Robinson the Upper Austrian

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Robinson der Ober-Österreicher (full title: Robinson der Ober-Oesterreicher: or the most remarkable fate of Johann Georg Peyers from Urfahr, near Linz, born, (former KK Dragoon sergeant in the Prinz Eugen von Savoyen regiment) whose capture by the Turks, then ten years written on an island in America never before visited and finally liberated by himself ) is a Robinsonade first published in 1802 .

Emergence

"Johann Georg Peyer" is the name of the alleged author and at the same time that of the fictional Upper Austrian adventurer in this Robinsonade.

To this day, the fictional author is occasionally taken for real, "although at the time of the Robinsonade's publication, contemporary readers were familiar with playing with the fictional authors of Robinsonian experiences," says the author Walter Wehner . The story experienced numerous editions and revisions.

Fictional biography

Peyer was supposedly born on May 1st, 1713 in Urfahr . After only two years he was whipped out of school because he seduced his classmates into "slutty" and learned neither to read nor to write. His father is only happy because his son can help him at home. His mother, however, beats him.

At the age of 14, Peyer began an apprenticeship as a weaver. After only three weeks, the teacher whom the young boy had stolen from him chases him to the devil with an ox pizzle . With his father, who has a professional career, he comes to a barber in Eferding , where he begins to work. After a tragic barber incident, Peyer is back on the street. This is followed by an apprenticeship with his uncle, a wine merchant in Grinzing. There he also learns to read and write from a Camaldolese man .

After the death of his father and his foster father, Peyer joined the Dragoon Regiment of Savoy at the age of 22 . After the Turkish war in 1737 he became a sergeant. In 1739 he was captured by the Turks at the Battle of Grocka and sold on the slave market in Constantinople.

He quickly wins the trust of his new master, Omar, and Fatime, Omar's sister, falls in love with him - she names him Azem. Fatime suggests Peyer get circumcised and marry her. But this contradicts her. Three years later, Azem asks his master to let him go as a slave to Fatime, who had meanwhile married Talil Osman. Osman is killed on a boat trip. Azem and a slave whom they call Hamburger fall back into Fatime's possession. She gives Azem the freedom and asks him again to be circumcised, but Azem refuses. But since they love each other, Fatime decides to accept his belief and flee. She and Hamburger, a jack-of-all-trades, want to go to Europe on a ship, but it sinks on the open sea. They survive in a dinghy and are picked up by a ship after days. This sails to Madagascar and Brazil. On the way there, the ship hits a rock, but they can save themselves on an island - with a dog and a cat. It is September 22nd, 1744.

On the island, Fatime was christened Elisabeth by Hamburger and Peyer - later, Peyer, who was already 31 years old, and 19-year-old Elisabeth were married. On July 28, 1745 at 3 p.m., the two had a son, Friedrich. Shortly afterwards, Payer finds the remains of a "savage" - from now on the idyllic island life is over and they are peacemaking their territory. One day they spot natives approaching in canoes and two prisoners. One of them is killed, grilled and eaten, Peyer and Hamburger decide to kill the six cannibals with their guns that they had from the ship and to free the second hostage, an approximately 16-year-old native girl. On April 30, 1746, Elisabeth had her second child, a girl who, however, soon died. Five years later, Elisabeth is pregnant again, another threatening visit comes to the island. Again they kill the visitors. But Elisabeth falls - she and her unborn child die. Hamburger also dies after a long illness. Ten years after they were stranded, an English ship arrives. Peyer, the native, whom he had baptized Theresia, and Fritz left the island on May 23, 1755. Fritz died on the way home. Theresia stays in London and gets married, Peyer travels back to Upper Austria and buys a little thing in Kremsmünster. Peyer dies at the age of 70.

Trivia

In fact there was a Johann Georg Peyer from Urfahr, the son of a weaver, who was born in 1776 and not as in the fictional biography in 1713.

expenditure

original

  • [Johann Georg Peyer]: Robinson der Ober-Oesterreichers: or the most remarkable fate of Johann Georg Peyers from Urfahr, near Linz, born (former KK Dragoon sergeant in the regiment of Prince Eugene of Savoy) whose capture by the Turks, then ten years stay on one at that time never visited island in America and written final deliverance by himself. Linz; Leipzig: Imperial-royal-privileged academic art, music and bookstore, 1802 ( digitized in the Google book search)

Edits

  • Wolfgang Kauer: Robinsonades - De Palma's death. In: Wolfgang Kauer: Sparks rain. (Contemporary) historical prose. Salzburg / Gosau / Vienna: Arovell, 2010.
  • Johann Georg Peyer: Fatime and Azem. True to the original arrangement by Robinson, the Upper Austrian or the most remarkable fate of Johann Georg Peyers. Linz: Arkade, 1993.
  • Otto Stöber: The biography of the Imperial and Royal Prince Eugene's Dragoon Guard Master J [ohann] G [eorg] Peyer from Linz. Newly told by Otto Stöber. Görlitz: Jungland-Verlag, [1941].
  • Ferdinand Zöhrer: The Upper Austrian Robinson. Story from the life of JG Peyer from Urfahr-Linz. Vienna; Teschen: Prochaska, 1885.

literature

  • Fritz Berger: Johann Georg Peyer - a forerunner Robinson . In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter 5: 9-10 (1965), pp. 161-164
  • Leyla Coşan: The Austrian Robinson in the Ottoman Empire. In: Ataturk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. Volume 18, No. 3, 2014, pp. 69-84 ( online ).
  • Adolf Haslinger : Austrian Robinsonades around 1800. In: The Austrian literature. Graz 1979, Part 2, pp. 853–864 (Yearbook for Austrian Cultural History 7–9)
  • Wolfgang Kauer : The Upper Austrian Robinson. Some reader-oriented considerations on the bicentenary of Austrian robinsonades. In: Linz aktiv 121 (1991) pp. 61-70
  • Johanna Monschein: European children's books from the 15th to the 19th century. Vienna 1979. (Biblos-Schriften 106)
  • Josef Musil: A Mühlviertel as Robinson. In: Oberösterreichischer Volkskalender 1978. Linz 1977, pp. 108–110
  • Franz Stein Maßl: Johann Georg Peyer from Urfahr, Upper Austria's Robinson. In: Harry Slapnicka, Franz Stein Maßl: Famous personalities from the Mühlviertel and the Bohemian Forest. Grünbach 2004, Volume 2, pp. 47-49
  • Hermann F. Wagner: Robinson in Austria. A contribution to the history of the German Robinson literature. Salzburg 1886.
  • Hermann F. Wagner: Robinson and the Robinsonads in our youth literature. Literary history study. In: Annual report of the k. k. Franz Joseph Realschule . Vienna 1903, Volume 28, pp. 3–20.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so in Fritz Berger: Johann Georg Peyer - a Urfahrer Robinson . In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter 5: 9-10 (1965), pp. 161-164 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at); see. Alfred Marks: The literature on Upper Austrian history in 1965 . In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association 111 (1966), pp. 399–414, here: p. 403 ( PDF ).
  2. ↑ Quotation and list of several adaptations on www.robinsone.de .
  3. ^ Roman Sandgruber: World travelers from Upper Austria. Explorer, adventurer, Robinsone. In: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , July 5, 2008, website 1352 in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  4. ^ Helga Ebner, Jakob Ebner, Rainer Weissengruber: Literature in Linz, A History of Literature , Archive of the City of Linz, 1991, p. 176, ISBN 3-900388-74-1