Laurenz Kiesgen

Laurenz Kiesgen (born December 3, 1869 in Cologne , † February 19, 1957 in Dattenfeld / Sieg ) was a German educator and writer . He wrote under the pseudonyms Elise Kronberg , Carl Lorenz , Karl Lorenz , Pittjüppche and Schibeleutche .

Life

Laurenz Kiesgen was the son of a master blacksmith . After attending primary school and doing a preparatory work in Cologne , he completed training at the teachers' college in Brühl from 1887 to 1890 . From 1890 to 1895 he worked as a teacher in Kaster , from 1896 to 1900 at a community school in Cologne and from 1900 as a middle school teacher .

In addition to his work as a teacher, Kiesgen began to publish literary texts early on. He was involved in the struggle of the Catholic Church against so-called " trash literature " and was editor-in-chief of the magazine Der Wächter for youth publications from 1910 to 1920 . From 1912 he was part of the editorial team of the youth magazine Jung-Köln .

In July 1943 Kiesgen's apartment in Cologne was destroyed in an air raid. The author stayed temporarily with his children in Stuttgart ; after his return to Cologne he was bombed again in October 1944 and moved to Dattenfeld / Sieg , where he lived until his death.

Laurenz Kiesgen was the author of stories , fairy tales , literary-historical and literary-pedagogical treatises, poems and plays ; he wrote partly in Cologne dialect . In addition to numerous works of classical German literature and anthologies , he published the series of Munich youth publications from 1929 to 1935 .

Works

• Klopstock and Goethe's poetry , Kreuzburg O.-S. (under the name Karl Lorenz)
  • 1. Klopstock , 1892
  • 2. Goethe , 1892
• Heaven and Earth , Leipzig 1893
• The boarding school , Leipzig 1893
• Germany's ruling imperial princes and their countries , Münster 1894 (under the name Carl Lorenz)
• The globe , Paderborn 1894
• Max von Mexico , Münster in Westf. 1894
• The ham breakfast , Paderborn 1894 (under the name Carl Lorenz)
• The Franco-German War 1870-71 , Munich 1895
• The most beautiful song , Düsseldorf 1896
• Gottfried von Bouillon , Paderborn 1897 (under the name Carl Lorenz)
• Emperor's birthday! , Düsseldorf 1897
• Emperor's birthday with the little ones , Düsseldorf 1897
• A martyr of Cologne , Essen 1898
• Virtue wreath around St. Aloysius , Düsseldorf 1898
• Marginal glosses on the youth literature question , Kempten 1899
• In Feindesland , Düsseldorf 1900 (under the name Karl Lorenz)
• The Schandmal , Berlin 1900 (under the name Carl Lorenz)
• An angel on earth , Paderborn 1901 (under the name Karl Lorenz)
• Heinrich von Kleist , Leipzig 1901
• The robbery of princes , Paderborn 1901 (under the name of Karl Lorenz)
• Chateaubriand and the neo-romanticism , Hamm iW 1904
• Maisegen , Munich 1904
• Martin Greif , Leipzig 1905
• The reading plague , Kevelaer 1909
• Nocturnal stories , Cologne 1912
• Love, Peace, Freedom , Berlin [among others] 1913 (under the name Karl Lorenz)
• From the dear child Maria , Cöln a.Rh. 1913
• The Botocudos and other stories , Cologne 1915
• The fight for the bridge and other stories , Cologne 1915
• Mickelpickel's adventures in three theaters of war , Cologne 1915
• German songs , M. Gladbach 1916
• The fairy tale bird , Freiburg i.Br. 1917
• I was there too! , Regensburg 1918 (together with Andreas Untersberger)
• The fairy tale bird , Freiburg i.Br. 1918
• The youth of today, the men of tomorrow , Kevelaer 1919
• Our Lord's boarder , Cologne 1919
• Funny stories , Cologne 1922
• German journeys in Young America , Berlin 1927
• The donkey Nasso and his adventures , Freiburg iB 1928
• Goethe, the poet , Kevelaer 1932
• Ernst Moritz Arndt , Kevelaer 1934
• Hindenburg, the Eckart of the German people , Kevelaer 1935
• As Köttel em ale Kölle , Saarlautern 1938
• What Schmitzen Hein tells about old Cologne , Essen 1939
• Johann Peter Mauel , Mayen 1948
• Vum ale Kölle , Cologne 1970

Editing

• Little song book for German teachers , Cologne 1900 (published together with Wilhelm Räderscheidt)
• Friedrich von Schiller : The maiden of Orleans , Hamm iW 1903
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Minna von Barnhelm or The Soldier's Luck, Hamm iW 1904
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff : A selection from her poems for the youth , Munich 1905
• Friedrich von Schiller: Wilhelm Tell , Hamm iW 1905
• Friedrich von Schiller: Schiller's poems , Hamm iW 1906
• Friedrich von Schiller: Maria Stuart , Hamm iW 1906
• Ernst von Houwald : Dark Stories , Kevelaer 1907
• The Marienheim in Cologne , Cologne 1907
• Selection of character images from art and literature , Münster iW 1908
• Selected fairy tales of German poets , Cologne
  • 1. Goethe, Chamisso, Mörike , 1909
  • 2. Hauff, Hebbel, Hoffmann, Immermann , 1909
  • 3. Arndt, Eichendorff, Novalis, Tieck, Wieland , 1910
  • 4. Fischer-Graz, Handel-Mazzetti, Kerner, Klie, Mosen, Müller v. Königswinter, Reinick , 1910
• Tales of girls by German poets , Cologne 1910 (published under the name Elise Kronberg)
• August Kopisch : Selected Poems , Essen-Ruhr 1912
• Twenty funny stories , Cologne 1912 (published under the name E. Kronberg)
• Bundestreue , Münster iW (published together with Gerhard Hennes)
  • 1 (1914)
• Adolph Kolping : The Lindenkreuz and other stories , Cöln 1914
• Adolph Kolping: A game and other stories , Cologne 1914
• Adolph Kolping: Im Elendsgäßchen and other stories , Cologne 1919
• Adolph Kolping: Guilt, Punishment and Reconciliation and other stories , Cologne 1919
• The strange ring and other fairy tales by German poets , Cologne 1921
• From the king, the dragon eggs and the princess Caritas , Cologne 1923
• Hellweg , Frankfurt aM (published together with Wilhelm Nieland, Bernhard Zytur and Ferdinand Behr)
  • 1. Kinderland , 1924
  • 2. Homeland , 1925
  • 3. Fatherland , 1924
  • 4. Poets' Land , 1925
• Clemens Brentano : Rheinmärchen , Freiburg 1925
• Theodor Fontane : The unhappy prince friend and other stories , Kevelaer 1930
• The voracious Hans and other funny stories , Kevelaer 1930
• August Hagen: Albrecht Dürer and Hans Sachs , Kevelaer 1930
• Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti : Der Stangelberger Poldl , Kevelaer 1930
• Christoph von Schmid : A wreath of flowers , Berlin 1931
• Joseph von Eichendorff : Eichendorff for the German youth , Kevelaer 1932
• Max Biber : Death rides in Flanders , Kevelaer 1935
• Cologne Laughter and Reading Primer , Essen 1940
• Rheinischer Volkshumor , Essen 1941 (published together with Wilhelm Spael)

Web links

• Literature by and about Laurenz Kiesgen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Laurenz Kiesgen at Open Library