Wolfhart Spangenberg

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Wolfhart Spangenberg (born November 6, 1567 in Mansfeld , † after 1636) was a Strasbourg poet of animal fables and school dramas.

Life

Wolfhart Spangenberg was born in Mansfeld as the son of the theologian Cyriacus Spangenberg , but had to flee his home country with his father as a child. In 1577 the family found both accommodation and a new livelihood in Strasbourg . Spangenberg was initially raised privately and then matriculated in Tübingen in 1586 ; In 1591 he acquired the theological master's degree . With no prospect of an academic career, he found a job as a proofreader with the famous Strasbourg printer Bernhard Jobin and his son Tobias Jobin . Like the poets Erasmus Finx and Philipp von Zesen , this gave him direct access to printing and publishing. He wrote school dramas and translations for the Strasbourg academic theater . He also joined the Strasbourg Mastersingers Society and took an active part in its events and publications. His most important contributions to German literature include the two animal fables about the goose king and the donkey king .

In 1611, before the war began, he left Strasbourg to take up his first and only job as a pastor in Buchenbach an der Jagst. He was still drawing as such in 1634, but after 1636 his trace was lost.

Work edition

  • All works . Edited by András Vizkelety , 7 volumes in 9 sub-volumes (= editions of German literature from the 15th to the 18th century ). de Gruyter, Berlin 1971 to 1982:
    • Volume 1: From the Musica: Singschul , edited by András Vizkelety, 1971, ISBN 3-11-001846-2 .
    • Volume 2: Salomon , edited by Martin Bircher , Glückswechsel. How well so run away [u. a.], edited by András Vizkelety, 1975, ISBN 3-11-005883-9 .
    • Volume 3: Part 1: Animal seals 1 , edited by András Vizkelety, 1977, ISBN 3-11-006938-5 .
    • Volume 3: Part 2: Animal seals 2 , edited by András Vizkelety, 1978, ISBN 3-11-007465-6 .
    • Volume 4: Part 1: Attachment or catch letters, occasional seals , edited by András Vizkelety. Description of the port of happiness , edited by Martin Bircher, 1981, ISBN 3-11-008030-3 .
    • Volume 4: Part 2: Sermons, Master Songs. Coronation Matthiae , edited by András Vizkelety, 1982, ISBN 3-11-008904-1 .
    • Volume 5: Graceful Wisdom Lustgarten 1 , edited by Andor Tarnai , 1982, ISBN 3-11-008648-4 .
    • Volume 6: Graceful Wisdom Lustgarten 2 , edited by Andor Tarnai, 1982, ISBN 3-11-008647-6 .
    • Volume 7: Drama translations , edited by Andor Tarnai, 1979, ISBN 3-11-007937-2 .

Literature (selection)

  • Gustav Bossert:  Spangenberg, Wolfhart . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 46-50.
  • Walter Blank: Strassburger Meistersang and Spangenberg's <Von der Musica>. in: Alemannica. Festschrift f. Bruno Boesch , Bühl 1976, pp. 355-372
  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Wolfhart Spangenberg , in: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 5. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7772-9133-1 , pp. 3909–3927 (list of works and references)
  • Leopold Freisler: Wolfhart Spangenbergs Tierdichtungen (= Yearbook of the Philosophical Faculty Prague 1926/1927) Prague 1927 OCLC 60497021 (Dissertation Charles University Prague, Philosophical Faculty, 1926, microfilm, 35 mm).
  • Thomas Kaufmann:  Spangenberg, Wolfhart. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 624 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Walter Ernst Schäfer: The satirical writings of Wolfhart Spangenberg (= studies on German literary history , Volume 94), Niemeyer, Tübingen 1998, ISBN 3-484-32094-X .
  • Joseph Schwaller: Investigations into the dramas of Wolfhart Spangenberg . Sutter, Rixheim 1914, OCLC 15304743 (dissertation University of Strasbourg 1914, 106 pages).

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personal data
SURNAME Spangenberg, Wolfhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Strasbourg poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1567
PLACE OF BIRTH Mansfeld
DATE OF DEATH after 1636