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Hugo Oelbermann

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Hugo Alexander Oelbermann
Born(1832-10-04)4 October 1832
Died1898 (aged 65–66)
Other namesHugo von Müllenbach, Ernst Thränenlacher, Nath. Faust
Occupation(s)Poet, bookseller

Hugo Alexander Oelbermann (or Ölbermann; 4 October 1832 – 1898) was a German poet and bookseller. His pseudonyms were Hugo von Müllenbach, Ernst Thränenlacher, and Nath. Faust.[1]

Life

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Oelbermann was born on 4 October 1832 in Müllenbach [de], Marienheide, Germany,[2] the son of pastor Friedrich Oelbermann and Marianne von Wenckstern (née Komp).[3] The writer and journalist Otto von Wenckstern [de] was his stepbrother.

Hugo received his education at a boys' boarding school and at a rector's school [de] in Gummersbach. In 1848, he went to Barmen to apprentice under Wilhelm Langewiesche [de] (b. 1807) as a bookseller.[2] In Barmen, he met the poets Emil Rittershaus and Carl Siebel, with whom he founded the Wuppertal poets' circle.[4]

Later, after 1853, he worked as a bookseller in Königsberg, Gotha, Zurich, and Leipzig. In Leipzig, he also wrote for Die Gartenlaube magazine.[2] On 19 October 1859, he asked Siebel to inquire with Friedrich Engels or Karl Marx whether they could financially support him.[citation needed]

In 1866, he helped to provision a statue for the tomb of Friederike Brion, made by the sculptor Wilhelm Hornberger [de].[5] Oelbermann is said to have joined the "Young Germanic School" at one point, as stated in a publication about Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.[6][7] In 1882, he founded the short-lived Bonner Montagsblatt (Bonn Monday Journal), which became a publishing house a few months later under the name Das Alte Blatt (The Old Leaf).[2]

Oelbermann died in 1898 in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, and was buried on November 2, 1898, in the Castle Cemetery [de].[3]

Legacy

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His poem "Maienglöcklein" was set to music by Paul Hindermann.[8] His poem "O säh ich auf der Heide dort" was set to music by Franz Neuhofer [de] in his unpublished Opus 25.[9]

In the Kalliope Catalog [de], letters from him to Julius Campe [de], the J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung (publishing house), Lorenz Diefenbach, Luise Förster [de] (1794–1877), Karl Gutzkow, Hermann Kletke, Adolf Stern, and others are preserved.[citation needed]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ Holzmann, Michael; Bohatta, Hanns (1906). Deutsches Pseudonymen-Lexikon [German Pseudonym Lexicon] (in German). Wien Akademischer Verlag. pp. 87, 188, 281.
  2. ^ a b c d Brümmer 1913, p. 178.
  3. ^ a b Heidermann, Horst. "Unter Linden an dem Rhein – die Ruhestätten der Wuppertaler in Bonn und Bad Godesberg" [Under the lime trees by the Rhine - the resting places of the people from Wuppertal in Bonn and Bad Godesberg] (PDF). bgv-wuppertal.de (in German). pp. 94–95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ Fränkel 1907: "Unter Hugo Oelbermann’s Präsidium thaten sich mit Emil R. Karl Siebel, K. G. Wilh. Wens, W. Langewiesche d. J. u. A., noch halbe Knaben, zum „Wupperbund“ für theoretische und praktische Pflege der „schönen Wissenschaften“ zusammen." ["Under Hugo Oelbermann's presidency, Emil R. Karl Siebel, K. G. Wilh. Wens, W. Langewiesche the Younger and others, still half boys, came together to form the 'Wupperbund' for the theoretical and practical cultivation of the 'fine sciences'."]
  5. ^ Wiedtemann, Hermann (1953). "Am Grabe Friederike Brions: Gedenkworte zum 200, Geburtstag Friederike Brions Von Hermann Wiedtemann, Friesenheim" [At the Grave of Friederike Brion: Commemorative Words for the 200th Birthday of Friederike Brion] (PDF). Badische Heimat (in German). 33: 60–63.
  6. ^ Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von (22 April 2024). Aus Franzensbad Das Gemeindekind (in German). St. Pölten: Residenz Verlag. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-7017-4459-6.
  7. ^ Die Junggermanische Schule: Ziel und Grundsätze derselben dargelegt von ihr selbst [The Young Germanic School: its goals and principles explained by itself] (in German). Altonaer Verlagsbüreau. 1858. p. 26.
  8. ^ "Herbstlied—Hindermann, Paul". swisscollections.ch. 2 June 1899. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "List of works by Franz Neuhofer". imslp.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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