Theodor Seidenfaden

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Theodor Seidenfaden (born January 14, 1886 in Cologne , † August 6, 1979 in Hattingen , Ruhr ) was a German writer .

Life

Theodor Seidenfaden was the son of a farmer . He grew up in Cologne . After attending elementary school , he completed training at the teachers' college in Brühl and then worked as an elementary school teacher in Rövenich from 1906 to 1908 . From 1909 to 1910 studied it music and literature in Cologne and Bonn ; from 1912 he worked as a teacher at the elementary school in Bessenich . From 1915 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a soldier and was seriously wounded. From 1924 to 1931 he was rector of an elementary school in Königshoven , from 1931 to 1934 elementary school rector in Cologne-Riehl and from 1934 to 1949 city ​​school council in Cologne. Seidenfaden was a member of the NSDAP from 1931 to 1932 , but continued to work in National Socialist cultural magazines even after he left the party . From 1951 he was a member of the right-wing extremist Deutsche Kulturwerk Europäische Geist , from 1953 to 1969 as a member of the executive committee.

Theodor Seidenfaden's extensive literary work consists of novels , stories , retelling of German sagas , poems and fictional dialogues between historical personalities. His work is shaped by the author's rejection of modernity and his ultra-conservative Christian mindset.

Fonts

  • Ludwig Uhland , M. Gladbach 1919
  • Sofia , Zülpich 1919
  • For the new day , Warendorf i. Westf. 1919
  • Justinus Kerner , M. Gladbach 1920
  • Eduard Mörike , M.Gladbach 1921
  • The Devil's Gorge , Saarlouis 1921
  • In the Wunderkahn , Saarlouis 1922
  • To heavenly shores , Saarlouis 1923
  • The head of Laurentius , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
  • The Rhenish Ship of Fools , Leipzig [u. a.] 1924
  • The game of Sankt Christophorus , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
  • The carillon , Saarlouis 1925
  • Meier Helmbrecht , Saarlouis 1925
  • Rhenish legends and tales , Saarlouis 1925
  • Beowulf , Saarlouis 1926
  • Stories about Charlemagne , Saarlouis 1926
  • Gudrun , Saarlouis 1927
  • Dietrich von Bern, King of the Goths , Munich 1928
  • The holy stream , Munich 1930
  • Das Heldenbuch , Freiburg i. Br. 1930
  • The duel at Worms , Cologne a. Rh. 1930
  • The German Book of Destiny , Freiburg
    • 1. The Reich , 1932
  • The battle for Finnsburg , Kevelaer 1932
  • The sanctuary , Munich 1933
  • The daring jump , Langensalza [u. a.] 1933
  • The consecration , Munich 1933
  • Nordlandhelden , Munich 1934 (together with Gustav Schalk)
  • The golden ring , Halle 1935
  • The ring breaks , Halle 1935
  • The citizen of Ghent , Saarlautern 1937
  • The king's son among wolves , Bochum 1938
  • Michel among the robbers , Saarlautern 1938
  • Walter and Hildegund , Saarlautern 1938
  • King Rother , Saarlautern 1939
  • Hans Memlings last day , Ratingen 1940
  • The carnival of the year 1812 , Frankfurt a. M. 1940
  • Noble and farmers , Reutlingen 1941
  • Frau Holle's shoes , Saarlautern 1941
  • Wieland , Saarlautern 1941
  • The Master of Bruges , Hamburg 1942
  • Schelme vom Rhein , Ratingen 1942
  • Mozart and Beethoven speak , Düsseldorf 1952
  • Johann Peter Hebel , Murnau 1953
  • Land of brown coal , Murnau 1953
  • The round table in Altking , Wiesbaden
    • 1. Hessen-Nassau stories of faith, hope and love, loyalty, honor , 1954
    • 2. Hessen-Nassau stories of the ruse against the dark forces, cheerfulness and bravery , 1954
    • 3. Hesse-Nassau stories of justice, boldness, piousness and goodness , 1954
  • Divine Earth , Dinkelsbühl / Middle Franconia 1955
  • The young schoolmaster and the girl Regine , Munich 1956
  • Dream night on the island of the dead , Göttingen 1956
  • The night of conscience , Karlsruhe 1959
  • The pianist , Karlsruhe 1960
  • The night of the death of the Inquisitor , Karlsruhe 1960
  • The virgin confession , Munich 1961
  • Magister Markus, the astrologer , Karlsruhe 1961
  • Miracles in measure , Dülmen / Westf. 1962
  • The eternal grain , Dülmen / Westf. 1963
  • Escape , Karlsruhe 1963
  • The Intendant's Dream , Karlsruhe 1964
  • Dialogue with the Krist , Karlsruhe 1964
  • Europe , Vienna 1965
  • The Lüneburg Walpurgis Night 1965 , Karlsruhe 1965
  • The ninety-second birthday , Karlsruhe 1965
  • Terzett , Westerbrak b. Advance 1966
  • Elueisa , Munich 1967
  • The other world , Karlsruhe 1968
  • Lighthouse flames , Munich 1968
  • My heretics , Vienna 1968
  • The soul of heaven , Karlsruhe 1968
  • To Eternal Peace , Karlsruhe 1968
  • The picture of the kings , Karlsruhe 1969
  • The night of the apparitions , Karlsruhe 1971
  • Weltwende , Karlsruhe 1971
  • The Gengenbach November night , Karlsruhe 1972
  • My little Shakespeare gallery , Munich 1972
  • The Quartet , Karlsruhe 1972
  • Till Eulenspiegel in the Ahr Valley , Heusenstamm 1972
  • Me and All , Karlsruhe 1973
  • The dungeon prayers , Karlsruhe 1973
  • Chimes of a golden customer , Karlsruhe 1973
  • From the treasures of values , Karlsruhe 1973
  • The ascent of the Holy Mountain , Karlsruhe 1974
  • The Big Three Farewell to the Roman Church , Karlsruhe 1975
  • The miracle castles of God , Karlsruhe 1975
  • Only the secret of awe can be found , Dülmen 1977
  • The Immortal , Karlsruhe 1977
  • The magic mirror , Bad Orb im Spessart 1999

Editing

  • Wilhelm Herchenbach : Abelung, the dwarf king , Regensburg 1920
  • Young eye over the Rhine , Ratingen 1940
  • Culture of the German East , Troisdorf / Rhld. 1950 (published together with Carl Thomas)
  • Heinz R. Grienitz : Medium , Karlsruhe 1960
  • Bridging the gap , Bonn 1972

literature

  • Walther Ottendorff-Simrock (Ed.): From the free spirit , Bad Kissingen 1971

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personal data
SURNAME Silk thread, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1979
Place of death Hattingen , Ruhr