Michał Hórnik
Michał Hórnik (officially Michael Hornig ; born September 1, 1833 in Räckelwitz , † February 22, 1894 in Bautzen ) was a Sorbian clergyman and one of the most important promoters of Sorbian literature in the 19th century.
Life
Michał Hórnik attended grammar school in Bautzen and on the Lesser Town in Prague and studied Catholic theology and Slavic linguistics at Charles University in Prague from 1853 to 1856 . He was ordained a priest on September 24, 1856. From 1856 to 1889 the chaplain and pastor was in Bautzen and from 1889 cathedral capitular in Bautzen. On August 28, 1861, Hórnik joined the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences .
He campaigned for better cooperation among the Sorbs, regardless of whether they were Protestant, Catholic, Upper or Lower Lusatian. Since he was Sorbe, he felt very close to the Slavic peoples, but above all to the Polish and Czech workers who lived in Germany, and tried to support them in the struggle against social inequalities and difficulties.
Works
He was the founder of the Catholic newspaper Katolski Posoł (1863), which is still published today, and also an important author of the agricultural monthly newspaper Serbski Hospodar, founded in 1881 . With Křesćan Bohuwěr Pfuhl and Handrij Zejler he edited a "Lausitzisch-Wendish dictionary - Łužiski serbski słownik" (1866). In 1884 he published together with the Polish historian Wilhelm Bogusławski "Historija Serbskeho naroda" (The history of the Sorbian people). With the help of Jurij Łusčanski , he translated the New Testament into the Catholic (more modern) version of Upper Sorbian. Through his work, he contributed to the standardization of the Upper Sorbian written language.
Post fame
Michał Hórnik's tomb is located in Bautzen's Nikolaifriedhof .
The residents of Räckelwitz erected a memorial to the town's most famous son in 1956. Streets in the Ostvorstadt district of Bautzen and in Crostwitz are named after him. The Domowina district association Kamenz has been named after him since 1921 .
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- Manfred Thiemann (Ed.): Sorbs. A small lexicon = Serbja . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1989, ISBN 3-7420-0405-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michał Hórnik in the catalog of the SWB, Southwest German Library Association
- Literature by Michał Hórnik in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Literature by and about Michał Hórnik in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hórnik, Michał |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hornig, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sorbian Catholic clergyman and Slavist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Räckelwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1894 |
| Place of death | Bautzen |