Rudolf Gustav Puff
Rudolf Gustav Puff (born July 10, 1808 in Holzbaueregg near Großflorian , Styria ; † June 20, 1865 in Marburg an der Drau ) was a Lower Styrian high school professor , writer, poet and important (originally German-speaking) promoter of Slovenian culture .
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Life
Puff received his first training in Graz , where the family had moved a few years after his birth. From an early age he occupied himself with history (especially his closer homeland) and the study of modern languages, where he developed a special innate talent. He undertook extensive trips through the Austrian Alpine countries, which aroused his fondness for the cultural life and the natural beauties of these areas. After his father's death (1823), his mother moved to Vienna , where Puff continued his studies from 1825 onwards and had extensive relationships with outstanding literary greats in the royal seat. In addition, he had the opportunity to develop his aesthetic sense in the dramatic performances of the Hofburgtheater. When suddenly his mother died, he went back to Styria, to the University of Graz, where he (he graduated in 1830) and in addition to legal studies to the doctor of philosophy doctorate .
After his marriage in the same year (1830) he became supplent in Marburg and in 1831 high school professor in Capo d'Istria (today Koper, Slovenia). An exchange of service brought him back to Marburg, where he developed a profitable educational activity and was extremely popular with his students. Since then he has been in constant contact with the literary circles of Styria and all of Austria, undertaking extensive trips in the country as well as to the neighboring countries (Tyrol, Switzerland, on the Rhine, etc.). Despite tempting requests to leave his closer home, he stayed in Marburg and was extraordinarily active as a writer. The city honored him in 1846 by granting him honorary citizenship . In the revolutionary year of 1848, Puff served in the "Marburg National Guard" and was characterized by "calm and prudence". After his wife died in 1854, Puff married for the second time, retired after 32 years of teaching and died on June 20, 1865 in Marburg, which he had not left in the last few years of his life.
Fonts
Puff's works deal with historical, geographical and ethnographic themes. On his hikes and travels he collected numerous legends and observed the country and its people. He put down the results of this collection and observation in numerous articles that were published in excellent Austrian journals as well as in the “Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung” and other journals abroad. Some of his individual works are listed here:
- 6 volumes of poems (1835-1840), which in particular contain numerous ballads and romances from domestic history,
- the excellent topography: Marburg in Styria, its surroundings, inhabitants and history (1847), 2 volumes,
- Marburg in Styria. Its surroundings, inhabitants and history . Slovenian: Maribor. Njegova okolica, prebivalci in zgodovina . Maribor: Založba Obzorja 1999. ISBN 961-230-102-6 (= Documenta et studia historiae recentioris. 13.)
- Rich Marburg paperback for the history, regional and legends of Styria (1853–1855), 3 years,
- the 10 booklets of Styrian folk tales: From the Mur and the Drau (1830),
- Legends and Stories (1837 and 1838), 2 volumes,
- a series of volumes under the title Spring Greetings (1839 ff.), mostly containing poems, sagas and stories from Styria and neighboring countries,
- the monographs on the Styrian seaside resorts: Gleichenberg, Römerbad-Tüffer, Sauerbrunn-Rohitsch, the guide to all the health fountains and baths in Styria (1854),
- the walks through Styria (1843).
Numerous unprinted historical, topographical, poetic and dramatic works were found in his estate, which is in the Styrian State Archives in Graz. Puff took many of his subjects from the popular life of the country's Slavic population, as he was able to speak the Slovene language and was in constant contact with the Slovene writers of his time.
literature
- Autobiography in the Südsteirische Post [Marburg], according to Tanja Žigon "a political magazine that represented the interests of the Slovenes, especially the conservatives in Lower Styria, in German", year 1881, no. 34.
- Self-biography in the Südsteirische Post [Marburg], year 1881, no. 34.
- P. Seelinger: Dr. Rudolf Gustav Puff. In: Joseph Kehrein : Biographical-literary lexicon of the Catholic German poets, folk and youth writers in the 19th century. Volume 2, Woerl, Zurich, Stuttgart and Würzburg 1871, pp. 24–33 ( digitized version )
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Puff, Rudolph Gustav . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, pp. 63–66 ( digitized version ).
- Anton Schlossar : Puff, Rudolf Gustav . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 708 f.
- Matjaž Birk: The reviewer and the small townspeople. On social criticism in the prose of Rudolf Puffs (1808–1865), a Maribor pre-March literary writer . In: Dr. Mirko Križman 70 let, zaslužni profesor Univerze v Mariboru. (Festschrift). Maribor 2003, pp. 28-52 ISBN 86-80693-67-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tanja Žigon, German-language press in Slovenia (1707–1945), 2./3. Part. In: Reports and Research. Yearbook of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe, Vol. 13 (2006), from Oldenbourg, here: pages 174-175 ISBN 3-486-57936-3 (limited preview)
- ^ Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library: Südsteirische Zeitung (online at ANNO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puff, Rudolf Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Styrian writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holzbaueregg near Großflorian, Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1865 |
| Place of death | Marburg on the Drau |