Johann Georg Frimberger

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Johann Georg Frimberger (born December 16, 1851 in Groß-Inzersdorf , † November 23, 1919 in Vienna ) was an Austrian dialect poet and writer from the Weinviertel .

Life

Johann Georg Frimberger was the son of a master binder. He himself was a construction draftsman and archivist for the railroad. His daughter Marianne Frimberger (1877–1965) was a well-known children's book illustrator.

In 1956 the Frimbergergasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.

meaning

Frimberger's importance lies primarily in his dialect poems, which identify him as a connoisseur of the dialect of the wine country north of Vienna, the quarter under the Manhartsberg . He wrote in the ui dialect of the Weinviertel. He also wrote stories in High German and a novel set in that region.

Works

  • Rheumatism (1880), comedy
  • The Queen of the Night (1881), comedy
  • Village stories (1881), short stories
  • The Leap of Tiberius (1882), comedy
  • Stories from the village and the city (1882), short stories
  • Poems and Riddles (1884)
  • From Dahoam. Stories and Poems (1888), dialect poetry
  • Years ago and now (1890), short stories
  • Pepper and salt (1892), dialect poetry
  • Wia d'Leut san and wia s' sein sölln (1895), dialect poems
  • Weinlandler stories (1901), short stories
  • Compatriot (1902), short stories
  • The binder of Reinthal (1903), novel
  • Is it possible? (1903), dialect poems
  • Stories from the Lower Austrian Wine Country (1913)
  • Landluft (1918), village stories from the Lower Austrian wine country
  • Der Vieräugl (1924), short stories

literature

  • Michael Krickl: Through the Weinviertel . Mistelbacher Bote (weekly newspaper), No. 28, p. 4, Mistelbach, 1937
  • Giebisch / Pichler / Vancsa (eds.): Small Austrian literary lexicon . Hollinek brothers: Vienna, 1948
  • Heinz Kindermann / Margarete Dietrich (ed.): Lexicon of world literature . Humboldt-Verlag: Wien, 1950
  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna, 1993
  • Bernhard Sowinski: Lexicon of German-speaking dialect authors . Georg Olms: Hildesheim, 1997
  • Frimberger Johann Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 368.
personal data
SURNAME Frimberger, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Gross-Inzersdorf
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1919
Place of death Vienna