Tobias Hafner

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Tobias Hafner

Theodor Tobias Hafner (born January 7, 1833 in Langenau near Ulm, † January 4, 1921 in Ravensburg ) was a German teacher, writer and local historian.

Life

Hafner grew up in Langenau as the son of an innkeeper. He studied education and then worked as a teacher in Rotensol in the Black Forest, Pappelau near Blaubeuren and most recently in Ravensburg. 1876–1906 he was a senior teacher there at the Protestant upper boys' school.

From his marriage to Luise Wilhelmine Memminger, which he signed in 1861, 8 children were born.

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Hafner wrote poems in the Swabian dialect of Langenau and Ulm (mostly under the pseudonym Sebastian Spundle ) as well as high German poems. In addition to nature observations and satirical poems, there are patriotic chants in the spirit of the German Empire.

From the 1880s onwards, Hafner focused on depicting the history of his place of residence in Ravensburg. His extensive history of the city of Ravensburg from 1887 until the publication of the two-volume city history by Alfons Dreher in 1972 was the last printed overview of the history of the former Free Imperial City and was accordingly widely used, even if his work was not without criticism. In 1950 the city archives employee Albert Hengstler considered Hafner's Protestant church and school history useful, but described the city's history as an "unprocessed collection of material". Hengstler judges: "One should certainly not deny him a warm love for his homeland and great historical interest, but he lacked the historical tools, the mastery of the historical and archival auxiliary sciences and the gift of representation". City archivist Alfons Dreher describes the reading of Hafner's work in 1972 as "extremely tiring" due to the chronic nature and notes that he copied his predecessor Johann Georg Eben page by page. Like Hengstler, he sees Hafner's church history as a “useful introduction”.

Hafner's historical conclusions are therefore outdated by recent research, but his detailed observations on urban life in the late 19th century are now in themselves a source of value.

Works

Poems

  • Poems . 1857
  • Leaves and flowers from the Black Forest . Poems, 1868, digitized ( DjVu format)
  • My songbook . Poems, 1878 (= 2nd edition of the leaves and flowers )
  • The Franco-German War 1870-71 in songs, dedicated to German youth . Nordlingen 1875
  • The Kaiserfest in Stuttgart, described in delicate verse in Upper Swabian dialect by Sebastian Spundle . Stuttgart 1876
  • Ulm Minster, Ulm Sparrow and Fischerstechen. In beautiful rhymes in Ulm dialect by Sebastian Spundle . 2. change Edition Ravensburg 1877
  • Seriousness and humor . 1879
  • D'r lever in Ulm. Hebels lyrical poems transferred from the Alemannic into the Ulm dialect . 34 poems, Ulm 1880
  • Humorous somersaults. A walk through Stuttgart and the exhibition In new rhymes in Swabian dialect by Seb. Spundle . Ravensburg 1881
  • The National Warrior Festival in Ravensburg on May 24th and 25th, 1885. In 99 beautiful verses in Upper and Lower Swabian dialect based on Spundle by Isidor Versifex . Ravensburg 1885
  • Ulm Minster jubilee festival. The restoration of the minster up to its completion on June 30th 1890 described in beautiful verse in Ulm dialect by Seb. Spundle . Ulm 1890

Other works

  • Biblical stories . 1874
  • German language teaching for elementary and secondary schools . 1876
  • Address book of the city of Ravensburg , ed. by T. Hafner. Self-published, Ravensburg 1881
  • The Protestant Church in Ravensburg . Ravensburg 1884 ( digitized in DjVu format)
  • Address book of the city of Ravensburg: after the census of December 1st, 1885, the new street naming and house numbering , ed. by T. Hafner. Self-published, Ravensburg 1886
  • History of the city of Ravensburg. According to sources and document collections . Ravensburg 1887
  • Address book of the city of Ravensburg. According to the census of December 1, 1890, the new street naming and house numbering , ed. by T. Hafner. Publishing house of the Oberschwäbische Zeitung, Ravensburg 1891 ( digitized in DjVu format)
  • The oldest Protestant families in Ravensburg 1561–1761. A contribution to gender studies . in: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte 1894, pp. 221–235
  • From the chronicle of the Häberle von Ravensburg family of gray smokers . In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte 1904, pp. 424–427
  • Old and new from the history of Ravensburg . Ravensburg 1908 ( digitized in DjVu format)

literature

  • Gertrud Beck: Tobias Hafner, a poet from Langenau . In: Langenau. A city through the ages . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 1981, ISBN 3-88294-102-2 , pp. 110–117
  • August Holder: History of the Swabian dialect poetry . Kielmann, Heilbronn 1896, pp. 223–225, digital version ( DjVu format)
  • Andreas Schmauder : Hafner, Tobias . In: Schwabenspiegel . Volume 1.2. Author Lexicon. OEW, Biberach 2006, ISBN 3-937184-04-X , p. 59
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Nekrolog 1901-1935 . 1936

Web links

Wikisource: Tobias Hafner  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Tobias Hafner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albert Hengstler in: The Ravensburger Stadtarchiv. Memorandum on the occasion of the 25 years of office of city archivist Dr. Alfons Dreher. 1925-1950 . Ravensburg 1950, p. 24 f.
  2. ^ Alfons Dreher: History of the imperial city of Ravensburg . Weißenhorn / Ravensburg 1972. Volume 1, p. 25