Otto Frommel

Otto Frömmel (born November 2, 1873 in Berlin ; † May 31, 1940 there ) was a German children's book author.

Live and act

Frommel worked as a bookseller in his hometown of Berlin. In memory of his own childhood and especially inspired by the onomatopoeic bell verses heard by Berlin children, he devoted himself intensively to the collection of nursery rhymes . With the publication of the results of his collection he turned to children and adults and wanted to awaken a general “understanding of folklore ” at the same time . His collection includes u. a. early evidence for the well-known nursery rhyme Hänschen klein and the nursery rhyme Finster was it, the moon shone brightly . Another "collection of idioms, folk customs and the like" that had been announced was no longer carried out.

He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

• Children's rhymes. Songs and Games , Volume 1, Leipzig 1899; Issue 2, Leipzig 1900; ND 1989 ( archive.org )
• German puzzles , Leipzig 1902 ( archive.org )
• Consultation room: freedom of will and action in the child . In: Pedagogical Archive. Journal for Education, Teaching and Science , Volume 48, 1906, Issue 12, pp. 721–722 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

literature

• Wilhelm Kosch (first), Heinz Rupp (Hrsg.): German Literature Lexicon . 3. Edition. Volume 5 (Filek-Fux). Francke, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1265-5 , Sp. 815.
• Barbara Boock: Children's song books 1770-2000. An annotated, illustrated bibliography (= folk song studies , volume 8). Waxmann, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1819-6 , p. 108 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

• http://faql.de/dunkel-wars.html
• Dirk Kaesler : Hänschen small. Of going away and coming back, of staying and of going back and forth. Gloss. literaturkritik.de, August 8, 2011