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Louise Adeline Weitzel (December 2, 1862 – May 6, 1934) was an American writer of German descent. She was born in
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weitzel, Louise Adeline 1862 births 1934 deaths Writers from Pennsylvania 19th-century American writers Writers from Green Bay, Wisconsin People from Lititz, Pennsylvania American people of German descent 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers 19th-century American women writers
Louise Adeline Weitzel (December 2, 1862 – May 6, 1934) was an American writer of German descent. She was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
. Her family moved to Lititz
Lititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of the city of Lancaster. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370.
History
Lititz was founded by members of the Moravian Church in 1756 and was named af ...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
while she was still young.
Given the socio-cultural context in which she was born and raised, her work is unique, not only because of the content of her writing per se but also because she produced and published her texts as a woman and in her native German dialect (''Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch'') in the United States.
Her will, only 30 words long, left her $855 estate to the Moravian Home for Aged Women in Lititz.
Education and professional life
Louise A. Weitzel obtained her education at ''Sunnyside Kollitsch'' and at the ''Linden Hall Seminary'' for girls. Later she would work for local German-language newspapers where she ultimately found a vehicle to her voice as a poet. In 1908 she published the book ''A Quiver of Arrows: Poems by Louise A. Weitzel''.Religious life
Louise A. Weitzel was an active member of the ''Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine''/Moravian Church
The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohem ...
fellowship, a Christian reformist movement that preceded the German Protestant Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...
in Europe by more than a century, with the work initiated by John Huss and revived by Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf.
Poems
Die Grummler
En deel Leit grummle immerhie,
Sie grumble Daag un Nacht.
Uff Gut's un Scheen's in daere Welt
Gewwe sie gar kee Acht. Im Summer iss es gans zu hees,
Im Winter gans zu kalt;
Die Yunge sin yo gans zu yung,
Die Alde gans zu alt. Wann's reggert iss der Grund zu nass,
Wann's drucke, zu voll Schtaab;
Im Winter sin die Beem zu darr,
Im Summer zu voll Laab. Die schmaerde Leit sin gans zu schmaert,
Die dumme gans zu dumm;
Die Schtrosse sin aa gans zu graad,
Die Leens sin gans zu grumm. 'S iss alles letz uff daere Welt,
'S macht niemand gaar nix recht;
Die Mensche traevle schtarck zu Hell,
'S iss alles lass un schlecht. So Mensche mache kee Mischteecks,
Sie schtehne gans alle;
Sie sehne annere Fehler, yuscht
Ihr eegne duhn net seh. – Louise A. Weitzel
* ''Bee''
* ''Der Viert Tschulei''
* ''Die Grummler''
* ''Die Sunn scheint aryeds wo''
* ''Mei Nochber hot en Reedio''
* ''Nackich''
* ''Vum Schiesse''
* ''Siggaretts''
* ''S Wedder''
* ''Was meent's''
* ''Wie zuvor''
* ''Wu fehlt's''
* ''Zu schtarrick''
En deel Leit grummle immerhie,
Sie grumble Daag un Nacht.
Uff Gut's un Scheen's in daere Welt
Gewwe sie gar kee Acht. Im Summer iss es gans zu hees,
Im Winter gans zu kalt;
Die Yunge sin yo gans zu yung,
Die Alde gans zu alt. Wann's reggert iss der Grund zu nass,
Wann's drucke, zu voll Schtaab;
Im Winter sin die Beem zu darr,
Im Summer zu voll Laab. Die schmaerde Leit sin gans zu schmaert,
Die dumme gans zu dumm;
Die Schtrosse sin aa gans zu graad,
Die Leens sin gans zu grumm. 'S iss alles letz uff daere Welt,
'S macht niemand gaar nix recht;
Die Mensche traevle schtarck zu Hell,
'S iss alles lass un schlecht. So Mensche mache kee Mischteecks,
Sie schtehne gans alle;
Sie sehne annere Fehler, yuscht
Ihr eegne duhn net seh. – Louise A. Weitzel
See also
*Pennsylvania Dutch
The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spe ...
* Moravian Church
The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohem ...
References
External links
Hiwwe wie Driwwe
(Hiwwe wie Driwwe: die pennsylvaanisch-deitsch Zeiding / The homepage of the Pennsylvania German newspaper.)
The Pennsylvania German Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weitzel, Louise Adeline 1862 births 1934 deaths Writers from Pennsylvania 19th-century American writers Writers from Green Bay, Wisconsin People from Lititz, Pennsylvania American people of German descent 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers 19th-century American women writers