Wilhelm Koch (writer)

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Wilhelm Koch (born July 30, 1845 in Cologne , † December 10, 1891 ibid) was one of the first popular dialect poets of the Cologne language .

Life

According to his parents' wish that Wilhelm should be trained as a priest , he began his school education at the Cologne Cathedral School . After graduating from high school at Marzellegymnasium , Wilhelm Koch joined the postal service as a civil servant . At the same time he began writing mostly humorous little stories. In 1872 he resigned his position at the post office and from then on worked as an editor for the Speyerer Zeitung. He also wrote texts for the Mosel newspaper in Trier . In 1876 Wilhelm Koch returned to Cologne. Here he lived in Cologne-Ehrenfeld and earned his living as a freelance writer . He occasionally wrote fiction and cultural-political texts for various Cologne daily newspapers, including the Kölnische Volkszeitung . In addition, he became known in Cologne for his humorous columns and features , which he occasionally wrote in the Cologne language. From December 1881 he published regularly in daily newspapers.

Koch became popular through his sometimes coarse, humorous stories, which he published in the volumes of short stories Kölsche Scheldereie . In his decision to write down stories in the Cologne dialect , he oriented himself on the stories of his role model, the Low German dialect poet Fritz Reuter .

“It has long been my intention to write a story in the Cologne dialect in the style of the witty and cozy novels by Fritz Reuter. But it was also the mastery with which Reuter treated the Mecklenburg dialect that kept me from taking action because I was well aware that in more ways than one I would not be able to match my famous role model. But the attempt must be dared. "

- Wilhelm Koch : Kölsche Scheldereie, Part 1: The Bätes

The stories, poems and songs for the Cologne Carnival in the Cologne language contributed to the writer's popularity in Cologne. From 1886 to 1889, Wilhelm Koch was editor of the Cologne monthly Alaaf Köln together with Peter Paul Faust . He lived in a representative house on Cologne's Flora , on Stammheimer Strasse in Cologne-Riehl .

After a brief serious illness and several operations, Wilhelm Koch died on December 10, 1891 at the age of 46. He was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 58). Wilhelm Koch was married and had five children. His son, Heinrich Koch (1874–1940) was also known as a Cologne dialect author.

Honor

In the Cologne district of Lindenthal , a street was named after the Cologne dialect poet in recognition of his lifetime achievement.

Works, poems and texts (selection)

  • Cloudy days , around 1875
  • The Madman's Daughter , 1875
  • Novell wreath , 1878
  • Declamation book , 1879
  • Valeska. The daughter of the mayor of Petersburg , 1879
  • Sentenced to death , 1880
  • Kölsche Scheldereie I: Der Bätes, 1882
  • Kölsche Scheldereie II: The Rippet vun der Bess, 1884
  • Kölsche Scheldereie III: Et Johr Aachunveezig, 1885
  • Kölsche Scheldereie IV: Der Kölsche Klüngel, 1887
  • Memoirs of the bassist Karl Formes , 1888
  • Ömmerjööncher: Löstige kölsche Verzällcher , 1890
  • Ömmerjööncher: Löstige Kölsche Verzällcher: Us em Daageboch
  • From Beethoven's youth , published in 1893
  • The Nakswächter , after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The Erlkönig
  • En kölsche kirmeß from domols
  • A Höhnerplöckesche with Napoleon
  • Jet för et Hätz
  • Loss m'r still jet sing

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Kohlschmidt, Wolfgang Mohr: Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte . 1: ak.Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-087956-8 , p. 521 .
  2. ^ Heinrich Karl Adolf Krüger: History of Low German or Low German literature from the Savior to the present . Stillersche Hofbuchhandlung, Schwerin 1913, p. 117 .
  3. ^ Ulrich S. Soénius (Ed.), Jürgen Wilhelm (Ed.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon. Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 289.
  4. ↑ Kumm Leevge, bring on the Punjel. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, November 12, 2001, accessed on February 1, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Josef Abt & Joh. Ralf Beines: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , p. 196 .
  6. ^ Konrad Adenauer, Völker Gröbe: Streets and squares in Lindenthal . JP Bachem, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7616-1018-1 , p. 165 f .

literature

  • Everhard Kleinertz: The Cologne Authors' Lexicon 1750-2000 , 1st volume: 1750-1900. In: Mitteilungen aus dem Stadtarchiv, Issue 88, Emons, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89705-192-3 , pp. 144f.
  • Friedrich Wienstein: Lexicon of Catholic German Poets from the End of the Middle Ages to the Present , Hamm / Westphalia, 1899, p. 197
  • Bernhard Sowinski: Lexicon of German Dialect Authors , Hildesheim, 1997
  • Kölsche Deechter and Gedeechte. A song and lecture book in Cologne dialect . In: Contributions to Cologne History, Language, Eigenart, Volume 53, Cologne, 1971, p. 119
  • Laurenz Kiesgen: Wilhelm Koch , Heimatblätter Alt-Köln, 2nd year, 1948, p. 5f.
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1891
Place of death Cologne