Julius Krais
Julius Krais (born November 29, 1807 in Beilstein ; † November 30, 1878 in Oferdingen ) was a Protestant pastor and Swabian poet.
Life
Krais was the son of Beilstein's bailiff, Philipp Friedrich Krais, and first attended the Latin school in Beilstein before joining the Blaubeuren seminar at the age of 14 . From 1825 he studied theology at the University of Tübingen . He then spent three years as vicar , then pastor in Talheim (1833-1847), Güglingen (1847-1850), Sondelfingen (1850-1867) and Oferdingen . He was married to the pastor's daughter Emilie Hopf from Aicheldorf. Her daughter Johanna married the zoologist and physician Gustav Jäger .
Works and honor
His literary work includes poems as well as Christian poetry. His estate is kept in the Schiller National Museum. Several of his poetry collections were posthumously revised and reissued by Marie Weitbrecht . A street is named after him in Talheim, where he worked as a pastor for 14 years.
literature
- Otto Rohn and Dietmar Rupp (eds.): Beilstein in past and present . City of Beilstein, Beilstein 1983
- Hermann Fischer: Krais, Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 23.
Web links
- Literature by and about Julius Krais in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rohn / Rupp write about the marriage of Krais-Hopf in 1883, but can only be a rotator of numbers / typographical errors, as Krais died in 1878. Presumably he married in 1833, because daughter Johanna was born in Talheim in 1835 according to the Jäger family chronicle.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krais, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swabian pastor and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beilstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1878 |
| Place of death | Oferdingen |