Junker Christoph Bernhard
Junker Christoph Bernhard is a historical story by the Christian writer Käthe Papke about love from the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War . It first appeared in 1938.
content
Christoph and his two brothers have long been committed to the new, evangelical faith. The dominant father firmly adheres to the Catholic faith. After Christoph reveals himself to him that he would like to fight on the side of the Protestant Swedes against the imperial-Catholic, it comes to a break. The father casts him out, Christoph goes to the evangelical troops with his faithful servant Andreas. There he rose to the rank of lieutenant and confidante of the gruff commander Vithus. When Vithus moves into Stapelburg with a department , the residents are very afraid. Cattle, belongings and goods are hidden from the soldiers. Vithus and Christoph move into the castle of the same name. The soldiers' residents treat the soldiers with such amiability that they feel more like guests than occupiers. The soldier Christoph and the castle daughter Jutta fall in love. The local Protestant pastor is left behind. When Christoph is seriously injured in the lungs during a courier service, Jutta takes care of him devotedly but in vain. Shortly before his death, Christoph asked Jutta's brother to use his fortune for children. The love between Christoph and Jutta establishes an annual meal, the "Salvesemmeln", as a gift for the children of the local community (similar to the Nikolausfest).
background
The novel is set in Stapelburg , which is 15 km from Wernigerode , the Harz homeland of the poet. The amendment of historical homeland materials was the literary core topic of Papke, which dealt “in depth with the study of history, especially old homeland history”.
literature
- Käthe Papke: Junker Christoph Bernhard. Historical narrative - Christian Publishing House , 1938