Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel

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Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel (born January 18, 1887 in Mauer-Öhling , † August 27, 1958 in Linz ) was an Austrian poet .

Life

Baumgärtel came to Linz early, where he attended high school. He later studied at the University of Vienna . He worked early as a poet and essayist on contemporary literature and the visual arts .

Although he pursued various professions such feature - editor , secretary of the state's school office, editors , librarians and press officer , he was one of the last bohemians viewed. As a result, he often found himself in financial difficulties, and in later years he was plagued by illnesses.

At the beginning of the 1950s he acted as secretary of the Upper Austrian Artists Association .

Shortly after the death of his wife, he died on August 27, 1958 in Linz. His written estate is in the archive of the City of Linz, which contains a large number of unpublished works, especially poetry.

Renaming of the street to Katzbach

After the city of Linz increasingly tried to come to terms with the past in 1988, it was decided to name the street named after Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel after Emil Baumgärtels instead . Research (Michaela Gustenau, Walter Schuster) had shown that the lyricist during the Nazi main branch manager in Gaupresseamt Oberdonau had been and from 1943 Press Officer for Gau and Reich in Upper Danube and this was not a minor activity. In his verses in April 1954, he had characterized Franz Langoth as a particularly noble person. The renaming did not affect the residents, only the name explanations on the street signs were exchanged.

Awards

  • 1921 Federal Poetry Prize for Free Art in Berlin
  • 1953 Culture Prize of the City of Linz

Publications

  • 1913: Korona , poems
  • 1921: The early songs , poems
  • 1926: New spring
  • 1926: The boy's poems
  • 1941: New frescoes in Oberdonau , in: Oberdonau
  • 1943: A painter of female beauty in Linz. Life and work of Albert Ritzberger , in: Oberdonau
  • 1951: A contemporary of Franz Stelzhamer , Sebastian Haydecker , in Die Silberrose , magazine of the Schutzbund of creative artists
  • 1951: Hans Pollack . On the artist's entry into the age of 60 , in: Die Silberrose, magazine of the protection association of creative artists, together with Hans H. Pilz
  • 1952: The vast country. From the lyrical work of the members of the Upper Austrian Association of Artists, Upper Austria Association of Artists (publisher), Linz
  • 1953: The Golden Year , Upper Austrian Artists Association (publisher), Linz
  • 1953: Community of fate with a city. In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1952. Linz 1953, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.

literature

  • Franz Pühringer : Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel. A Linz poet and bohemian, seen by his contemporaries. In: Art Yearbook of the City of Linz. 1961
  • Georg Wacha : Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel (1887-1958) and the local portrait painters of the inter and post-war period. In: Blickpunkte Upper Austria. Culture magazine. 1995
  • Georg Wacha: Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel (1887-1958). A political bohemian and his poetry. In: Upper Austria. Life pictures. 1994
  • Carl Hans Watzinger : In memoriam Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel. In: Upper Austrian news . 1958
  • Carl Hans Watzinger: Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel. On the 15th anniversary of his death. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter. 1973

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personal data
SURNAME Baumgärtel, Karl Emmerich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Mauer-Öhling , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1958
Place of death Linz