Marta Rothe
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Marta Rothe (born September 14, 1919 in Hornhausen as Marta Kagelmann ) is a German author of the East Westphalian Platts . Marta Rothe is valued in the Börde as a well-known writer of Low German literature with an East Westphalian character.
Life
She was born the third of seven children. Her mother, Anna Dorothea, nee Kohlhase, came from Hornhausen , her father, Johann Friedrich Kagelmann, came from Ottleben . In 1920 the family moved to Üplingen . Here she attended the one-class elementary school from 1925 to 1929. At first it was very difficult for her in school, as she could only speak low- spoken. In June 1929, when Marta was nine years old, the family moved to Sommersdorf . Here the father got a job on a larger farm as a court master.
When she graduated from three-class elementary school, she was able to receive a scholarship for a high school because of “good performance”. However, her parents had to refuse this due to lack of money.
At the age of 14 she had to work in the field and at home and also take up a job. This was an extremely difficult time for the young girl. Later she found a job as a nurse's help at the Pfeiffer Foundations in Magdeburg . In 1940 she married, became a mother and housewife. After the divorce, she went to a state school and then worked as a buyer for agricultural products in the Oschersleben district in the 1950s . Later she went back to Magdeburg and worked in the general administration of the Reichsbahn repair shop in Salbke . In 1960 she married the railway worker Rothe, with whom she lived until his death.
Marta Rothe spent her free time in the Kulturbund , Department of Minerals. She looked for and collected minerals herself. Plants and animals, parks and gardens, the great outdoors, books and, above all, Platt are her other hobbies.
Since 1980 she has been writing poems and stories in Platt, East Westphalia, at first just for her three children.
Participation in working groups
Marta Rothe was one of the first members of the Ostfälisches Platt working group, founded in 1993, and is an honorary member of the Heimatverein in her home village, the Pottburger Heimatverein eV from Sommerschenburg . A Marta Rothe fan club has also been founded here. In addition, she was in close contact with the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Low German Department, and the Landesheimatbund of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, and she contributes to the mediation of the East Westphalian Platt.
Writing achievement
Their literary forms are diverse. Stories, poems, songs, fairy tales, proverbs, sayings, puzzles, nursery rhymes. Their content is just as varied: everyday life in the countryside, harvest customs and festivals, love, marriage and raising children, animals and plants; hardly any area of life is left out. Many of her stories are contemporary documents and some are told in a very humorous and emotional way.
reception
The local chronicler Hildegard Müller, who has long been a member of the Low German group of the Heimatverein, said the following about Marta Rothe:
“Almost everyone can read her stories and poems without difficulty, her 'Platt' is sensational. 'Flat is your first language, your muddy language'. She only learned standard German at school. We who were born later speak Low German, but more like a second language, a foreign language. Although Ms. Marta Rothe has been away from Sommersdorf for almost 50 years and lives in Magdeburg, she is deeply connected to her homeland. After all, she lived in our circle in various places for the first 40 years of her life, for example in Hornhausen, Üplingen and Sommersdorf. She expresses her connection to our region in her poem 'Heimatliewe'. "
Works (selection)
- From Minschen un öhre Tiet. Jeschichtn and Jedichte in East Westphalian language. [Ed. from the Landesheimatbund Sachsen-Anhalt eV with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Halle], 2006, ISBN 978-3-928466-92-9 .
- Kickelhahne. I told me about my Kinnertiet. Ostfalia Verlag, Peine 1999, ISBN 978-3-926560-36-0 .
- In the books of the Low German Literature Competition of Deuregio Ostfalen eV Oschersleben, years: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004/5.
- Dense. In: Dä Plattfaut. Low German stories and poems. Wendeburg 2005.
- Every story and history in newspapers and magazines.
Awards
- 1996: Marta Rothe wins first prize in the Deuregio Ostfalen literary competition.
- 2011: In recognition of the special services rendered to the state of Saxony-Anhalt and its citizens, Marta Rothe was welcomed by the President of the State Administrative Office, in the presence of the Mayor of Sommersdorf, Peter Müller, and the chairman of the Ostfälisches Platt working group and member of the board of the Landesheimatbund, Dr . Hans-Joachim Lorenz, awarded the badge of honor of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Web links
- Literature by and about Marta Rothe in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Marta Rothe in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
- Marta Rothe * September 14th, 1919 Hornhausen on pbub.plattbiblio.de
- Rothe, Marta on gso.gbv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preface by Hildegard Müller, in: Marta Rothe (2006) From Minschen un öhre Tiet: Jeschichtn and Jedichte in Ostfälischer Sprake
- ↑ Municipality of Sommersdorf (2009), Rund um den Dorn, Issue 15, pp. 39–41 (PDF)
- ^ Magdeburger Volksstimme on Olvenstedt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rothe, Marta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kagelmann, Marta (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author of the East Westphalian Platts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hornhausen |