Maria Croon

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Maria Croon (born May 13, 1891 in the Kirfer district of Meurich; † March 23, 1983 in Britten ) was a Moselle-Franconian writer who was strongly influenced by her Catholic faith.

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Maria Croon was born as Maria Brittnacher. She grew up as an illegitimate child in her grandparents' home in Meurich, and she never met her birth father. In later years she described the rural seclusion of the farming village in the Trier-Saarburg district as an idyll . In Kirf she attended elementary school. Her mother married a steelworker in Völklingen , Maria was alien to the industrial, urban atmosphere.

From 1908 she attended the Catholic teachers ' seminar in Saarburg , and three years later she passed her final exam. Positions as a teacher in Hüttersdorf , Fraulautern and in the Schmelzer district of Außen followed. In 1914 she passed her second exam and got a permanent position in Hüttersdorf. There she saw her fellow teacher Nikolaus Croon, whom she married shortly before the end of the First World War . Maria retired from school and had two sons and a daughter. Her husband Nikolaus encouraged her to work as a writer by buying her a typewriter.

In 1933 the family moved to Merzig so that the children could attend the high school there. During the Second World War , the family was evacuated to Lower Saxony twice . Maria Croon returned to school in 1942 because of the war-related shortage of men. In autumn 1944 the family moved to live with relatives in Hüttersdorf, as the front was now close to Merzig. Maria's husband Nikolaus went to Merzig several times to retrieve clothes and objects from the partially destroyed house. During one such walk he was killed on December 30, 1944 in an artillery attack on Merchingen . After the war ended, Maria moved back to Merzig, where she worked as a teacher until her retirement in 1951. Only then did she devote herself exclusively to writing. In 1961 she moved to Britten, where she died on March 23, 1983. According to her wishes, she was buried in Meurich.

Works

Her first story was published in 1911 in the Trier diocese newspaper Paulinus. At a later point in time, Maria Croon remarks: “In a state that can be described as floating between the floor and the ceiling of the room, while reading every word for the first time I enjoyed the intoxicating feeling of astonishment at the wonderful transformation of my written into a correctly printed one Text."

Maria Croon tried all kinds of literature. She wrote novels , wrote lay plays and devoted herself to poetry . Her poems are very expressive in their Moselle Franconian dialect. Her strength lay above all in the stories in which she described the rural world of her homeland and recorded religious and rural customs like a chronicler . Almost all of Maria Croon's works appeared in Christian newspapers and magazines. Faith and morals permeate the literary work of the staunch Catholic. Her first book was published in 1931, her last in 1990, seven years after her death.

Some of their works by year of publication:

  • 1931 And we at home?
  • 1948 In the light of love
  • 1948 The ladder to heaven
  • 1949 In the shine of eternal love. A Christmas book for the family
  • 1952 Den Drehjdejen Pätter (Schwank in 3 lifts)
  • 1954 The work of a maid
  • 1955 A free walk to harvest plums
  • 1960 The delicious hardship
  • 1963 From the time when there was still time
  • 1963 The mission of Traut Halbach
  • 1964 The happy end of work
  • 1980 The dreamer
  • 1980 The Taakbank. Village stories
  • 1981 Heielei hett
  • 1990 The Dorfstrasse. A colorful home chronicle

Honors

The Maria Croon in the Saarschleife
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (August 10, 1966)
  • Honorary citizen of Meurich
  • In 1981 she received the Order of Merit of the Diocese of Trier
  • The Maria Croon Prize has been awarded since 1984, honoring institutions and people in Saarland who cultivate and promote the idea of ​​home.
  • In 1987 the Maria-Croon-Weg was opened as part of the Saar-Lor-Lux-Kulturwanderwege , which leads near Meurich through the valley of the Leukbach, which can be found in many of her stories. A passenger ship on the Saar also bears her name.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Croon, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brittnacher, Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirfer district of Meurich
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1983
Place of death Britten