Rudolph Stratz

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Rudolph Stratz

Rudolph Heinrich Stratz (also Rudolf Stratz ; born December 6, 1864 in Heidelberg ; † October 17, 1936 in Bernau am Chiemsee ) was a successful novelist, who has been largely forgotten today.

Life

Rudolph Stratz was the son of the wealthy merchant Heinrich Stratz from Odessa . The family originally came from Wildgutach in the Black Forest, the grandfather Sebastian had immigrated to Russia under Catherine II . Stratz spent his childhood and youth in Heidelberg, where his mother, a noble von Thomann from Vienna, had moved in the spring of 1864 to bring Germany closer to her children. Born as a Russian citizen or became a citizen through marriage, after the introduction of general conscription (Opoltschenije) in Russia on January 13, 1874, with the help of Grand Duchess Luise von Baden in 1876, the family succeeded in dismissing them from the Russian subjects and admitting them to the Grand Duchy of Baden . His brother Carl Heinrich was a well-known gynecologist, two other brothers later returned to Russia.

Stratz also attended high school in Heidelberg. He then studied history in particular at the universities of Leipzig , Berlin , Heidelberg and Göttingen . In 1883 he entered the military, after attending the war school in Potsdam, he became a lieutenant in the Life Guard Regiment in Darmstadt . In 1886 he finished his military service to resume his studies in Heidelberg. In between he undertook long trips, for example in 1887 he traveled to Equatorial Africa with his brother Carl Heinrich. With the two-volume work The Revolutions of 1848 and 1849 in Europe , published in 1888 and 1889, the then 24-year-old tried unsuccessfully to obtain a doctorate without formal studies and an oral examination. In 1890 he settled in Kleinmachnow near Berlin and began to write plays , short stories and novels . From 1891 to 1893 he was a theater critic for the Neue Preussische Zeitung . From 1890 to 1900 he spent a lot of time during the summer in the area of ​​his hometown, in the neighboring town of Ziegelhausen up the Neckar from Heidelberg . A modest weekend cottage, surrounded by thick vegetation, served as his accommodation and gave him peace and quiet to work on his novels. Located high on the slope of the Hahnberg, it offered a wide view of the Neckar valley and as far as the Rhine plain. The house is still preserved today. From 1904 he lived on his Lambelhof estate in the Kraimoos location in Bernau am Chiemsee. The essay The Upper Bavarian Lakes emerged from the preoccupation with the new home .

In 1906 he married Annie Mittelstaedt, who had a doctorate in history, daughter of a Prussian colonel and a born Baroness von Collas. During the First World War he was a member of the war press office of the Supreme Army Command, and as a war signage approved by the General Staff , he wrote propaganda and gave lectures.

As early as 1891 he had established himself as a writer with the play The Blue Letter ; the play held its own for months on the repertoire of the Deutsches Theater Berlin and other theaters. Stratz also had great success with his numerous novels and short stories; The number of copies of Peace on Earth had exceeded 230,000 in 1921, Lieb Vaterland had a circulation of 362,000. The novel His English Wife , published in 1913, is one of his greater successes . In 1917, using his two-volume work Die Faust des Riesen , published in 1910, he wrote the template for Rudolf Biebrach's two-part film . Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau shot the feature film Schloss Vogelöd in 1921 based on the mystical crime novel of the same name by Stratz , and in 1936 another film adaptation by Max Obal took place . Stratz wrote the novel, published in 1928 as Paradise in the Snow , in 1922 at the request of Ernst Lubitsch and Paul Davidson as a template for the film of the same name made in 1923 under the direction of Georg Jacoby . In 1925 and 1926 his memoirs appeared in two volumes.

Stratz was a member of the Corps Teutonia Berlin (1883) and Teutonia Göttingen (1929).

In Ziegelhausen and Bernau streets are named after Rudolph Stratz, and there was such a street in Heidelberg- Neuenheim between 1928 and 1945.

Works

  • The revolutions of 1848 and 1849 in Europe , Heidelberg, Winter
    • 1. The February Revolution and its Next Consequences , 1888
    • 2. The revolutionary events of the summer of 1848 , 1890
  • The blue letter , drama in 4 Aufz., Berlin, F. & P. ​​Lehmann, 1891
  • Under the linden trees! , Berliner Zeitroman, Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1893
  • Belladonna , three short stories, Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1895
  • Service! A barracks novel in three days , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1895
  • Drones , drones in 4 files, Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1895
  • The little parents. Novel from the Berliner Bühnenwelt , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1895
  • Poor Thea! , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1896. filmed in 1919 Director: Carl Froelich
  • Berliner Höllenfahrt - cheerful and serious from the capital of the Reich , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1896
  • Book of love. Six short stories , Stuttgart, JG Cotta Nachf., 1897
  • Peace on Earth! , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1897
  • The ghost of Lapland , Berlin, Romanwelt, 1897
  • The witch , Berlin, Romanwelt, 1897
  • The Long Prussian , Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1897
  • The white death. Novel from the Glacier World , Stuttgart, Cotta , 1897
  • Poor Konrad. Novel from the Great Peasants' War of 1525 , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1898
  • Jörg Trugenhoffen , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1898
  • The last choice , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1899
  • Montblanc , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1899
  • The eternal castle. Novel from the Odenwald , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1900
  • Samum , Leipzig, Keil, 1900
  • The foolish virgin , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1901
  • The wise lamb. Roman from Tyrol , Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, Union, 1901
  • Alt-Heidelberg, du Feine, novel by a student , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1902
  • It was a dream. Berlin novellas , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1903
  • The star of Angora , Leipzig, Keil, 1903
  • Give me your hand , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1904
  • Past. A story from Heidelberg , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1904
  • Du bist die Ruh ' , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1905
  • You and me. Story of a poor officer , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1905
  • The hand of Fatme. Story , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1905
  • I wait for luck. Novellas , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1905
  • Who are you from heaven , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1906
  • Wundes Wild , Stuttgart & Berlin, Union, 1907
  • Herzblut , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1908
  • The poor rich , Stuttgart & Berlin, Union, 1909; later published under the title Liebe um Barbara .
  • For you , Stuttgart & Berlin, JG Cotta Nachf., 1909
  • The twelfth hour and other short stories , Berlin, Concordia, 1909
  • The giant's fist , 2 volumes, Stuttgart, Engelhorn, 1910
  • Love potion , Stuttgart and Berlin, Cotta, 1910
  • Dear Fatherland , Berlin and Vienna, Ullstein, 1911
  • You sword on my left , Stuttgart et al. 1912
  • His English wife , Stuttgart and Berlin, Cotta, 1913
  • Strong as the Mark , Stuttgart and Berlin, Cotta, 1913
  • Dear Fatherland , revision, Berlin and Vienna, Ullstein, 1914
  • König and Kärrner , Berlin, A. Scherl , 1914
  • The German Miracle , Berlin and Vienna, Ullstein & Co, 1916
  • The dream of the military man Scholz , Berlin, War Press Office, around 1916
  • How the World War came about, Berlin, Deutscher Schriftenverlag, around 1917
  • On the anniversary of our peace offer , Berlin, War Press Office, 1917
  • German agriculture at war , Berlin, Kriegs-Presse-Amt, 1917
  • The Iron Man , Berlin, Ullstein, 1917
  • England , Berlin, War Press Office, 1917
  • France , Berlin, War Press Office, 1917
  • Italy , Berlin, War Press Office, 1917
  • Russia , Berlin, War Press Office, 1917
  • The Balkans , Berlin, War Press Office, ca.1918
  • The free sea , Berlin, Ullstein, 1918
  • The Orient , Berlin, War Press Office, 1918
  • The light from the east , Berlin, Ullstein, 1919
  • Romantic trilogy Germany's rise and fall
    • The father's dream , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1920
    • The ship without rudder , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1921
    • The place in the sun , Berlin, A. Scherl 1921
  • Vogelöd Castle , Berlin, Ullstein, 1921
  • The empty throne. A story of people and shadows , Berlin, Ullstein, 1922
  • And if the world were full of devils ... , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1923
  • Children of Time , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1924
  • The mysterious Cavalier and other short stories , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1924
  • Dragonslayer , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1925
  • Kaspar Hauser. Who he wasn't - who he might be , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1925
  • Novels and short stories , complete edition, Stuttgart, Cotta
    • 1.1. The white death. Sidi Binzel. Kilian Böhm's last exam , 1925
    • 1.2. You sword on my left , 1925
    • 1.3. The giant's fist , 1925
    • 1.4. Heart's Blood , 1925
    • 1.5. Give me your hand , 1925
    • 1.6. His English wife , 1925
    • 2.1. Strong as the Mark , 1926
    • 2.2. For you , 1926
    • 2.3. You are calm , 1926
    • 2.4. Love Potion , 1926
    • 2.5. Who are you from heaven , 1926
    • 2.6. It was a dream in 1926
  • Sword and pen: memories from a young age , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1925
  • Film storm , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1926
  • Women praise. The novel of a young man , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1926
  • The secret of Fuensanta , Stuttgart and Berlin, Cotta, 1926
  • Travel and tires, the second part of memoirs , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1926
  • Hexenkessel , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1927
  • You unknown ... - The novel of a youth , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1928
  • Eliza , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1928
  • Madlene. Novel from the Great Peasants' War of 1525 , Berlin, Franke, 1928
  • My work , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1928
  • Paradise in the snow , Berlin, Scherl, 1928; Filmed in 1923 . Director: Georg Jacoby
  • Lill. The novel of a sports girl , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1929
  • The Upper Bavarian Lakes , Bielefeld, Velhagen & Klasing, 1929
  • The waters of Allah. Story of the black woman , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1929
  • The flaming swamp , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1930
  • Secret marriage , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1931
  • Carousel Berlin , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1931
  • The seventh pill and other adventurous stories , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1931
  • The farmer in the Au , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1932
  • The one around Bismarck , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1932
  • People in Wehr , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1933
  • The World War - a German people's book on world events 1914 to 1918 , Berlin, A. Scherl 1933
  • Storm of the Lord , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1934
  • Who is building the railway? , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1934
  • The gray gentleman , Berlin, Franke, 1934
  • The curse of the pharaoh , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1935
  • Grischa the violinist , Leipzig, Payne, 1936
  • Panic in Odessa , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1936
  • Save Vienna! A novel from the time of the Turkish siege in 1683 , Stuttgart, Cotta, 1936
  • The black snake , Leipzig 1936
  • The Green Page , Leipzig, Payne, 1937
  • Simmerl , Leipzig, Payne, 1937

Works freely accessible on the Internet

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography on LeoBW
  2. ↑ a b c Rudolph Stratz: Sword and pen: memories from young years , Berlin, A. Scherl, 1925, pp. 9, 23–24; P. 126, 131; P. 216
  3. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 19. Leipzig 1909, p. 108
  4. ^ Entry of the doctoral thesis from 1904 at the University of Heidelberg in the Southwest German Library Network
  5. ^ Rudolph Stratz: Reisen und Reifen , Berlin, 1926, p. 199
  6. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 6 , 83; 46 , 409
personal data
SURNAME Stratz, Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stratz, Rudolf; Stratz, Rudolf Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German novelist
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1936
Place of death Bernau am Chiemsee