Vadutz
Vadutz (not: Vaduz ) is an invented country of the German poet Clemens Brentano , which he mentions in his fairy tale Gockel, Hinkel and Gackeleia .
description
In Brentano's appropriation to his "dearest grandmother" - meaning Marianne von Willemer - he writes:
“I got into the land of Hainaut through Gockel and Hinkel; But I loved the little country Vadutz from my youth because of its curious name, without ever knowing where it actually was; I also never asked about it, so as not to get out of one of those dreams that gild the pills of so-called reality. "
He describes the land of Vadutz as "the land of all treasures, secrets and gems", in which the mythical Thule lies, which Goethe sang about in his poem The King in Thule .
The country is surrounded by the Sabbathion River, which during the week is "an inaccessible sea of stones and only moves its waves on the Sabbath".
Brentano also talks about the actually existing place Vaduz by mentioning a Prince Lichtenstein, who is the true owner of the little land Vadutz, "which has made up the Principality of Lichtenstein since 1719 along with the Schellenberg rule".
Brentano shows how important this country is to him through the following verses:
"Where your heaven is your Vadutz,
a land on earth is of no use to you."
Web links
- Gockel, Hinkel, Gackeleia
- Clemens Brentano : Gockel, Hinkel and Gackeleia in the Gutenberg-DE project