Wilhelm Sandfuchs (writer)

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Wilhelm Sandfuchs (born January 28, 1891 in Braunschweig , † September 7, 1969 in Bremen ) was a German teacher and Low German writer. He wrote his literary work mainly in the East Westphalian dialect spoken between Braunschweig and Helmstedt .

Life

Wilhelm Sandfuchs was born in Braunschweig in 1891 as the son of the father of the same name, who came from a Lautenthal miners family, and his wife Helene, née. Sandelmann, born. He attended the orphanage school in Braunschweig and then from 1905 to 1911 the ducal teachers' seminar . He taught at various schools in the state of Braunschweig and most recently in the city of Braunschweig. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a lieutenant and company commander. After the war, Sandfuchs taught as a primary school teacher in Braunschweig until he retired in 1956. He had been married to Emmi Link from Hamburg since 1916. The marriage has three children. A few years after retirement, the couple moved to Bremen, where Sandfuchs died on September 7, 1969.

His high and low German literary work includes poetry, short stories, fables and dramatic scenes. Topics are "rural everyday life and rural customs in a pre-modern, contemplative world". In 1939 he published an East Westphalian children's book. His transfer of the Eulenspiegel book from 1515 to today's East Westphalian Platt, created in 1943, was only published in excerpts. During the time of National Socialism , Sandfuchs created works in line with the Nazi ideology, which in 1941 the Brunswick district home keeper and NSDAP member Rudolf Fricke characterized as "National Socialist in the best sense of the word".

Fonts (selection)

  • Plattdüütsch Kinnerbauk. For Bronswiek un de other Deile, wo'n ostfäälsch spricket , 1. Deil, published by the NS-Lehrerbund , Gau Hamburg, compiled by Wilhelm Sandfuchs and Robert Thiele, Hamburg, 1939; Reprint 1987.
  • Mien great people . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 1940, p. 75.
  • Low German - blood ties - national community . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 33 (3/4), 1942, p. 67.
  • De Ule . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 37 (1), 1951, p. 11.
  • Dat Jaar un sine festivals . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 39 (1), 1953, pp. 2–5.
  • Selected seals . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 47 (2), 1961, pp. 56–57.
  • Low German poems . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 56 (2), 1970, pp. 54–55.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Mollenhauer: Wilhelm Sandfuchs, the East Westphalian dialect poet (on his 70th birthday) . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 47 (2), 1961, p. 58.
  2. ↑ Herbert Blume: Sandfuchs, Wilhelm . In: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 114 .
  3. ^ Sandfuchs, Wilhelm: Two stories from the New East Westphalian version of the people's book by Till Eulenspiegel, transferred into the Elmmundart . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 56 (2), 1970, pp. 53–54
  4. ^ Rudolf Fricke: Wilhelm Sandfuchs 50 years . In: Braunschweigische Heimat 32, 1941, p. 61.
personal data
SURNAME Sand fox, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH 7th September 1969
Place of death Bremen