Literary Society Karlsruhe

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The Literary Society Karlsruhe eV (also Scheffelbund ), founded in 1924 , is the largest literary association in Central Europe with almost 7,000 members. In the Prinz-Max-Palais in Karlsruhe, the literary society maintains the Museum of Literature on the Upper Rhine , the Upper Rhine Library and an archive that goes back to the estate of Joseph Victor von Scheffel . It awards the Scheffel Prize for high school graduates with very good performance in German in Baden-Württemberg , Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate and publishes the literary magazine Allmende .

history

The German Scheffelbund was created to preserve the memory of the poet Joseph Victor von Scheffel and to spread his works.

The foundation of September 13, 1924 in Heidelberg (prepared by Eck Freiherr von Reischach-Scheffel, 1st chairman Friedrich Panzer ) was the foundation of the Scheffelbund Austria in Mattsee near Salzburg by Anton Breitner (1858-1928) and on December 26, 1889 In 1891 the German Scheffelbund was founded in Schwetzingen by the ancient philologist and writer Professor Joseph Stöckle (1844–1893), a native of Gutenstein in the Danube Valley . Stöckle took over the leadership as chairman. The Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden (1857–1928) took over the protectorate of the German department . Stöckle succeeded in winning important poets and writers of his time to collaborate on the yearbooks of the Scheffelbund , such as B. Felix Dahn (1834–1912), Georg Ebers (1837–1898), Ludwig Eichrodt (1827–1892), Johannes Fastenrath (1839–1908), Marie Eugenie delle Grazie (1864–1931), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan (1819 –1904), Otto Roquette (1824–1896) or Peter Rosegger (1843–1918).

Stöckle defined the goals of the Scheffelbund in the Academic monthly papers (IV vol. No. 4, January 25, 1892; p. 68) as follows: "In short: honor the fatherland poet JV von Scheffel, spread his works, maintain Scheffel memories, later, if the funds are sufficient, also suspend prices and tuition fees for students and artists. ”Programmatically, in the sense of Scheffel, the federal government wanted“ to avoid all class hatred and mass hatred and racial hatred ”. So it happened that the Scheffelbund, which was not common at the time, included people of different origins and denominations (ibid., P. 67).

The Scheffelbund as an institution was not affected by the takeover of power by the National Socialists , as it primarily continued to care for the Scheffel plant. 1939 Scheffelbund was forced to that of the Reich Chamber guided Empire Werkbuch and people affiliated. In 1944 he had to stop his work due to the war. At the end of 1945, with the consent of the American occupation forces , it resumed its activities as the People's League for Poetry, formerly the Scheffelbund . Since then, the maintenance of contemporary literature has also been one of the tasks of the Scheffelbund. In 1972 it was renamed the Literary Society (Scheffelbund).

literature

  • Anonymous: From the German bushel union. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter . 43rd year 1929, p. 204.
  • Gundula Axelsson: Literary Society (Scheffelbund) eV In: Christiane Kussin (edit.): Literary Societies in Germany. A manual. Structure, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-351-02435-5 , pp. 198-200.
  • Anton Breitner (Ed.): Annual report of the Scheffelbund. Born in 1891. With fictional supplements in verse and prose. Self-published by the Scheffelbund, Buchdruckerei R. Kiesel, Salzburg 1891.
  • Georg Bujard: Professor Joseph Stöckle. Founder and first chairman of the German department of the Scheffelbund. In: “Don't rest and don't rust!” Yearbook of the Scheffelbund for 1894. Bonz, Stuttgart 1894, pp. 62–89.
  • Matthias Kußmann : 70 years of the Literary Society (Scheffelbund) Karlsruhe: 1924–1994. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1994, ISBN 3-86142-041-4 .
  • Rudolf Ludwig: Scheffelbund and fraternity. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter. 46th year 1932, p. 181.
  • Jochen Meyer, Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann (Hrsg.): History of literature on the Upper Rhine. A cross section. Permanent exhibition catalog. Engelhardt & Bauer, Karlsruhe 1998, ISBN 3-930314-28-2 .
  • Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann, Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.): Joseph Victor von Scheffel: Inventory of the estate and collection. 3 volumes. Libri BOD, Karlsruhe 2000.
  • Reinhold Siegrist: The special tasks of the German Bushel Federation, a cultural work of the German academic associations. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter. Vol. 44, 1930, pp. 177-178.
  • Reinhold Siegrist (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the thirtieth founding day of the Volksbund für Dichtung (Scheffelbund) - September 13, 1954. Müller, Karlsruhe 1954.
  • Joseph Stöckle : Scheffelbund in Austria-Germany. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter. 4th year Bad Nauheim 1890, p. 267.
  • Joseph Stoeckle: Bushel Bund. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter. 6th year Bad Nauheim 1891/1892, p. 182.
  • Joseph Stöckle: From the bushel union. In: Karl Hoeber (Red.): Academic monthly sheets. Organ of the Association of Catholic Student Associations in Germany. Volume 4, No. 4. Cologne 1891/1892 (January 25, 1892), pp. 67-68.

chronology

  • In 1889, Anton Breitner founded the Scheffel-Bund in Austria in Mattsee near Salzburg .
  • In 1891 the German Scheffelbund was founded in Schwetzingen by Joseph Stöckle , which later became part of the Austrian division.
  • In 1924 the (new) Scheffelbund was founded in the Gasthaus zum Ritter in Heidelberg by Eck Freiherr von Reischach-Scheffel . On the occasion of the founding meeting it was decided that the Scheffel Archive, the Scheffel Museum and the federal office in Karlsruhe, the place of birth and death of the poet, should be acquired.
  • In 1926 the Scheffel Museum was opened in the library building of Karlsruhe Palace .
  • In 1932, the Badisches Dichtermuseum was opened in the Palais Solms in Karlsruhe , with the Scheffel documents as its core.
  • In 1998 the Museum of Literature on the Upper Rhine moved to the Prinz-Max-Palais in Karlsruhe .

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