Ludwig Adolf Spach
Ludwig Adolf Spach (born September 27, 1800 in Strasbourg ; † October 16, 1879 there ; also: Louis Adolphe Spach or Ludwig Spach; pseudonym Louis Lavater ) was an Alsatian historian , translator , journalist and novelist, he wrote bilingually in German and French.
Spach studied law in Strasbourg from 1820 to 1823, then was an educator in Paris, Rome and Switzerland, in 1840 archivist for the Lower Rhine department, and from 1848 to 1854 secretary of the Protestant directory and in 1872 honorary professor at the university. From 1870 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Spach clearly formulated the turmoil of many Alsatians who wanted to be German-speaking French and not be taken over by the Reich: The author feels ... an unhappy vacillation between two hostile languages. In the double struggle (the) forces split up; now to the east, now to the west, his literary tendency no longer has a fixed stop. (I) nurtured a twin love for the Gallic and the German muse in (my) breast for a long time , and only too late learned to see that such ideal homage is like courtship , namely that one has to choose one of the two ( 1839). Spach then decided in favor of French culture, which the German national publisher of the compilation of 1916 criticized.
Under the pseudonym Louis Lavater he wrote several novels, including a .: Henri Farel. Roman alsacien (1834), Le nouveau Candide (1835), an adaptation of Voltaire, and Roger de Manesse (1849).
Works (selection)
- Histoire de la Basse-Alsace. 1859
- Lettres sur les archives départementales du Bas-Rhin. Strasbourg 1861
- Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales du Bas-Rhin. 3 volumes. Strasbourg 1863ff.
- OEuvres choisies. 5 volumes. Berger-Levrault, Paris 18XX 1869-1871
- Modern conditions of culture in Alsace. 3 volumes. KJ Trübner, Strasbourg 1873–1874
- Heinrich Waser. Drama. Strasbourg 1875
- Dramatic images from Strasbourg's past. 2 volumes. Strasbourg 1876
- On the history of modern French literature. Trübner, Strasbourg 1877
- Poems. In: German poetry in Alsace from 1815 to 1870. A selection Hg. Emil von Borries . Trübner, Strasbourg 1916. pp. 93-107 (the same poems as in the 2003 edition)
- Poems (reprint: Verlag Neues Elsaß, Strasbourg 2003)
- I never ask where the sounds come from
- Die liebe Ruhe (1916, however: "Der Liebe Ruhe", this is the correct title)
- The unspeakable
- The pasture and the meadow
- Clement Marot
- Morning enjoyment
- Not much longer!
- At night
- The Tiber flows calmly in the sunshine
- The Peters Cathedral and the Strasbourg Cathedral
- return
literature
- Wilhelm Wiegand : Spach, Ludwig Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 702-705.
- Franz Xaver Kraus : Ludwig Spach. An obituary Strasbourg: Schultz, 1880
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Adolf Spach in the catalog of the German National Library (only 2 titles)
- [1] Enter "Spach, Louis" or his pseudonym in the search mask (222 mentions)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spach, Ludwig Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lavater, Louis (pseudonym); Spach, Louis; Spach, Louis Adolphe; Spach, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian historian and novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1879 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |