Josef Schlicht

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Josef Schlicht

Josef Schlicht (born March 18, 1832 in Geroldshausen near Wolnzach , Upper Bavaria , † April 18, 1917 in Steinach , Lower Bavaria ) was known as a folklorist and local researcher and is considered a chronicler of rural life.

A memorial plaque pays tribute to his life with the slogan "As nobody knew, loved and described the old Bavarian farming country".

Life

Schlicht was born in Geroldshausen in the Hallertau (Gemeine Wolnzach) as the first son of a large Gütler family. After childhood on his parents 'farm and attending the boys' seminar in the Benedictine monastery in Metten , which opened in 1843, he studied at the Lyceum in Regensburg . Schlicht had passed his Abitur in 1852 with the distinction “excellent worthy”. During his studies at the lyceum - he could not afford to attend the theological university because of lack of money - he lived in the clerical seminary. Schlicht completed his education at the Lyceum in 1856 with an excellent assessment: "Ability first, hard work first, progress first, moral behavior first". On August 12, 1856, Schlicht was ordained subdiaconate and the day after that. On August 16 of the same year he was ordained a priest in the High Cathedral in Regensburg by Bishop Valentin Riedel .

His grave is in the church cemetery in Steinach near Straubing.

Act

Like many other new priests, Schlicht did not get a chaplaincy straight away and attended a pre-study internship in Ensdorf Abbey . From 1857 he was finally appointed chaplain, first in Ergoldsbach , then from 1857 to 1858 in Landshut (St. Nikola).

Schlicht was chaplain in Oberschneiding from 1859 to 1869 . First second chaplain for five years, the so-called "Kloa Herr", which Schlicht described perfectly because of his height. Schlicht later wrote about his time as Kloana Herr : “The pastor accommodates him and feeds him, gives him a weeklong and leaves him something of corpses and baptisms; the peasants provide him with a wheat collection, they do it with pride and joy, so that there is more swing in the church and they have a levitated Christmas mass and, when peasants die, a three-horse funeral and requiem. [...] Of course, it only thrives where there are rich Bavarian farmers. "

For another five years, Schlicht was first chaplain, or “Great Lord” of Oberschneiding. He took an understanding part in the life of the parish, celebrated with the parishioners, played the guitar, sang Gstanzl, in which he "raised" many, including spiritual confreres. He sometimes even delighted his audience with opera arias and occasionally let his voice echo down from the church choir, for example when he sang oratorios. The Oberschneidinger loved their always cheerful chaplain. In summer the farmers provided him with a carriage and in winter a sleigh that he could drive through the Gäu. For a while he was even allowed to ride a riding horse. His mishap with this riding horse is passed down to us in the humorous story "Der kloan Herr als Kavallerist".

Schlicht's folklore publications began in Oberschneiding, to which a former student friend from Metten encouraged him: Georg Aichinger had come to Azlburg as a confessor in 1868 and had also taken over the editing of the Straubinger Tagblatt . For the Straubinger Tagblatt, Schlicht described under the title Von der Hienharter Höhe the harvest work in the Gäuboden, the Straubinger slave market ( Arnmarkt ), the accommodation of the Arnkarln , the food, the working hours from four in the morning to the ringing of prayer at eight in the evening. He described the work: mowing the ear-heavy grain, unpacking, collecting, loading, driving in, emptying, stepping in the barley. The extremely positive response to his newspaper articles inspired Josef Schlicht to create new things.

In 1869 Schlicht went to Tunding as a chaplain , in 1871 Schlicht was a temporary beneficiary in Stadtamhof ( Regensburg ) before he became a castle beneficiary in Steinach in the same year .

Works

From 1871 to 1917 Josef Schlicht lived in the former benefit house in Steinach.

Books

  • 1875 Bavarian country and Bavarian people
  • 1877 blue and white in insult and honor
  • 1886 Altbayern and Altbayernvolk
  • 1889 The old Bavarian country wedding
  • 1895 Altheimland
  • 1898 Lower Bavaria in the country, history and people

Theatrical games

  • 1897 The Kletzwabi his Friedl
  • 1903 The cavalier bet
  • 1904 The Planetentoni
  • 1904 Seven cheerful folk games for club theaters in town and country

Josef Schlicht Medal

To commemorate the merits of Josef Schlicht and as a tribute to personalities who support the Bavarian homeland, culture and customs in the spirit of Schlicht, the district of Straubing-Bogen has been awarding the Josef Schlicht Medal since 1977 . The award of this award was decided in 1973, the medal is donated by the Sparkasse Straubing-Bogen .

Award winners

literature

  • Manfred Hörner: Simple, Joseph. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Supplementary volume. 1000 personalities from 15 centuries. Pustet, Regensburg 1988, ISBN 3-7917-1153-9 , p. 147 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Paul Mai: Joseph Schlicht (1832–1917). The classic of Bavarian folklore . In: Life pictures from the history of the diocese of Regensburg , part 2, Regensburg 1989.
  • Hans Agsteiner: On the 175th birthday of the famous Steinacher Schlossbenefiziaten Josef Schlicht. Supplement to the community message. In: Community offer of the community Steinach with the localities Agendorf, Münster and Wolferszell. March 2007. Published by the Steinach community, Steinach 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “For man must have a joy”; Michael Wellenhofer’s contribution to the Straubinger Tagblatt on March 17, 2007, on the occasion of Josef Schlicht’s 175th birthday
personal data
SURNAME Simple, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Geroldshausen , Isarkkreis , Kingdom of Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1917
Place of death Steinach , Lower Bavaria , Kingdom of Bavaria , German Empire