Johann Jakob Romang

Johann Jakob Romang (born September 28, 1831 in Gsteig ; † May 2, 1884 in Geneva ) was a Swiss writer .

Life

Romang came from a family that could be traced back to Gsteig in 1312. He attended primary school in Gsteig and also received preparation for higher education from the local chaplain. In late autumn 1844 he went to the Progymnasium in Thun , and in 1846 to that in Bern . There he completed his advanced studies at the Berner Gymnasium before moving to the University of Bern in 1850 to study theology at the family's request . After all, he quickly exchanged studies in theology for studies in law . Since his father lost his position as chief judge in Bern in 1850, Romang first had to work as a private tutorin a family in Bern, then as a trainee in the higher court chancellery to finance his studies himself. After he received the post of second secretary of the Federal Military Department from the Federal Council in March 1854 , he no longer continued his studies.

Romang was still faced with limited financial resources. Therefore he decided in 1855 to participate in the English Swiss Legion in the Crimean War. He has appeared as a second lieutenant in the first regiment of the Swiss Legion and was in Dover trained and Hythe, and in September 1855 Lieutenant promoted. Under Adrian von Arx he served in the Jägercompagnie of the second battalion, which arrived at the theater of war in November 1855. He returned from there in the late summer of 1856.

Romang returned to Bern, where he resumed the little-loved study of law. 1858 consisted of the Fürsprechexamen . From 1859 to 1864 he served as a clerk of the higher court in Bern. He fell out several times with Jakob Stämpfli and had to leave Bern and later Biel and Thun as well , before he finally settled in Geneva as a writer. He founded magazines in both Thun and Biel, each of which went bankrupt .

Romang was married to Anna Marie Renfert. The marriage remained childless.

Works (selection)

• Poems , 1851.
• The English Swiss Legion and its stay in the Orient. Wyss, Langnau 1857.
• Open your eyes in the Bernese region! A contribution to the contemporary history of the Canton of Bern , Bern 1865.
• From voluntary exile: reflections on the situation in Bern, Bern 1868.
• From east and west. Novellas, short stories and poems , 2 volumes, Bern 1873.
• Novellas , 3rd volumes, 1875–1877.
• Autumn flowers , 1882.

literature

• Franz Brümmer :  Romang, Johann Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 450 f.
• Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Johann Jakob Romang. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 11, 2010 , accessed April 10, 2020 .
• Romang, Johann Jakob . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 8 : Poethen – Schlueter . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094025-1 , p. 514 .

Web links

• Romang, Johann Jakob . In: literapedia Bern. The encyclopedia of Bernese writers from the University of Bern