Karl Hötzer

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Karl Hötzer (born June 12, 1892 in Balingen , † 1969 in Tübingen ) was a dialect , local poet, story writer and teacher.

Life and work

Karl Hötzer was born as the son of a Balingen teacher. Like his father, he took up the profession of elementary school teacher. There are three known cities where he taught:

Due to illness, Hötzer had to retire early. Karl Hötzer was married to Gertrud Hötzer. A son Ulrich is known from the marriage. During his lifetime he wrote countless poems and stories about his homeland. He brought out several books with collections of poetry and history. Hötzer cultivated a friendship with Matthias Koch , who was also a teacher (including in Tübingen) and local poet.

Relations with National Socialism

From 1935 Hötzer was a member of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV), from 1937 a member of the NSDAP , and a member of the National Socialist Teachers' Association (NSLB). In the course of denazification , Hötzer was classified as a follower in the panel proceedings . In 2001, a discussion broke out about Hötzer's closeness to National Socialism, which led to the Hötzersaal in the Balingen town hall being renamed the “small hall”.

Honors

  • Ring of Honor of the City of Balingen (1967)
  • until 2001 the small hall of the Balingen town hall was named after him (Hötzersaal)

Works (selection)

  • Loable. Poems and stories in the Balingen dialect. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel, 1940
  • The development of the city of Balingen and its churches. Tübingen, Verlag Heckenbauser'sche Buchhandlung, 1947
  • From the Stöckle to the Aöschterberg - Tübenger pictures. Tübingen, Verlag Tübinger Chronik, 1955
  • Balenger history with pictures by Otto Wider. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel, 1959
  • Swabian poems. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel, 1960
  • The elephant rider and other stories. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel, 1961
  • All kinds of folk wisdom. Balinger sayings. Collected by Karl Hötzer. Pictures by Otto Wider. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel
  • It goes to the hole. Balingen, Verlag Hermann Daniel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Archive Sigmaringen - archival unit Wü 13 T 2 No. 2512/070, State Commissioner for Political Cleansing [1] , accessed on May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Local history association Zollernalb e. V. (2005): Heimatkundliche Blätter Zollernalb, Volume 52, No. 1 (pdf, 6 MB, accessed on May 20, 2018)
  3. ↑ Werner Paul Heyd (1980), Gerlingen, Bleicher Verlag: Teacher and Poet to - Karl Hötzer. In Schwäbische Köpf ': Portrait Sketches , pp. 35–44
  4. ^ Alfred Leuchter (1983): Two classics of Swabian dialect poetry - My encounter with Matthias Koch and Karl Hötzer. In Tübinger Blätter, Volume 70, pp. 107-108
  5. ^ State archive Sigmaringen - archival unit Wü 13 T 2 No. 2558 / 142x, State Commissioner for political cleansing [2] . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ Steffen Maier (2011): Enlightening view of. Im Schwarzwälder Bote from April 22, 2011 [3] (accessed on May 20, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Hötzer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dialect poets, local poets, story writers and teachers
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Balingen
DATE OF DEATH 1969
Place of death Tübingen