Max Kirschner

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Max Kirschner (born June 29, 1906 in Rottenburg an der Laaber , † March 28, 1992 in Vohburg an der Donau ) was a Bavarian dialect poet , author and local researcher .

Life

Max Kirschner worked 33 years as a main teacher at the elementary school in Wöhr , now a district of Münchsmünster . After the school was closed, he was a teacher in Vohburg until his retirement.

His first novel, “Josef Filser's End. Last letterwexel and bolide desdamend ”, was a continuation of Ludwig Thomas' literary figure Josef Filser , who let Kirschner live in his home town of Hallertau . However, under pressure from the Nazis , whose resolute opponent he was, he had to have the figure of Josef Filser converted to National Socialism in a final chapter that was forced upon him. This fact spoiled Kirschner with his first work throughout his life. Filser writes there in his will that he may not have seen everything correctly (consequently his fight against the NSDAP could also have been wrong), but he does not directly confirm it.

In his debut work, he railed heavily against the “Neo-Heud Nazis”, also against “Lutherans”. According to Filser, Germany had to lose the First World War because Kaiser Wilhelm was a Lutheran (Protestant). The book was published by Eher Nachfahren, the central publishing house of the NSDAP at the time.

Max Kirschner lived in nearby Vohburg and wrote numerous works on the history of the city and the castle there. For this he was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Vohburg in 1976. In 1973 he was made an honorary citizen of the now incorporated Wöhr.

Kirschner's work was honored with the Federal Medal of Merit in 1977 and the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 1987 .

Works (excerpt)

Novels

  • Josef Filser's end. (1939)
  • Hallertau Smirk Stories (1973)
  • The Bavarian Pegasus (1974)
  • Like Home (1985)
  • Aufseze and Briffe vom Wiggerl (1989)
  • Human Critters (1990)

Local history

  • Pictures from Vohburg's past (1964)
  • On the history of the city of Vohburg (1978)
  • 900 years ago Vohburg was first called a city (1988)

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personal data
SURNAME Kirschner, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottenburg an der Laaber
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1992
Place of death Vohburg on the Danube