Johann Friedrich Dexheimer

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Johann Friedrich Dexheimer (born November 12, 1922 in Oberwiesen ; † January 4, 2013 ) was an innkeeper and local poet . He lived in Oberwiesen in the north of the Palatinate ( Donnersbergkreis ).

Life

Dexheimer was born in Oberwiesen as the son of a farmer and innkeeper and grew up there with two sisters. In the Second World War he served as a soldier. After his return from Soviet captivity , he took over his parents' business, married and had five children. While the operation of the country inn was the main source of income for the family, there was also farming, livestock farming and drinks sales. Dexheimer was a member of the Oberwiesen municipal council for 14 years.

At the age of 70, Dexheimer began using the computer and wrote dialect poems.

After his wife suffered a serious accident in January 2001, Dexheimer gave up the inn. He looked after his wife until her death and expanded his writing activities. He translated his dialect poems into High German and wrote an autobiography.

Honors

Dexheimer is an honorary citizen of his home town of Oberwiesen.

Works

  • Homesickness melody . Experiences and poems of a young German from childhood, war and Russian captivity, self-published, 2003, DNB 967804493
  • We congratulate and applaud . Congratulatory verses and poems on all kinds of occasions, self-published, 2003, DNB 967875277
  • Longing for Home - The Robbed Youth . Experience report , Persimplex Verlag, 2008, DNB 988818248
  • Elena . Roman, Persimplex Verlag, 2009, DNB 997987685
  • A candle burns brightly for everyone . Advent and Christmas stories as well as short stories (with illustrations by Astrid Gavini), Persimplex Verlag, 2009, DNB 997987693
In Palatinate dialect
  • Mei schee Kummsche . Cheerful and contemplative poems in Palatinate dialect, self-published, 1996 DNB 996384510
  • De Deitsch Michel . Cheerful and contemplative dialect poems, self-published, 2000, DNB 965863581
  • Dehaam ess Dehaam . Cheerful and contemplative dialect poems fer Pälzer un Rhaihesse, self-published, 2002, DNB 965259153

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in the daily newspaper Die Rheinpfalz from January 16, 2013
  2. ^ A b c Johann Friedrich Dexheimer: His books - His successes - His life ( memento of October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), January 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Anja Hartmetz, Sebastian Stollhof: You like to create and even prefer to celebrate. Village walk through Oberwiesen. Die Rheinpfalz, May 16, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Dexheimer, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dexheimer, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberwiesen
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 2013