Paulus Motz

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Paulus Motz around 1880
Birthplace, photo from 2005

Paulus Motz (born September 29, 1817 in Ritschenhausen , † May 3, 1904 in Meiningen ) was a German dialect poet of the Grabfeld and Rhön .

Life

Paulus Motz was born on September 29, 1817 as the son of a farmer in Ritschenhausen . Since he showed above-average mental abilities early on, he was sent by his father to the Bernhardinum grammar school in Meiningen, contrary to village customs . The father's wish to take him on a spiritual career did not come true, he felt very connected to nature and became a forester.

From 1842 he was in the civil service, first in Henneberg , later in Veilsdorf (near Hildburghausen ), then in Heinersdorf , finally in Heldburg and then as head forester in Schmiedefeld (near Graefenthal). After a final transfer to Reichenbach / Saalfelder Heide, where he had a difficult time from 1870 to 1877, he had an accident while working in the forest and retired in Drei 30acker and finally in Meiningen. Paulus Motz died on May 3, 1904 after two strokes at the age of 86.

He wrote his first poems during his time in Henneberg around the middle of the 19th century, the first volume of poems was published in Hildburghausen in 1848, and another volume quickly followed. In 1925 a two-volume edition of his collected poems was published, which was published on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his death in 1995 by the Heimat- und Lindenfestverein Ritschenhausen e. V. and the Landjugendverband Thüringen e. V. was republished in a sophisticated reproduction.

meaning

The "Motzebüchle"

He wrote a large number of cheerful and contemplative verses in his Henneberg - Franconian dialect and therefore became popular and known throughout the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen . Up until the 1920s and 1930s , almost every household in the region had a “Motze-Büchle”, which was recited in the winter evenings and at social gatherings when television was not yet known and radio was the exception. Even today his verses are still performed in a jolly group, often the most famous lines are recited by heart.

literature

  • Heimat- und Lindenfestverein Ritschenhausen eV and Landjugendverband Thüringen (ed.): Motz, poems in henneberger dialect Blackberry Entertainment, 1995 ISBN 3-930328-01-1

Web links

Commons : Paulus Motz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Paulus Motz: Jokes-Aepfel - poems in Henneberger dialect. Second volume, Hildburghausen 1858 (digitized version)
personal data
SURNAME Motz, Paulus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Ritschenhausen
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1904
Place of death Meiningen