Johannes Scherr

Johannes Scherr ( born October 3, 1817 in Rechenberg- Hinterweiler in Schwäbisch Gmünd, † November 21, 1886 in Zurich ) was a German art historian and writer.

Life

Johannes Scherr was the son of the teacher Franz Scherr and his wife Cecilia, born Nüding. Scherr made ​​in 1837 graduated from high school at the Episcopal Seminary in Ehingen and then broke off training as a Catholic priest. From 1837 to 1840 he studied German philology and history at the University of Tübingen. From 1840 to 1843 he was a teacher at the private school of his brother in Winterthur and then writers in Stuttgart. From 1848 to 1849 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Württemberg Landtag for Geislingen. Scherr fled after the failed revolution in 1849 in Switzerland, where he could habilitate and 1860 promoted to professor of history at the Polytechnic in Zurich.

Scherr presented a variety of cultural and historical publications, of which the most influential was the German cultural and social history. In addition, he also wrote novels and short stories.

Johannes Scherr was the brother of the Swiss pedagogue Ignaz Thomas Scherr 1845 and married to the writer and cookbook author Susanne Maria Kübler ( 1814-1873 ).

Works (selection)

  • Tales from Swabia, 1836
  • A priest in 1843
  • Württemberg in 1844, 1844
  • The Prophet of Florence, 1845
  • The Orphan of Vienna, 1847
  • The Poacher, 1850
  • The Student of Ulm, 1851
  • Graziella, 1852
  • The pilgrims of the wild. Historical novel, in 1853, numerous other editions
  • Schiller, 1856
  • Rosi Zurflüh, 1860
  • History of German women in 1860, new edition 1928
  • The Crucified, or the Passion play of Wildi Book, 1860, 2nd edition 1868 DigitalSat
  • Amendment Book, 1873
  • Megalomania. Four chapters from the history of human folly., Max Hesse Verlag Leipzig 1876
  • Edifying and devout souls A quiet for 1846
  • General history of literature from the earliest times to the present day, in 1851, numerous reprints
  • History of German culture and customs, 1852-1853 ( 2nd A. 1858 German cultural and social history; digitized ), numerous other editions
  • Germania. Two millennia of German life, 1879, numerous other editions
  • Porkeles and Porkelessa, 1882, four editions
  • Human Tragicomedy Collected studies, sketches and paintings, 12 volumes, published by Otto Wiegand Leipzig 1884
  • Die Nibelungen. In prose translated, introduced and explained by Johannes Scherr. - Leipzig. Wigand, 1860 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
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