The Sorbian Hymn by Dr. Gerald Stone first appeared in 1993 in Perspektiven sorbischer Literatur (ed. W. Koschmal), 79-95. Cologne-Weimar-Vienna: Böhlau. THE SORBIAN HYMN 1 A belief in the importance of secularization in literary history has caused the Sorbian hymn to receive less attention than it deserves, even though […]
None of the following is in the Bodleian catalogue: 1. Duchomny wopor Wjernych Kschesczijanow, aby Kyrlischowe Knihi (Budyšin, 1734). 2. (bound under same cover as 1.) To nutyrne Dzjecżo Boże… wot Jana Böhmerja (Budyšin, 1733)=Das andächtige Kind Gottes (bilingual edition). 3. Sserske Spiwarske Knigly… Nowy pschegledany a poreżeny Hudawk (Grodk=Spremberg, 1881). 4. Benjamina Schmolki ton
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Books 1971: Lexical changes in the Upper Sorbian literary language during and following the national awakening (=Lětopis Instituta za serbski ludospyt 18/1). Bautzen/Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina 1972: The smallest Slavonic nation: the Sorbs of Lusatia. London: Athlone Press 1995: (ed.) Kěrluše (=Serbska poezija 37), Bautzen/Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina 1996: (ed.) Kjarliže (Serbska poezija 39), Bautzen/Budyšin:
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Just in time, I finished my second work of art for our Silent Auction on 10 Sep 2017. This one is titled, “Hurricane Harvey as Seen by Doppler Radar,” and it is made entirely from scraps of cloth (ugh, what a job!) on plywood. ]]>
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My latest creation of Wood Art, titled “Harvey Rescue Boot” will be up for Silent Auction Sunday, Sept. 10, at our annual Church Fundraiser in Wallis, Texas. Hours are from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Columbus Club (KC Hall). Silent Auction money to go to Lutheran Disaster Aid and Lutheran World Relief. It
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I recently received an email from George Nielsen about a patent. Patent number 948,508 was for a Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller and was awarded to John G. Kappler and John Gaines of Giddings, Texas on February 8, 1910. Mr. Kappler and Mr. Gaines filed for the patent on January 25, 1909. George
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William Friedrick Kieschnick Junior was born on January 5, 1923 to William Friedrick Kieschnick Senior and Effie Meador Kieschnick. He is a great grandson of Andreas Kieschnik. Andreas Kieschnik was born in Dauban, Rothenberg on November 13 or 15, 1828 and was a Ben Nevis passenger. Andreas Kieschnik married Elisabeth Louise Koerner and they
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On June 9, 2017 I posted an article “Search for Wendish Patents Continue”. Part of that post focussed on Robert Gloyna and his brother, Dr. Eanest Gloyna, with more of an emphasis on Dr. Gloyna’s accomplishments. Since then, I have learned more about Bob Gloyna and would like to share that here. This was shared
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The Rev. Handrij Zejler (1804 – 1872) is the second most famous pastor who was both Lutheran and Wendish. The most famous, of course, is our own Rev. Jan Kilian. Rev. Zejler is also one of the two most famous Wendish poets who wrote in Upper Wendish, the other being the Catholic priest Jakub Bart-Ćišinski.
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After the article about my search for Wends who had been awarded patents was published in the TWHS Newsletter, I received several emails from TWHS members who had either been awarded patents, or who had relatives who had been awarded patents. I was excited by all of them and I wanted to share with you
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