Johannes Höffner

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Willibald Fürchtegott Johannes Höffner (born March 18, 1868 in Dramburg , † October 9, 1929 in Bomsdorf , district of Guben ) was a German writer and magazine publisher . From 1907 he published the popular family paper “ Daheim ”.

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Höffner was the son of the high school teacher Willibald Höffner and his wife Hulda, geb. Block. He attended high schools in his hometown of Dramburg and in Stolp . He then studied theology, history and art history at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin and at the University of Halle . From 1896 he worked as an assistant preacher, first in Bromberg and then in Gniezno . In 1899 he got the job of a penitentiary pastor in Cottbus .

In 1907 he left the church service and worked until 1921 as editor of the popular family paper " Daheim ". In addition, he was co-editor of “ Velhagen & Klasings MONTHS ”. He published short stories , novels and writings on the history of literature.

In 1897 Höffner married Klara Gutsche, who later wrote as a writer under the name Klara Hofer . The marriage resulted in a daughter and a son, General Hans Höffner (* 1901; † 1987).

Works (selection)

  • The loyalty of Pomerania. 1912. (Novel about the Pomeranian legendary figure Hans Lange )
  • Goethe and the Weimar Court Theater. Kiepenheuer, Weimar 1913.
  • O you home corridor! Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1916. (novel)
  • Melody of the heart. E. Salzer, Heilbronn 1924. (novellas)

Web links

literature

  • Fritz Raeck : Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 334.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Höffner, Willib. Fear. John. In: Our contemporaries. Who is it Degener, Leipzig 1928.
  2. ↑ a b Ingrid Mittenzwei:  Hofer, Klara, née Gutsche. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 381 ( digitized version ). (in the article about his wife)
personal data
SURNAME Höffner, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höffner, Willibald Fürchtegott Johannes (full name); Oesterle, Heinrich (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and magazine editor
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Dramburg
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1929
Place of death Bomsdorf , district of Guben