Wilhelm von Wymetal (journalist)

Wilhelm von Wymetal (born December 27, 1838 in Vienna , † January 4, 1896 in Munich ) was an Austrian journalist and writer .

Life

As the son of a Viennese court counselor, he received a varied education, began studying law, which he completed with a doctorate, and then switched to art history. When his hope for a conservatorial position was not fulfilled, Wyl went on trips around the world for two decades, several times as a reporter for major newspapers such as the Neue Freie Presse and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , for which he wrote under the pseudonym "W. Wyl". His reports on the Oberammergau Passion Play in the Berliner Tageblatt , which he later published in the May days in Oberammergau , became famous . An artistic pilgrimage (1880) and Der Christus-Mayr. New studies from Oberammergau summarized. He reports on his Italian experiences in walks in Naples, Sorrento, Pompeii, Capri, Amalfi, Pästum and in the Museo Borbonico (1877) and in Venetian Stories and Figures of the 16th Century . In 1882 he went to North America and wrote articles for the German Monday newspaper about the Mormons. In 1891 he attended the world exhibition in Chicago as a correspondent for the Kölnische Zeitung . In 1895 he retired to Munich due to illness, where he died on January 4, 1896.

Works

• My diary in the Sonzogno process. Shorthand, documentary and explanatory report by an eyewitness of the 22 days of negotiations before the Roman Assisen, October 19 to November 13, 1875 . Verlag-Magazin, Zurich 1876. online
• Walks in Naples, Sorrento, Pompeii, Capri, Amalfi, Pästum, and in the Museo Borbonico . Schmidt, Zurich 1877. online
• May days in Oberammergau. An artistic pilgrimage. With the texts of the passion drama published for the first time, three samples from Dedler's passion music and the portraits of the main actors . Published by Caesar Schmidt, Zurich 1880
• The Christ Mayr. New studies from Oberammergau . Fontane, Berlin 1890
• Joseph Smith, the prophet, his family and his friends. A study based on facts and documents . Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., Salt Lake City 1886. online
• Mormon portraits, or, The truth about the Mormon leaders from 1830 to 1866 . Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., Salt Lake City 1886

literature

• Marie Jeritza: Wilhelm Wymetal. Wila, Wiener Literarisches Anstalt, Vienna, Leipzig 1922. (The rendering, series 1, volume 10)
• Ludwig Fränkel:  Wymetal, Wilhelm von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 395-397.