Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett

Ludwig Benedikt Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (born March 21, 1906 at Hohenaschau Castle ; † August 15, 1985 in the Josephinum in Munich ), also Ludwig von Cramer-Klett , was a German hunting writer .

Life

Ludwig Theodor Benedikt Maria Anton Sebastian Maurus Placidus Anselm Gregorius Hildebrand von Cramer-Klett was the son of the industrialist, patron and Imperial Councilor of the Bavarian Crown Theodor von Cramer-Klett junior. and his wife Anna Chariklia, b. Baroness of Würtzburg.

Like his father, Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett, who lives at Hohenaschau Castle, is one of the best-known and most outstanding hunting writers in German-speaking countries; also a tireless fighter for the preservation of an animal welfare and humane hunt.

In 1930, when he was still at school, at the age of 24, he published his first hunting story, “The Fourteen ”. The style of Anton Freiherr von Perfall , which he valued very much , had a strong influence on him. Later, as a recognized writer, he brought out a collection of hunting stories by Anton Freiherr von Perfall with the title "Auf der Wurzhütte". His second publication of the story “Silvester-Birsch” in 1931 already had his own distinctive style. In the same year 1931 he published a little story called "A Dream". His writing style can also be seen there. But one also thinks reading a story by Arthur Schubart, who was a frequent hunting guest in Hohenaschau and was very much admired as a poet by Cramer-Klett.

Also in 1931 he published a longer story, “Die Heuraffler”, illustrated by the hunting painter Michael Mathias Kiefer . This helped him achieve his breakthrough as a hunting writer.

In 1932 another short story by the young author was published with the title “Not shot!”. After that, it becomes quiet about the Baron's writings that have just blossomed. This may have its reason for the negative attitude towards the Third Reich and the associated stamping of the hunting literature that caused him to remain silent, as he remarked in a foreword to the Heurafflers in 1965. So he quoted his old forest adviser Escherich with the words: “Ludwig, D'mir must promise this: Never imagine that a fundamentally bad thing can get better if you participate! You can only fight them or stay away. ”Cramer-Klett stayed away, at least in literary terms. Already in the post-war years, after he returned home ill as a soldier in 1942 from the Eastern Front, where he served as Field Marshal, he published initially isolated and later very lively hunting stories, which he later summarized in his books.

During the Third Reich, Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett was imprisoned in Stadelheim for a short time . A short time later, his palace in Munich was burned down. Due to these financial losses and inflation, Ludwig Benedikt was forced to sell Hohenaschau Castle and the eastern part of the valley to the German Reich / Bavarian State in 1942 for financial reasons. The castle became a rest home for the navy. From then on, the family lived in the Villa Elisabeth at the foot of the Schlossberg.

family

Ludwig Benedikt was married to Margarethe Haushofer (* May 28, 1905, † October 30, 1979 Aschau), the daughter of the painter Alfred Haushofer . The marriage had five children.

• Theodor Rasso Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (born April 22, 1941 Munich)
• Anna Antonia von Cramer-Klett (born April 19, 1942)
• Margarethe von Cramer-Klett (born August 6, 1944), second wife of Hans Clarin
• Elisabeth Maria Brigitte von Cramer-Klett (born May 20, 1946)
• Christa Benedikta von Cramer-Klett (born June 9, 1947)

Awards

• 1965 Literature Prize of the German Hunting Association DJV for the work "Blissful Solitude"
• 1974 Literature Prize of the Conseil International de la Chasse CIC for the six books published by then and numerous technical and hunting policy articles in the hunting press

plant

• Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett. Path and work of a Christian man. Recorded by his son. (around 1939)
• The Heuraffler and other mountain hunter stories. 1950
• Dream on a green background. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1956, 3rd edition 1963
• Play of lights and shadows. Of a hunter's wishes and ways. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1960, 2nd edition 1961
• / Perfall, Anton von: On the Wurzhütte and other hunting stories. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1963
• Blissful loneliness. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1964, 3rd edition 1967
• The echo of the French horn. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1968
• The hunter's happiness knows no lingering. 1976
• With the shotgun. About accurate shooters, noble weapons and the joy of sociable hunting. 1978
• For hunting, I got a happy mind. On roebuck, rooster and deer. Hamburg / Berlin: Paul Parey, 1986
• In the Gamsgebirge. Experiences and experiences with the tickling game. 1988
• Wall of favorites. And other hunting tales. 1995
• Fair hunting. Melsungen: Neumann-Neudamm, 2008

literature

• Fritz Bergner: On the book 'Gerechtes Waidwerk' by Cramer-Klett. In: Die neue Neudammerin , Edition III / 2007, pp. 46–48.
• Günter Heinemann: Happiness of the hunting spirit. Encounter with the literary work of Ludwig Benedikt Frhr. by Cramer-Klett. In: Wild und Hund , 68th year 1965/1966, p. 184
• Erwin Hoer: “The hunters demand too little.” The legacy of v. Cramer Velcro. In: Wild und Hund , Edition 3/2006, pp. 32–36.
• Jörg Mangold: Literary work high above the Priental. The family history of the hunting writer von Cramer-Klett. In: Jagd in Bayern , issue 4/2008, pp. 20–21.
• Jörg Mangold: The slipper deer. Poets' room at the Heuraffler. In: Pirsch , issue 1/2013, pp. 84–87.
• Wolfram Martin: Cramer-Klett memorial event in Aschau / Chiemgau. In: Die neue Neudammerin , edition IV / 2006, pp. 82–85.
• Monika Reiterer: "I went hunting with a happy mind." Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett (March 21, 1906 - August 15, 1985). In: Wild und Hund , issue 3/2006, p. 35.
• Walter Schwartz: Fair hunting. Why a new book by Ludwig Benedikt Freiherr von Cramer-Klett is being created. In: Die neue Neudammerin , Edition IV / 2007, pp. 43–45.
• Eberhard Wenzel: “Hunting literature of high rank!” Hunters remembered the great hunting writer Ludwig Benedikt Frhr in Aschau. v. Cramer Velcro. In: Wild und Hund , issue 22/1995, pp. 38–40.

Web links

• Author portrait of Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett in the literature portal Bavaria
• Literature by and about Ludwig Benedikt von Cramer-Klett in the catalog of the German National Library