Otto Thörner
Otto Julius Thörner (born June 18, 1873 in Chemnitz ; † February 6, 1945 there ) was a German teacher and local poet.
Life
Born in Chemnitz, Thörner attended the teachers' seminar in Zschopau from 1887 to 1893 . He then worked as an assistant teacher in Bernsdorf near Chemnitz until 1896 . From 1897 to 1899 he worked as a teacher in Reichenbach in the Vogtland . Then he got a teaching position at the André School in Chemnitz; here he was promoted to senior teacher and retired in 1936. Among his fellow teachers was the Erzgebirge poet Max Wenzel . In his spare time he wrote a number of High German poems that were valued by his contemporaries but have largely been forgotten today.
Thörner died during a major Anglo-American attack on Chemnitz when a bomb was hit.
Works
- Bernhard Rost (ed.): Otto Thörner: Selected poems: With a portrait of the poet's life and several previously unprinted letters from Prince Emil von Schönaich-Carolath. Chemnitz: Willisch 1916
- Otto Thörner. Dresden: Heimat Dichter-Verl. 1916 (War seals from the Sachsenlande; 1914/16. H. 11)
- Sun, I greet you! Poems. Chemnitz: H. Thümmlers Verl. 1921
meaning
In his hometown of Chemnitz a street was named after him.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Thörner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thörner, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thörner, Otto Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue and local poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1945 |
| Place of death | Chemnitz |