Sophie Tschorn

Sophie Tschorn (* December 1, 1891 as Sophie Peter in Cannstatt ; † May 24, 1975 in Stuttgart ) was a German radio pioneer and writer . She became known under the name "Gretle von Strümpfelbach".

Life

Tschorn was born in Cannstatt in 1891 as the daughter of Christian Peter (1854–1938), a model carpenter . There she spent her childhood and youth. At that time she was friends with August Lämmle .

Sophie Peter wanted to become a teacher, which was not possible for financial reasons. The education of the six brothers came first. Instead, she did an apprenticeship as a saleswoman. In the 1920s she appeared on the Cannstatter Volksbühne. When South German Radio she was from the first hour editor and created there from 1924 Heimatabend and the "Children's Hour". She made the show "Flower Hour" particularly well known. She created the first Swabian radio character Gretle von Strümpfelbach , which she also spoke herself. With the radio children she organized many children's parties in the country. For many years she edited the children's supplement for the Stuttgarter Neue Tagblatt . The competition for the supplement was particularly well received.

After the National Socialists came to power, she lost her job at the radio because, in the opinion of the National Socialists, the "Gretle" did not fit into the new era. After the Second World War, she took over the show "Flower Hour" again, which she was responsible for until the 1970s. She now also worked for the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Cannstatter Zeitung (local supplement "Zu Cannstatt an der Brucken"). In the Cannstatter home district "Maugenestle" she was committed to the maintenance of Swabian folklore, u. a. through lively correspondence with the Swabian associations and many German families in the USA.

In 1949 she initiated a large, well-known children's festival in Stuttgart-Vaihingen , which she organized until 1970.

Sophie Tschorn was married to the sports journalist Richard Tschorn (1891–1966). The couple lived in Stuttgart- Sillenbuch .

Works

• So must comma! (Stuttgart, 1922)
• Märle ond Gschichtle miscounted for liabe Kender (Stuttgart, 1925)
• Little ABC of flower care (Wiesbaden, 1939)
• Handling flowers (Wiesbaden, 1939)

Honors

• 1964 Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• In 1980 a commemorative plaque for Sophie Tschorn was placed on her parents' house in Spreuergasse in the Cannstatt district of Stuttgart.
• There has been a Sophie-Tschorn-Strasse in Bad Cannstatt since 1994.

literature

• Anonymous: A piece of lived home. We mourn for the "Gretle von Strümpfelbach", Sophie Tschorn . Cannstatter Zeitung May 26, 1975.
• Anonymous: "Gretle von Strümpfelbach" is dead. Children were her great love. Vaihingen mourns his "children's party aunt" . Filderzeitung May 27, 1975.
• dud: Year and day ago . The "Gretle von Strümpfelbach" . Stuttgarter Zeitung November 30, 1991.
• e .: Sophie Tschorn died . Stuttgarter Zeitung May 26, 1975.
• Helmut Engisch: On wave 443. The radio pioneer Sophie Tschorn and Gretle von Strümpfelbach . Schöne Schwaben 30/31 (12) 2016. pp. 43–45.
• jk: famous Cannstatter heads. Sophie Tschorn, Hermann Metzger and Erwin Hageloh honored . Cannstatter Zeitung December 10, 1980.
• ks: A versatile journalist. Editor Richard Tschorn died shortly after his 75th birthday . Stuttgarter Zeitung March 3, 1966
• phil .: The Gretle von Strümpfelbach. For Sophie Tschorn's 75th birthday . Stuttgarter Zeitung November 30, 1966
• Roth Rose Schneider: In memory of "Das Gretle". Sophie Tschorn's death is celebrated for the second time today . Cannstatter Zeitung May 24, 1977.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Titus Häussermann: The Stuttgart street names . Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2003, ISBN 3-87407-549-4 , p. 548 .

Web links

Commons : Sophie Tschorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Sophie Tschorn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of Sophie-Tschorn-Strasse in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten