Johannes Scherr
Johannes Scherr (born October 3, 1817 in Rechberg-Hinterweiler ; † November 21, 1886 in Zurich , Switzerland ) was a German cultural historian and writer .
Life
Johannes Scherr was the son of the teacher Franz Scherr and his wife Cäcilie, née Nüding. Scherr graduated from high school at the Episcopal Konvikt in Ehingen in 1837 and then broke off training as a Catholic priest. From 1837 to 1840 he studied German philology and history at the University of Tübingen . From 1840 to 1843 he was a teacher at the private school for the deaf and dumb of his brother Ignaz Thomas Scherr in Winterthur and then a writer in Stuttgart. From 1848 to 1849 he was a member of the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament for Geislingen . After the failed revolution in 1849, Scherr had to flee to Switzerland , where he completed his habilitation and in 1860 was promoted to full professor of history at the Zurich Polytechnic . From 1855 to 1857 he was editor-in-chief of the Landbote published in Winterthur .
Scherr presented a large number of cultural-historical publications, the most influential of which was the German cultural and moral history . He also wrote novels and short stories.
From 1845 Johannes Scherr was married to the folk writer and cookbook author Maria Susanne Kübler (1814–1873), with whom he fell in love while teaching in Winterthur and who followed him to Stuttgart after her divorce.
He found his final resting place in the Sihlfeld cemetery in Zurich .
His daughter Marie Scherr (1876–1942) married the chemist Erich Ebler in 1904 .
Works (selection)
- Legends from Swabia , 1836
- A priest , 1843
- Württemberg in 1844 , 1844
- The Prophet of Florence , 1845
- The orphan of Vienna , 1847
- The Wildschütz , 1850
- The student from Ulm , 1851
- Graziella , 1852
- The pilgrims of the wild. Historical novella , 1853, numerous other editions
- Schiller , 1856
- Rosi Zurflüh , 1860
- History of German Women , 1860, new edition 1928
- The Crucified, or the Passion Play by Wildisbuch , 1860, 2nd edition 1874 ( digitized ; via Margaretha Peter )
- Book of short stories , 1873
- Megalomania. Four chapters in the history of human folly. , Max Hesse Verlag Leipzig 1876
- Edifying and contemplative things for devout souls , 1846
- General history of literature from the earliest times to the present , 1851, numerous new editions
- History of German Culture and Customs , 1852–1853 ( digitized version of the Munich Digitization Center , from April 2, 1858 as German Culture and Customs History ;), numerous other editions
- Germania. Two millennia of German life , 1879, numerous other editions
- Porkeles and Porkelessa , 1882, four editions
- Human tragic comedy Collected studies, sketches and pictures, 12 volumes, Verlag Otto Wigand Leipzig 1884
- The Nibelungen. Translated into prose, introduced and explained by Johannes Scherr. - Leipzig: Wigand, 1860. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
literature
- Jacob Achilles Mähly : Scherr, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 125-130.
- Ernst Kapff : Johannes Scherr, the son of Rechberg . In: Württemberg. Monthly in the service of people and homeland 1932, pp. 486–490 PDF on Commons .
- Hans Schleier : Scherr, Johann Hieronymus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 703 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 780 .
- Scherr, Johannes. In: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, Fourth Edition, 1885–1892, Volume 14, p. 437
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Scherr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Johannes Scherr in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Johannes Scherr in the Internet Archive
- Overview of Johannes Scherr's courses at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1850 to winter semester 1852)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherr, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scherr, Hans; Serr, Iogann; Pamphilius, Ilius (pseudonym); Sorrel, Jeremiah (pseudonym); Bread goat, Jedediah (pseudonym); Zinnober, Zacharias (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cultural historian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rechberg-Hinterweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1886 |
| Place of death | Zurich , Switzerland |