Princess Huschewind
Princess Huschewind is a Christmas fairy tale by Fritz Peter Buch . It is about the adventures of Princess Huschewind, who has grown stuck on a chair through a curse, and her friend, the Kohlerkäthchen, who, together with the court marshal, tries to undo the curse.
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How the Princess Huschewind was cursed
The princess is the only daughter of the king, who is plagued by government affairs, who likes to romp around the castle and is always ready to prank. But she prefers to be with her friend, the Köhlerkäthchen, in the forest, where she talks to the little tree Wiegenwind, an enchanted prince. The situation for the two girls changes when the princess gets a new tutor. The strict court marshal is not exactly enthusiastic about the unrest of the princess and lets himself be carried away to the curse: If only you would grow on your chair and stay attached until the forest comes into your room! This curse comes true and good advice is expensive. With the stipulation that the forest be brought into the princess' room, the king chases the court marshal out of the castle.
The pine maid, the giant Wullewatz and Schnips, the tailor
Accompanied by the Köhlerkäthchen, the court marshal goes into the winter forest to the swaying wind tree, which, however, cannot help them. Its roots, like those of the other surrounding trees, are chained deep in the earth in the realm of King Wurzelgraus. The two unequal hikers don't know what to do next, but luckily they get to know Schnips, a wandering tailor, with whom they continue the journey into the unknown.
The mill, a thousand wishes and the bad miller rumble bag
The three hikers reach the mill Tausendwunsch. There lives the greedy miller Rumpelsack, who grinds everything that crawls and flies in his mill into gold ducats. However, a good idea by the smart tailor saved the three from this fate. You can even take possession of the mill and fulfill your greatest wishes; so also to travel to Frau Sonne.
The journey to the woman sun and the pot of sunshine
High up in the sky there is deep hibernation and Mrs. Sun is sleeping. In order to get through the frozen earth into the kingdom of King Wurzelgraus, the three sky-strikers urgently need some sunshine. The resourceful Schneider Schnips succeeds not only in appeasing the indignant sun, but also in persuading it to cook a portion of sunshine in its large kettle. The Court Marshal followed this work, completely unknown to science, with great interest. On a long ray of sunshine, Frau Sonne sends the three lucky ones down to earth.
The king root gray and how the pine maiden was freed
Finally you are in the realm of King Wurzelgraus, where there is also hibernation. The hedgehog Grunzegrus guards the roots of the trees with closed eyes. So you can find the key to the big root lock in the cave. Completely unexpectedly, however, King Wurzelgraus surprises the hated human children. With courage and sunshine, the Köhlerkäthchen can open the root lock and free the pine lady and the trees.
How it all ended well
There is great sadness in the castle. Everyone tries in vain to cheer up the princess with presents on her birthday. Then finally the kitchen boy brings the redeeming news: A whole forest is moving out of the castle! So Princess Huschewind can be redeemed.
publication
In 1922 the fairy tale was published as a book with illustrations by Hans Baluschek in Berlin by the publishing house for literature and art, Hermann Klemm. Today it is considered a classic of German children's and youth literature .
theatre
On December 5, 1922, Princess Huschewind was premiered as a picaresque tale in six adventures with music by Fritz Müller-Prem (* 1880) and staged by Eugen Wilhelmi (1865-1939) in the German National Theater in Weimar . It is still on the repertoire of many theaters as a Christmas fairy tale.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Princess Huschewind - a fairy tale of Peter Fritz book with pictures of Fritz Baluschek. In: http://www.ipq.kit.edu/ . Archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; Retrieved December 26, 2013 .
- ↑ From: 175 Years of Biberacher Schützentheater 1994, (Ed.), Schützendirektion Biberach / Schützentheater: Princess Huschewind pp. 76–87. ISBN 3-924392-24-2