Michael Krickl

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Michael Krickl (born October 24, 1883 in Wultendorf ; † October 15, 1949 in Bruck an der Leitha ) was an Austrian writer and local poet from Lower Austria .

Life

Michael Krickl was born to the couple Thomas and Anna-Maria Krickl (née Muck) as the fourth of ten children in Wultendorf near Staatz in the Mistelbach district. The poet himself tells in numerous short stories about his youth and family . On October 6, 1908, Krickl married Magdalena from Walterskirchen . The two daughters Hertha and Elfriede grow out of the marriage. Krickl takes up the profession of teacher. After brief teaching activities in Kleinhadersdorf , Laa an der Thaya and Staatz, he was appointed to the community school in Mistelbach in 1909 , which he also directed from 1928 to 1930. In 1931 he took over as director of the boys' secondary school in Bruck an der Leitha.

In 1912 Krickl published his first short story in the weekly Mistelbacher Bote , where almost eighty more stories followed in the period up to 1942. Numerous other publications were published by him in the local newspaper Grenzbote in Bruck . He wrote well over 300 works, mostly short stories, short stories, landscape and travel descriptions and special occasion poems.

obituary

An obituary, published in the Grenzbote on October 23, 1949:

"Hauptschoolirektor M. Krickl †
Hauptschoolirektor Michael Krickl is suddenly different. With the deceased one of our best homeland poets passed away. His descriptions seemed simple and undemanding, full of delicate poetry, a commitment to the peasantry from which he came, his loving depiction of village life and his childhood in it. He was a sensitive, masterful little painter who was able to depict life as it surrounded him in unaffected prose. She expressed her soulful, down-to-earth Austrian character, moodiness and cheerfulness, which was often accompanied by Austrian melancholy about the transience of life. Krickl was also a good lecturer and to those who heard them, the two lectures in the "Urania" will be unforgettable, in which he experiences the village life with its tranquility, but also with its customs from New Year to New Year's Eve Father's house, the loving figure of his mother, described. It is to be regretted that the essays and numerous literary works of the local poet Krickl have not yet appeared in print, combined in one volume. Main school director Krickl was a loyal employee of the "Grenzbote" for years. It is a pity that much of his writing has been lost. Krickl will live on in the hearts of everyone who knew him and his writings. Honor his memory! "

- Dr. Leopold Feiler.

Appreciation

Krickl's literary work is acknowledged in the homeland book of the Bruck an der Leitha district (1953) in the article "Outstanding Personalities":

“Michael Krickl, director of the secondary school in Bruck from 1931 to 1934, born in 1883 as the son of a farmer in Wultendorf, Lower Austria, died in 1949. In short stories, he aptly portrayed village life in his homeland in the Weinviertel with a warm heart and a clear eye. It is a pity that these essays, which appeared in various local papers, were not published collectively. Interesting peculiarities of our homeland in language and customs, which are already half a thing of the past, could have been saved from being forgotten. "

Publications

Works by Michael Krickl will be prepared for re-publication from 2009. So far, two edited volumes and the only book "Auf dem Buschberg" published by Michael Krickl himself have been re-edited:

• Irene Gamon, Detlev Gamon (ed.): Stories from the Weinviertel. Volume 1. Self-published, Hüttendorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503371-1-2 .
• Irene Gamon, Detlev Gamon (ed.): Stories from the Weinviertel. Volume 2. Self-published, Hüttendorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503371-2-9 .
• Irene Gamon, Detlev Gamon (Ed.): On the Buschberg. Self-published, Hüttendorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503371-0-5 .
• Irene Gamon, Detlev Gamon (ed.): Stories from Bruck an der Leitha, Burgenland and the Weinviertel. Self-published, Hüttendorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-9503371-3-6 .

literature

• Leopold Feiler: Main School Director M. Krickl †. In: Grenzbote. Bruck an der Leitha, October 23, 1949, p. 1.
• Josef Grubmüller: Outstanding personalities. In: Home book of the Bruck an der Leitha district. Including the former judicial district of Schwechat. 4 parts. Part 3: Landscape and Economy. Pp. 297-464. District school council Bruck an der Leitha (ed.), Bruck an der Leitha 1953, pp. 423-460.
• Alfred Komarek , Gerhard Schantin: Exquisite Weinviertel. Anthology with 24 works. Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade, Vienna 2013.

Web links

• Two works by the local poet Michael Krickl appeared on the website of the town of Mistelbach