Regina Lampert
Regina Lampert (born August 8, 1854 in Schnifis , † 1942 in Zurich ) was an Austrian writer . She lived in Switzerland from 1875 , first in St. Josefen (today the municipality of Gaiserwald ) near St. Gallen , from 1880 in St. Gallen and from 1893 in Zurich.
Lampert grew up as a child of poor people in the Schnifis community near Feldkirch in Vorarlberg . During her childhood in Schnifis, she was hired as a Swabian child in the Swabian region of Friedrichshafen for a few years from spring to autumn from 1864 , where she worked as a maid on a farm in Berg . She later worked as a maid in seasonal work at various locations in Vorarlberg, including with the Frei family in Feldkirch, who were later to provide two Chilean presidents, Eduardo Frei Montalva and his son Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle .
In 1929, when she was 75, she began to write down her childhood memories in little notebooks. As an old woman, Lampert apparently effortlessly wrote down her life story as a manuscript and left it to her family. On the initiative of her granddaughter Regina Hiemeyer, the Austrian cultural scientist and European ethnologist Bernhard Tschofen obtained a scientific edition of the manuscript, which was published in 1996 under the title The Swabian Woman: Recollections of a Young Maid from Vorarlberg 1864–1874 . The book in the series “Das Volkskundliche Taschenbuch” by the Swiss Society for Folklore (SGV) published by Limmat Verlag was published several times and was at the beginning of public interest for Swabian children in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is the first comprehensive self-testimony of a former Swabian child. In 1996 a place was named after her in her place of birth Schnifis and a plaque was put up. Lampert's story has found widespread circulation through various exhibitions and publications on child labor and Swabian children . a. presented in the vorarlberg museum in Bregenz . A final chapter about Lampert's time in St. Josefen, which was not included in the edition, was published in 2015 as an annotated separate print (see works).
The autobiographical document not only describes the life of the Swabian children and their living conditions. It deals with village and rural life in Vorarlberg and Upper Swabia in the middle of the 19th century, especially in the then independent municipality of Berg near Friedrichshafen.
Works
- The Swabian woman: memories of a young maid from Vorarlberg 1864–1874 . Limmat Verlag, Zurich, ISBN 3857916044 .
- From the Swabian woman to the master of life. A strong woman's memories of her time in St. Josefen-Abtwil (CH), 1875–1880 . Local museum Gaiserwald, St. Josefen 2015.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lampert, Regina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schnifis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |
| Place of death | Zurich |