Rudolf Otto Wiemer

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Rudolf Otto Wiemer (born March 24, 1905 Friedrichroda ; † June 5, 1998 Göttingen ) was a German-speaking poet , puppeteer and teacher .

life and work

Wiemer was born on March 24, 1905 in Friedrichroda, Am Friedensplatz, and attended school in Schnepfenthal and Gotha . In 1921 he joined the Wandervogel movement, which fostered literature, music, theater and nature.

From 1923 to 1924 he trained as a teacher. A year earlier (1922) he published his first play, which was published as an amateur play.

From 1928 he appeared increasingly as a theater and music critic in Sondershausen , where he also worked as a teacher and organist.

In 1932 he married the music teacher Elisabeth Peinemann. This marriage resulted in three children: the composer, organist and art historian Wolfgang Wiemer as well as Reinhart and Uta Wiemer.

During the Second World War Wiemer worked as a teacher and soldier and was briefly captured by the Americans.

From 1945 to 1947 Wiemer lived in Liebenburg near Goslar . In the meantime he worked increasingly as a writer, but initially continued to earn his living as a teacher. During this time he founded his own puppet theater, the Liebenburger Kaspers . As a puppeteer, he was one of the artistically respected representatives of this profession; he kept in touch with puppetry greats of his time such as B. Max Jacob and Walter Büttner . He brought out numerous puppet shows as amateur plays. A trademark was the figure of Jochen Holtschuh (this funny family name actually existed in Friedrichroda around 1900).

In the following years Wiemer worked as a teacher in Salzgitter and Göttingen , but worked more and more as a writer.

Immediately after the opening of the border in November 1989, Wiemer visited his hometown Friedrichroda.

His entire literary works include poetry , short stories, novels, children's books, theater (puppet shows and plays) and radio plays. It is noticeable that many of his works are inspired by Christianity, even biblical . Wiemer has received several awards for his work.

Wiemer died on June 5, 1998 after a short illness in his house in Göttingen.

Awards

  • 1985 Wiemer was awarded the Medal of Honor of the City of Göttingen and the Cog Ring of Honor.
  • Wiemer honored his birth town Friedrichroda in 1993 with the award of honorary citizenship and with a street name (Wiemerweg).
  • In 2005, the Friedrichroda Museum of Local History set up a “Wiemerzimmer”, where u. a. the figures from his time as a puppeteer are on display.

Works (selection)

  • Dear old reader: entertaining and useful stories, poems, fables for old and young. 12th edition. Aufstieg-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-7612-0098-6 .
  • The moment is not over yet. Selected poems. Kreuz Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7831-1909-X .
  • Then the stones will scream. Jesus stories - retold. SCM R. Brockhaus, 2003, ISBN 3-417-20634-0 .

Poems set to music

  • It doesn't have to be men with wings . Settings: Franz Anstett, Siegfried Macht
  • Tell me where is Bethlehem . Setting: Ludger Stühlmeyer

literature

  • Carl Heinz Kurz : portraits of poets . Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Das Viergespann 1974. Contains a chapter on Rudolf Otto Wiemer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wiemerzimmer in the Heimatmuseum Friedrichroda
personal data
SURNAME Wiemer, Rudolf Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-speaking poet and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichroda
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1998
Place of death Goettingen