Willi Schultz (folklorist)

Willi Arthur Richard Schultz (born October 9, 1892 in Kolberg , † November 3, 1972 in Siegburg ) was a German school teacher and collector of Pomeranian folk songs and folk dances .

Life

Schultz was born in Kolberg in 1892 as the son of a master tailor. From 1906 he attended the preparatory institute in Belgard , then from 1909 to 1912 the teachers' college in Köslin . In 1912 he passed the teacher examination and in the same year became a school teacher at the one-class elementary school in Rossenthin south of Kolberg. In the First World War he served as a soldier from 1914, most recently as a first lieutenant in the reserve, and was seriously wounded. After the First World War he returned to his position in Rossenthin. In 1933 he was transferred to Kolberg. In World War II he served from 1940 to 1943 as captain of an in Siegburg lying land rifle company . In 1943 he was released from military service for health reasons. In March 1945 he experienced the capture of Kolberg by the Red Army . With the expulsion of the inhabitants of Kolberg, he too had to leave the city in 1945. He first went to Eilsleben , then in 1947 to Siegburg, which he knew from his military service. In Siegburg he worked again as a school teacher until his retirement in 1958. In 1972 he died in Siegburg.

Schultz was an important collector of folk songs and folk dances from his homeland, Pomerania . He published numerous collections, first Tanzt das Volk im Kreis (1925). He gave radio lectures on Pomeranian folklore, for the first time in 1927 on the Deutschlandsender . During the battle for Kolberg in 1945 he lost his entire collection of unpublished folk songs and folk dances. After 1945 he was able to restore some of his memory and published other collections, most recently Dances of Encounter (1963).

He was also temporarily state representative for nature conservation in the Köslin administrative district and chairman of the Kolberger Heimatverein. In 1972 he was awarded the Pomeranian Culture Prize.

Fonts

• The people dance in a circle . Georg Stegenwahner publishing house, Kolberg 1925.
• Colorful dances from Pomerania . Publishing house BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1926.
• German couple dances . Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1927.
• May dance - harvest wreath . Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1927.
• Schüddel de Büx . Verlag BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1928. 2nd increased edition 1934.
• Pomeranian folk dances . German folk dances, issue 15/16. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1934. Reprint 1954.
• The May Festival. Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1935.
• A year in German dance and play. Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1936.
• The harvest festival. Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1938.
• On the green Au - dances of home . Kammwegverlag, Troisdorf 1954. (music by Wilhelm Wapenhensch )
• Folk dances from Pomerania 2nd part . German folk dances, issue 46/47. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1961.
• Folk dances from Pomerania 3rd part . German folk dances, issue 50/51. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1962.
• Folk dances from Pomerania 4th part . German folk dances, issue 54/55. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1963.
• Dances of encounter . Kammwegverlag, Troisdorf 1963.

literature

• Hans Damnitz: Schüddel de Büx and more. The folklorist Willi Schultz. In: The Pommersche Zeitung. No. 4/2009, p. 16.
• Martin Krause: Folk dance creates self-confidence. The life and work of the teacher and folklorist Willi Schultz in his home town of Kolberg and in the Rhineland. In: The Pommersche Zeitung. No. 4/2009, pp. 10-11.