Joseph Baierlein

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Joseph Baierlein (born January 21, 1839 in Waldsassen , † 1919 in Cologne ) was a German writer .

Life

Baierlein attended university after graduating from high school and then took a position in the judiciary, which he gave up in 1860. He went to Italy and joined the army of King Francis II of Naples as a volunteer . After the army was disbanded in 1861, Baierlein went to Malta and North Africa and later toured France , Denmark , Austria as well as North and South Africa. The experiences in these countries formed the basis for his later writing activity. Baierlein finally settled in Vilseck and moved to Switzerland with his family in 1874 . In 1890 he moved to Aschaffenburg and after 1913 went to Cologne, where he died in 1919.

Baierlein wrote local literature, fiction and youth literature and worked as a journalist. His daughter Marie Baierlein also became a writer.

Works (selection)

  • 1891: From Feldkirch to Gaëta (novel)
  • 1896: Upper Palatinate stories (reprint: Kallmünz: Laßleben 1965)
  • 1896: The Chevalier de Chamilly (novel)
  • 1897: Käthe and Kathinka / On the war foot (stories)
  • 1898: on the rope (story)
  • 1898: Sylvio Spreti (novella)
  • 1899: The Bilwitzschneider (story)
  • 1900: The blacksmith von Pirk (story from the Upper Palatinate) (reprint: Kallmünz: Laßleben 1966, udT Der Pinkus von Pirk)
  • 1901: Walter Carpenter's estate (novel)
  • 1902: Hui and Pfui (village novel from the Upper Palatinate)
  • 1902: The Tscheglöckel and the Rentschenratschen (folk novel from the Upper Palatinate)
  • 1904: Herrenwaldau (story)
  • 1904: Monika (village and moral novel from the Upper Palatinate)
  • 1904: Jul Altar (story)
  • 1906: Without a plan or a goal (novel)
  • 1906: Youth library (4 volumes)
  • 1907: The Spruchbauer (story from the Upper Palatinate)
  • 1908: The drop (story from the Upper Palatinate)
  • 1911: The Hennenmetzger (story from the Upper Palatinate) (reprint: Kallmünz: Laßleben 1967)
  • 1913: The son of the justice of the peace
  • 1915: The Indian's Derotero
  • 1916: On the banks of the Zambezi
  • 1918: The little flattering cat (reprint: Regensburg: Habbel [1965])
  • 1919: The cobbler 's vow and other stories

literature

  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, pp. 109–110.
  • Manfred Knedlik: Joseph Baierlein (1839-1919). Novelist, youth writer and folk teller. In: Heimat Landkreis Tirschenreuth 3 (1991), 16–22 (with catalog raisonné).

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personal data
SURNAME Baierlein, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldsassen
DATE OF DEATH 1919
Place of death Cologne