Josef Felix Ineichen

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Josef Felix Ineichen as the canon of Beromünster

Josef (Joseph) Felix Ineichen , poet name the old Sepp (born June 1, 1745 in Ballwil , † May 21, 1818 in Beromünster ), was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman. With his poems written in the dialect of the Lucerne Gäus he was a pioneer of Swiss German dialect literature.

Life

Ineichen was the son of an innkeeper, churchman and constable. He attended the Jesuit grammar school in Lucerne , and then trained as a priest; he was ordained priest in 1769. In the same year he was vicar in Ruswil , from 1770 to 1776 pastor in Udligenswil and from 1776 to 1793 in Neuenkirch ; from 1791 to 1793 he was also sextar of the chapter Sursee . From 1793 to 1802 he worked as a chaplain in the women's convent Rathausen , then returned to Ballwil due to depression and worked as a chaplain in Baldegg from 1804 to 1808 . In 1808 he finally became canon in Beromünster. From 1810 until his death Ineichen was a member of the Helvetic Society , which was then chaired by Franz Joseph Stalder .

Ineichen was described as a lovable and humorous person as well as a welcome companion. He had a large goiter that gave rise to numerous jokes about himself. "In order to never be embarrassed," he also collected anecdotes . In addition, he kept notebooks for historical notes and dialect expressions, which were lost in 1859.

Create

Ineichen was the first well-known Swiss German dialect poet , alongside the "flatter" Jost Bernhard Häfliger , whom he "surpassed in originality". Most of them are written in the dialect of the Lucerne Gäus, occasionally it imitates that of Nidwalden where the subject suggests. His “metrically quite demanding songs” are often written from the optics of a peasant and initially “tend to be Helvetic- friendly”, from 1802 partly “historical-patriotic”, partly humorous. In the most extensive of his poems, Paradies, the influences of southern German dialect poetry become clear - it is a free, content-wise updated and reduced adaptation of Sebastian Sailer's fall of sin . His song uf d ' Sempacherschlacht , performed on the occasion of the battle season 1808 , earned him the canons' priests in Beromünster, for which he had applied for a long time.

He sang his poems on social occasions, on which he added well-known or specially composed melodies. He never printed them himself, but they were widely distributed in transcripts and flyers . It was not until 1859, more than forty years after the author's death, that Heinrich Ineichen - who himself was zealously devoted to the dialect and provided the editorial staff of Schweizerischer Idiotikons with an extensive manuscript on Lucerne German - gave an (incomplete) collection under the title Lieder vom alten Sepp out. The Swiss church newspaper ruled indignantly at the paradise it contained - the late Baroque poem was misunderstood in the strict 19th century. In 1961, two of Ineichen's songs were included in Alfred Leonz Gassmann's collection Was Our Fathers Sang .

The Swiss folklorist Hans Trümpy paid tribute to Ineichen as follows:

«Ineichen was a strong talent, familiar with the folk poetry of his home, able to transform what he had adopted in his own way, and filled with an original joy in playing with language. He wrote without literary pretensions, only for a comparatively small circle to whom he dared to confide. His poetry is more than a skilful forging of words; it can only be fully understood from its essence. For that reason alone, Ineichen deserved a worthy monograph. "

plant

  • Songs from old Sepp, Joseph Ineichen, former Canon v. Münster, born v. Ballwyl. Collected and published by friends of popular poetry [actually: by Heinrich Ineichen]. Schiffmann, Lucern 1859 ( online ).

literature

  • Walter Haas : Lozärnerspròòch. A history of the Lucerne German dialect literature with an author's lexicon and a reader. Räber, Luzern / Stuttgart 1968, p. 22 f. and 80-82.
  • Walter Haas: Josef Felix Ineichen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Waltraud Hörsch, Josef Bannwart: Lucerne parish and world clergy 1700–1800. A biographical lexicon (=  Lucerne Historical Publications. Volume 33). Rex, Luzern 1998, ISBN 3-7252-0658-9 , p. 211.
  • [ Heinrich Ineichen :] Songs from old Sepp, Joseph Ineichen, former Canon v. Münster, born v. Ballwyl. Schiffmann, Lucern 1859, pp. V – XVI ( digitized version ).
  • Ignaz Kronenberg: The poet of the «Poor Greth». In: Switzerland 5/22, 1918, pp. 253-258 ( digitized version ).
  • Anna Stüssi: Ineichen, Joseph. In: German Literature Lexicon . Biographical-bibliographical manual. 3rd, completely revised edition. Volume 8: Hohberg - Kober. Edited by Heinz Rupp and Carl Ludwig Lang. Francke, Bern / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7720-1537-9 , Sp. 376 f.
  • Jos. Troxler: Joseph Ineichen. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 4: Güttingen - Milan. Administration of the Hist.-Biogr. Lexikons der Schweiz, Neuchâtel 1927, p. 347.
  • Hans Trümpy : Swiss German language and literature in the 17th and 18th centuries (=  writings of the Swiss Society for Folklore. Volume 36). Basel 1955, pp. 296-308.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ According to Hörsch / Bannwart, p. 211, according to which, according to the information provided by the editors of the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, its digital version has been corrected. The Historisch-Biographische Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume IV, p. 347 named March 3rd; This information was taken over by Walter Haas for Lozärnerspròòch, p. 80 and for the printed edition of the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume 6, p. 624 as well as by Anna Stüssi for the German Literature Lexicon, Volume 8, Sp. 376.
  2. ↑ The Walter Haas in Lozärnerspròòch, pages 23 and 80 suspected additional visit to the school of Premonstratensians' Obermarchtal in Swabia Bannwart is of Hörsch / not mentioned in its detailed description of Ineichens life and should not therefore apply.
  3. ↑ years according to Hörsch / Bannwart, p. 211; In Heinrich Ineichen's preface to the songs of old Sepp there are isolated ambiguities and deviations.
  4. ^ Based on the picture of life written by Heinrich Ineichen in the songs of old Sepp, pp. V – XVI.
  5. ↑ a b Hans Trümpy in Swiss German Language and Literature, p. 308.
  6. ^ A b c Walter Haas in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  7. ↑ Hans Trümpy in Swiss German Language and Literature, pp. 302 ff.
  8. ↑ Hans Trümpy in Swiss German Language and Literature, p. 307; Walter Haas in Lozärnerspròòch, p. 23.
  9. ↑ Heinrich Ineichen in Lieder vom alten Sepp, p. XI f.
  10. ^ Walter Haas: Lozärnerspròch. A history of the Lucerne German dialect literature with an author's lexicon and a reader. Räber, Luzern / Stuttgart 1968, pp. 78–80.
  11. ↑ Walter Haas in Lozärnerspròch, p. 81.
  12. ^ Walter Haas in Lozärnerspròch, p. 82.
personal data
SURNAME Ineichen, Josef Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ineichen, Josef; Ineichen, Joseph; The old Sepp (poet name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Catholic pastor, pioneer of Swiss German dialect literature
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballwil
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1818
Place of death Beromünster