Wilhelm Treunert

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Treunert (born January 27, 1797 in Jena ; died July 1, 1860 there ) was a German poet .

life and work

Born as the child of an unknown student and a student attendant, Treunert was able to attend the Jena citizen school at the age of ten thanks to the wealthy stepfather, the book printer owner Joch. He left the grammar school in Hildburghausen without a degree and began an apprenticeship in printing with his stepfather back in Jena. As a volunteer in the 1st Weimar contingent, Treunert took part in the military campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 . In 1828 he was co-founder of the Jena men's choir. His patron, the publisher Friedrich Johannes Frommann , found him the job of council sergeant in 1845. He gave this up in 1859 for health reasons.

Since his youth he has written poems, occasional verses for the New Year, the birthdays of the city fathers, table and drinking songs as well as hymns of praise for various anniversaries (foundation festivals of the citizens' association, warrior festival in Kahla 1845, Grand Duke Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828) , Schiller celebration 1859).

Between 1836 and 1862 his works were published in the trilogy Mein Gärtchen an der Saale , the last one by his son-in-law Heinrich August Grönert. Volumes 2 and 3 were published by Frommann. After a much-noticed lecture on Treunert, the Kunitz pastor Ernst Böhme published a volume of poetry in 1892. His grave is still preserved today in the Johannisfriedhof .

Fonts

• Wilhelm Treunert: Round painting of Jena's area or the view from the Michaeliskirchthurme . Schreiber, Jena 1832 ( digitized version from HAAB Weimar ).
• My little garden on the Saale. A collection of poetic experiments . Issue 1–3. Hochhausen, Jena and Frommann, Jena 1836 and 1852 and 1862;
• Poems of a Simple Man , ed. by Ernst Böhme. Jena 1892.

literature

• Paul Mitzschke :  Treunert, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 711 f.
• Ulrich Kaufmann: Life sketch: Wilhelm Treunert (1797–1860). Poet and council sergeant . In: The Schnapphans. Jenaer Heimatbrief , 112th edition (2017), issue June, pp. 62–66 (based on Mitzschke)
• Rudolf Hundt: A Jena police officer and poet. Dedicated to the memory of Wilhelm Treunert . In: Old and new from home (special print 1934–1936), 6th episode, p. 76 f.
• Ernst Böhme: Wilhelm Treunert. The council sergeant and poet . In: Old and New from Home , No. 18 (special print 1910), 6th episode, pp. 71–86 (corresponds to the preface to the volume of poems)
• Friedrich Helbig : poet and council guard . In: The Gazebo . Issue 16, 1875, pp. 268–271 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

• Hundt's biography. Retrieved July 12, 2017 . 
• Biography of Böhme. Retrieved July 12, 2017 .