Paul Tschurtschenthaler

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Paul Tschurtschenthaler, portrait by Albert Stolz , 1933

Paul Tschurtschenthaler (born July 2, 1874 in Bruneck , Austria-Hungary , † December 19, 1941 in Bregenz ) was a Tyrolean lawyer , writer and folklorist .

Life

Paul Tschurtschenthaler was the son of the merchant Gottfried Tschurtschenthaler. From 1886 to 1892 he attended the Vinzentinum , a private grammar school in Brixen , and then the municipal grammar school, where he graduated in 1895 . Then until 1899 he studied Jus at the University of Innsbruck .

This was followed by activities in the judicial service in Brixen, Trient and Bozen , where he passed the judge's examination in 1904. From 1905 to 1909 he was a judge in Imst , where he founded the local museum in 1909 together with the painter Thomas Walch . In 1910 he became the land registry commissioner for the districts of Welsberg , Ahrntal and Enneberg in Bruneck. There he founded the Bruneck City Museum in 1912 and became head of the German national local group in the Tyrolean Volksbund . In 1914 he was transferred to Landeck . During the First World War he did office work in San Candido and Schärding , but was dismissed from military service in 1915 and became a district judge in the Sarntal Valley . In 1915 he married Olga Brunner, with whom he was to have five children.

After the war, Tschurtschenthaler was a district judge at the district court of Bozen in South Tyrol, which was annexed by Italy . At the same time he worked on the magazine Der Schlern , founded in 1920 , for which he took over the management of the literary supplement in 1927. In 1928 the fascist regime transferred him to Turin as a tribunal councilor .

After a short time he quit his job, retired and opened a law firm in Bolzano. Around 1933 or 1934 he moved to his hometown of Bruneck, where he again ran a law firm and, for the rest, lived a secluded life with his local studies. In 1939 he opted for resettlement in the German Reich and came to Bregenz in 1940, where he was still a higher regional judge in spite of his poor health.

His body was transferred to the cemetery in Bruneck.

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As a writer, Paul Tschurtschenthaler was above all a narrator and local writer, whose works included a good knowledge of the South Tyrolean landscape. He also presented historical events and regional and folkloric details. In addition to poems, he wrote books and diaries on national politics from the 1930s onwards. In general, the preservation of the German language and culture compared to the strong tendencies towards Italianization after the First World War can be described as his life's work, in the service of which his folklore and literary work is.

Books

  • String gold and songs . Poems. Wagner, Innsbruck 1907.
  • On hikes. Travel pictures and trips . Verlag der Deutschen Buchhandlung, Bozen 1910. (online)
  • The descent from the Alm in the Pustertal (Tyrol) . Helios, Vienna 1912.
  • From the notes of a town clerk of Bruneck 1723–41 . Pötzelberger, Meran 1913 (together with Johann Joseph von Tschusi).
  • Mountain and forest paths. Trips in the south of Germany . Hausen, Saarlouis 1921. (online)
  • Bolzano landscapes. Descriptions of nature and folk . Ferrari, Bolzano 1926.
  • Brunecker Heimat-Buch. Verlag der Buchhandlung Vogelweider, Bolzano 1928. (online)
  • Mountain air . Stories. Vogelweider, Bolzano 1928.
  • At the forest fountain . Poems. Vogelweider, Bozen 1929.
  • Figures from the Etschland . Stories. Ferrari, Bolzano 1930.
  • About the Ritten. A hiking book . Ferrari, Bozen 1933. (online)
  • The land of romance. A book from the Eisack Valley . Ferrari, Bolzano 1933.
  • Farm life in the Puster Valley . Vogelweider, Bolzano 1935. (online)
  • There is a people living on the Rienz, Eisack and Etsch . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1936.
  • The Christkindl on the move . Tyrolean Christmas stories . Rauch, Innsbruck 1936.
  • A Krügl wine from Sankt Urbans Land . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1937.
  • The Tschurtschenthaler. An old Tyrolean farming family and their development . Wagner, Innsbruck 1941.
  • South Tyrolean hiking pictures . Ferrari-Auer, Bolzano 1954.
  • Nowhere at home anymore. Paul Tschurtschenthaler's Bruneck Chronicle 1935–1939 . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2000.
  • So I go away as a lonely person. Paul Tschurtschenthaler's Bruneck Chronicle 1939–1941 . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2011, ISBN 978-88-7283-399-5 .

Articles (selection)

  • On the history of the village of Corti (Hofern) ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1928, p. 177.
  • Wall castles in the Puster Valley ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1929, p. 314.
  • An old house inventory from the Puster Valley ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1930, p. 108.
  • At the jubilee party of the Mayr couple at Untergansnerhof ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1930, p. 390.
  • The Pfaffenkochen or Leonhardi iron ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1930, p. 410.
  • The old urban area of ​​Brunico ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1931, p. 220.
  • The darling family of doctors ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1931, p. 398.
  • Old customs from the Sonnenburg monastery in the Puster Valley ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1933, p. 14.
  • The weather cross ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1933, p. 69.
  • On the history of the village of Issengo in the Puster Valley ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1933, p. 383.
  • Of folklore and folk art ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1933, p. 409.
  • Something from the Schlern wine tavern in Mayrbuschen ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1933, p. 446.
  • The Hexenstein near Terento in the Puster Valley ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1934, p. 61.
  • The palm stone in the Brunecker Feld and other palm stones ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1934, p. 164.
  • The old Mairhof in Chienes and the castrum Chiena ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1934, p. 266.

literature

  • Anton Unterkircher:  Tschurtschenthaler, Paul. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 496 f. (Direct links on p. 496 , p. 497 ).
  • Brother Willram : Paul Tschurtschenthaler at the 60th cradle festival ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1934, p. 294.
  • Elmar Oberkofler: Paul Tschurtschenthaler (1874–1941) ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 1974, p. 510.
  • Anton Dörrer : Paul Tschurtschenthaler (1874–1941) ; in: Brunecker Buch . Innsbruck 2003, p. 249.
  • Stefan Lechner: The Bruneck citizen Paul Tschurtschenthaler. Laudator temporis acti and Heimatschützer. A sketch of life 1894–1941 ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 2011, p. 38.
  • Anton Unterkircher: Poetic tramp - the writer Paul Tschurtschenthaler ; in: Der Schlern , Bozen 2011, p. 54.
  • Hans Heiss : Farewell to the past. Paul Tschurtschenthaler and Bruneck 1912 ; in: 100 Years of the Bruneck Museum Association , Bruneck 2012, p. 23.
  • Stefan Lechner: Against the sell-out in Tyrol. The museum founder Paul Tschurtschenthaler ; in: 100 Years of the Bruneck Museum Association , Bruneck 2012, p. 31.

Honors

In 1945 the square in front of the Ursuline Church in Bruneck was named Paul Tschurtschenthaler Park .

Exhibitions

  • Paul Tschurtschenthaler and his time . Brunico 2011.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Tschurtschenthaler, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean lawyer, writer and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1941
Place of death Bregenz