daughter of the miniature painter Anton Alexander Kelz. He began his studies at the University of Salzburg and put it after the father to a new position in 1782 Passau had been called at the local university , where he graduated in philosophy and further jurisprudence in there and then Ingolstadt studied. After graduation, he returned to Passau and worked as a lawyer, becoming an accessist at the court chancellery in Passau in 1796 , court councilor recorder in 1798 and court council secretary in 1802. During these years he also worked as the editor of the Oberteutsches Volksfreund .
The dissolution of the Hochstift Passau in 1803 put an end to his administrative career. From 1803 he received a position as associate professor at the high school in Passau. He married in 1804. In the following years he held lectures at the Lyceum and from 1809 onwards, as librarian, he had the task of uniting and unifying the holdings of the prince-bishop's library and the libraries of the surrounding secularized monasteries with those of the university for the Royal Provincial and School Library (today the State Library of Passau ) Create catalog. In December 1818 he became professor of history at the Royal Bavarian Lyceum in Bamberg, a forerunner of today's University of Bamberg . In 1824 he finally became professor of history and philology at the Lyceum in Regensburg (today the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg ) and held this position until his death.
From the beginning of the 1790s Durach published numerous historical novels against the background of German history, initially mainly of the Middle Ages and here the time of the knights and the crusades. In his forewords he acknowledged the compatibility of historical probability on the one hand and entertainment value on the other. The use of elements from the genre of the horror novel, which was establishing itself at the time, as well as a tendency towards dramatization, for example in the design of the dialogue, are also striking .
Works
- Sketches of heroism and staunchness. A gift for Germany's patriots. Vienna & Leipzig 1790, digitized .
- Woman loyalty and Pfaffengrimm, a patriotic knight scene from the times of the first crusades. Vienna 1791.
- Gebhard der Zweyte, Elector of Cologne and Agnes von Mansfeld, Canon of Gürrisheim. An episcopal legend from the 16th century. Vienna 1791.
- Hellfried and Hulda. A fairy tale from the dreadful days of the past. Leipzig 1792, digitized .
- Eva Trottinn, lover of Heinrich the Younger, Duke of Wolfenbüttel. Leipzig 1793, Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 .
- The noble knights. An atrocity painting from the times of the Vehmgerichte in five acts. Görlitz 1793, digitized .
- Sara von Uriz or the ghost of ruin. A customer from the past. Hof 1793, digitized .
- Konrad von Kaufungen or the robbery of the princes from the 15th century. Berlin 1794.
- The British heroes. A dramatic original painting in three acts. Donauwörth 1794, digitized version (authorship questionable).
- Raspo von Felseneck, or the divine judgment fight, from the 11th century. Berlin 1795.
- One more warning about the dangers of being buried alive and the dreadfulness of being buried alive. Salzburg 1795.
- Eleonore del Monti, a story from the 18th century. Berlin 1796.
- Philippe Welserinn. A story from the 16th century. Berlin 1797.
- The French in Passau. A documented story. Salzburg 1802, digitized .
- Tales of interesting stories from the lives of strange and famous people, old and new. Berlin 1803, digitized .
- German sense and wit, or traits of spirit, wit, strength and moral greatness of German. With a short biography of the famous Zinkgref. Passau 1828, digitized .
- Elisabeth the saint, Countess of Thuringia. One of the most beautiful stories of the past. Passau 1828.
- History of the Bavarians. Regensburg 1829, digitized .
- Isabella, Queen of Portugall. A side piece to the story: Elisabeth the Holy, Landgrave of Thuringia. Passau 1830, digitized .
- Homage to His Majesty Ludwig, King of Bavaria, on October 16, 1830, with the greatest of reverence. Regensburg 1830, digitized .
- Theolinde. Queen of Lombards. A side piece to the story: Isabella, Queen of Portugall. 1832.
- Programma. De Expeditionibus Sacris, Quas Cruciatas Vocant, earumque sequelis. Regensburg 1831, digitized .
- translation
- with Johann Heinrich Falkener: Pierre Dupuy : History of the occidental church schism. An important contribution to the closer examination of the constitution of the church at that time, and to the characteristics of the Roman bishops. Frankfurt 1792.
literature
- Michael Hadley: Foreword. In: Johann Baptist Durach: Hellfried and Hulda. A fairy tale from the dreadful days of the past. Facsimile print after the edition 1792, ed. and introduced by Michael Hadley. Bern & Frankfurt am Main & New York 1985, pp. 7–130 (with detailed bibliography).
- Christiane Wirtz: Durach, Johann Baptist. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, vol. 3, p. 140.
- New necrology of the Germans. Ed. by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt. Vol. 10 - 1832. Ilmenau 1834, No. 317.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Baptist Durach in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durach, Johann Baptist |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Durach, Johannes Baptist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, librarian and high school teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1832 |
| Place of death | regensburg |