Othmar Fiebiger
Othmar Fiebiger (born April 21, 1886 in Altenbuch near Trautenau , † February 23, 1972 in Baden-Baden ) was a Sudeten German teacher; he wrote the text for the Giant Mountains song .
Life
Fiebiger came from a farming family. In 1905 he became a teacher. During this time he created the Riesengebirgslied, which was set to music by Vinzenz Hampel in 1915 . In 1919 he moved to Aussig . In 1946 he was expelled. He worked as a teacher in a small town near Erfurt . The government of the GDR considered the Riesengebirgslied as offensive because the Riesengebirge was sung about as the "German Mountains" and forbade it. Because of reprisals Fiebiger moved to the Federal Republic of Bensheim in Odenwald , where he continued to work as a teacher. After retiring from teaching, he worked for a publishing house before spending his retirement years in Baden-Baden. Here he died.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Preuss: “Bloe Barche, griene Täla.” The Riesengebirgslied, the hymn of a region (= Woas die Stoare pfeifa. Vol. 16). Working group archive for Silesian dialect in Baden-Württemberg, o. O. [Efringen-Kirchen] 2006 ( online ; PDF; 2.5 MB).
Web links
- Literature by and about Othmar Fiebiger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Othmar Fiebiger in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fiebiger, Othmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher; Poet of the Giant Mountains Song |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenbuch near Trautenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1972 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |