Josef Moser (Author)

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Josef Moser (born February 27, 1812 in Parz, Grieskirchen municipality , † April 27, 1893 in Steyr ) was an Austrian doctor and local poet in Upper Austria . He worked 33 years as a Gmoabader in Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn .

Life

Bader Moser memorial plaque in Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn

Josef Moser was born in Parz Castle , but was given away by his mother to her sister Elisabeth Pachner von Eggerstorf. When he was ten, his foster mother sent him to the Stiftsgymnasium in Kremsmünster, after which he went to the seminary in Linz. Two years later he moved to the surgical school in Salzburg. Josef Moser began his work as a doctor in Schlierbach as a provisional bathing agent and in 1836 took over the position of community bath in Klaus . In the same year he married Barbara Stoppauer, a native of Vorchdorf , who gave birth to eight children in their 41 years of marriage. The family lived in a small house below the castle, which was demolished in 1905 when the Pyhrnbahn was built. Apart from a two-year interlude in Ottensheim , Josef Moser worked as a bather in Klaus and the surrounding area for almost four decades. Because life in the mountain region became too arduous, he settled down as a doctor in Sierninghofen for reasons of age in 1876 and retired to Sierning in 1881 . His wife Barbara was buried at the Sierningen cemetery in 1877. In 1888 Josef Moser was brought to Steyr by his favorite daughter Emma and looked after by her in the so-called Neulustschlössel until his death on April 27, 1893. His wish, expressed in a poem, to be buried in Klaus, did not come true. He got a grave of honor in Steyr .

Act

Moser, who was said to have a keen sense of observation, is one of the outstanding representatives of Upper Austrian dialect poetry . His poem "Hoamweh" almost became a folk song . In his High German works he presents himself as a politically thinking person with sharp accents. There are around 500 poems, sketches, drafts and stories in his estate . Moser's role models included Aloys Blumauer , Heinrich Heine and Nikolaus Lenau . It was difficult to persuade him to publish his poems because, according to his own statements, he “only wrote for himself, out of boredom”. In 1889, the Stelzhamerbund published a substantial part of Moser's poems in the collection Aus dá Hoamát in Volume III Schosser and Moser . His critical texts were even published in the Münchner Abendblatt and for the powerful of his time he was a rebel who publicly expressed his opinion and thus offended the authorities. He was a writer for the people. In his poems he characterized the common people and the political events of his time. He could watch and listen and had thoughts on many political issues, which he wrote down.

Works (selection)

  • Pictures from the natural and popular life of the Upper Austrian Alps, edited by Hans Zötl In: From dá Hoamát, Volume 23, Part 2, 1925;
  • Epigrams on statesmen, poets, industrialists ;
  • High German seals; 1913;

Commemoration

About twenty years after his death, a "memorial committee" was founded. On August 3, 1913, the Bader-Moser memorial was unveiled in Klaus. Despite the rainy weather, several hundred people came. The festival guests from the Steyrtal alone filled two special trains. Today this monument can be found directly on the federal road 138 next to the Klaus dam wall. The Bader-Moser-Straße in Micheldorf and his grave of honor in Steyr also remember the local poet.

literature

  • Franz J. Limberger: Klaus. Harmony of opposites. Published on behalf of the Kulturring Klaus on the occasion of 30 years of Musik-Sommer-Klaus. Kirchdorf 1992, pp. 113-116.
  • Irmgard Bachl: Klaus, Steyrling, Kniewas. My home, our home. Linz 1996, pp. 143-147.
  • Linzer Tages-Post . 1913, n.31; 1943, n.97.
  • Steyrer newspaper from August 25, 1946.
  • From dá Hoamát. Volume 1, 1885, p. 155.
  • Karl Goedeke : German writer lexicon, 1830–1880. Volume 12, p. 249.
  • Wilhelm Kosch : Catholic Germany. 1939.
  • A. Großschopf:  Moser Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 387.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goldbacher, Hermann: The dialect poet Josef Moser , in: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter , 31st year (1977), issue 3/4, pp. 204-206, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  2. ^ Limberger, Franz: Compatriots: Josef Moser, the Bader von Klaus , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , February 11, 2012
  3. ↑ Wimmer, Franz X., in: "extrablick" No. 12, August 28, 2009, Micheldorf in OÖ., Pp. 6-7
personal data
SURNAME Moser, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Parz, municipality of Grieskirchen
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1893
Place of death Steyr