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Feuerwehr Buchen ehrt Kameraden

Feuerwehr Buchen ehrt Kameraden Die Geehrten (Bild oben) für 15 und 25 Jahre Feuerwehrdienst sowie Familie Slepkowiz von der Bäckerei Hollerbach / Baker’s World in Buchen und Hettingen. Die Geehrten für 40 und 50 Jahre aktiven Feuerwehrdienst für der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Buchen. (Fotos: Grimm) Buchen. (mag) Die Freiwillige Feuerwehr (FFW) Buchen nutzte ihr Festwochenende nicht nur für ein Gauditurnier mit Blaulichtparty am Samstag und den Blaulichttag am Sonntag, sondern auch für die Verleihung der Landesehrungen für 15, 25, 40 und 50 Jahre aktive Mitgliedschaft in der Feuerwehr. 32 Männer und Frauen konnten am Sonntag Vormittag ihre Ehrung entgegen nehmen. Bürgermeister Burger stellte fest, dass „ein Ehrenamt bei der Feuerwehr aller Ehren wert“ sei und freute sich, dass die Feuerwehr die Verleihung der Ehrungen in den Blaulichttag integriert hat. Kreisbrandmeister Jörg Kirschenlohr überbrachte die Grüße von Landrat Dr. Achim Brötel und stellte fest, dass „der Lohn für die Mühen im Ehrenamt die Anerkennung“ ist. Feuerwehrleute seien rund um die Uhr einsatzbereit und riskierten ihre Gesundheit für andere – bisweilen sogar ihr Leben. Kirschenlohr forderte die Verantwortlichen in der Politik auf, sich weiter um die Freiweilligen Feuerwehren zu kümmern, damit diese sich um die Kernaufgaben kümmern können. „Manche Katze wäre auch ohne uns wieder vom Baum heruntergekommen", f��hrt er weiter aus. Um dem Personalmangel in den Feuerwehren entgegen zu wirken, müsse man verstärkt dafür werben, dass mehr Menschen "Lust auf Feuerwehr" haben. Anschließend ehrte er 32 Feuerwehrleute für ihren langjärigen Dienst in der Feuerwehr. Für 15-jährige Mitgliedschaft wurden Timo Enzmann (Bödigheim), Simon Haber (Waldhausen), Benedikt Kehl (Waldhausen), Lukas Kühner (Bödigheim), Florian Scholl (Hainstadt) und Jürgen Trunk (Stürzenhardt) geehrt. Für 25 Jahre Mitgliedschaft erhielten Bernd Eisenhauer (Rinschheim), Christina Henn (Buchen), Markus Kniel (Bödigheim), Tobias Koller (Oberneudorf), Andreas Schölch (Hollerbach), Martin Schwab (Hettigenbeuern) und Florian Weber (Waldhausen) eine Ehrubg. Seit 40 Jahre halten Dieter Felleisen (Götzingen), Martin Galm (Einbach), Bernd Hemberger (Oberneudorf), Kurt Henn (Einbach), Andreas Hollerbach (Buchen), Bernhard Kirchgeßner (Rinschheim), Bernd Morschhäuser (Buchen), Dieter Noe (Oberneudorf), Matthias Pflüger (Buchen), Bernhard Schnorr (Oberneudorf) und Markus Schwab (Oberneudorf) der Feuerwehr die Treue. Und für 50 Jahre Mitgliedschaft wurden Hubert Breunig (Oberneudorf), Günter Ellwanger (Hettingen), Bruno Häfner (Unterneudorf), Manfred Häfner (Unterneudorf), Anton Hirsch (Hettigenbeuern), Harald Kühner (Bödigheim), Wolfgang Mackert (Oberneudorf) und Klaus Theobald (Buchen) gewürdigt. Abonnieren Sie kostenlos unseren NOKZEIT-KANAL auf Whatsapp. Bürgermeister Roland Burger ernannte Norbert Meixner und Richard Schäfer, die bei den letzten Wahlen in Hettigenbeuern und Rinschheim nicht mehr zur Wahl angetreten waren, zu Ehrenabteilungskommandanten. Richard Schäfer leitete von 1997 bis 2024 die Abteilungswehr Rinschheim. Ihm sei es in den letzten Jahren erfolgreich gelungen, Seiteneinsteiger für die Feuerwehr zu gewinnen und die drohende Schließung der Abteilung zu verhindern. Norbert Meixner war von 1993 bis 1997 stellvertretender Abteilungskommandant der Abteilung in Hettigenbeuern und Abteilungskommandant von 1997 bis 2007 sowie von 2010 bis 2024. Von 2007 bis 2010 war er Kassier in der Abteilung. Feuerwehrkommandant Andreas Hollerbach dankte den beiden ehemaligen Abteilungskommandanten. Norbert Meixner betonte in seinen Dankesworten dass es "nur zusammen funktionieren kann". Der Ehrenvorsitzende des Kreisfeuerwehrverbandes, Andreas Hollerbach, und sein Nachfolger Michael Genzwürker verliehen der Bäckerei Hollerbach und "Baker's World" bzw. der Familie Slepkowitz die Auszeichnung „Partner der Feuerwehr“ für ihre unermüdliche Unterstützung der Feuerwehr Buchen mit ihren Abteilungen. Hollerbach lobte Alexander Slepkowitz und sein großes Team: „Ihr seid zu jeder Uhrzeit für uns da.“ Das Unternehmen darf ab sofort ein entsprechendes Schild aufhängen und sich über die Ehrung freuen. Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

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(Okay I usually don’t repost stuff that’s behind a paywall too often, but this is too good not to share. Tarik has done a stellar job taking over at the Athletic; I highly recommend him; he’s worth the subscription.)

From wearing an American flag patterned Speedo on South Beach to scoring four goals with a couple dozen stitches in his leg to subjecting teammates to techno blasted at ear-splitting volume levels in his car, the tales from Alex Ovechkin’s first few seasons in NHL are the stuff of legend inside the Capitals’ headquarters.

In recent days, as Ovechkin authored the hottest goal-scoring stretch of his career in chasing another historic milestone – he is two goals shy of 700 for his career – The Athletic talked to more than a dozen of his teammates throughout the years, as well as members of the Capitals’ staff. The question was a simple one: Tell us your favorite early(ish) Ovi story.

Some had to think long and hard. Others began answering before the question was posed. A few refused to share because, well, it was a little too juicy for public consumption.

But more than enough did tell their Ovi story. And they’re a hoot.

Former Capitals forward Brian Willsie, Ovechkin’s first NHL roommate on the road: One thing we’d often do is we’d dine together or with the group, and we’d come back to the room and we’d order room service dessert. At the start, Alex’s English was coming but it was coming slowly. So I would do the ordering, whether it was fruit, ice cream or something of the sort. But I was telling him the whole time, “You’ve got to start doing this. I’m not going to be your roommate forever.” So finally, one of the nights we got back and he really wanted ice cream. I said, “Nope, I’m not ordering. You got to do it.” It was almost like a father-son thing. I said, “It’s your time, you got to do it.” He was so mad. We just sat there watching TV. He had his arms crossed. It was a staring contest. I told him again, “If you want ice cream, you have to do it.” He was so angry. Eventually, he just jumped out of bed and said, “OK, I do it. What do I say?” So he went over to the desk and ordered ice cream with chocolate sauce. I said, “Order two. Don’t leave me out.” He was super nervous. But he got it all out. He wasn’t confident in his English, but it was better than he thought it was.

Former Capitals defenseman Brian Pothier: We landed in Fort Lauderdale. We hadn’t been south in a while and it was wintertime. Ovi and (Alexander) Semin were like, “Let’s do it. Let’s get in the water.” They changed, ran down to the beach and did this like wild sprint into the water. It was reckless, and it was pretty cold. Then all of a sudden they come flying out of the water screaming because they were getting stung by jellyfish. That was probably 2006 or 2007, so his second or third year. They were fine. They were little jellyfish, but there were a lot of them. They had little marks on them. It wasn’t like they were mutilated, but they had little stings on them. It was pretty funny.

Former Capitals forward Matt Bradley: The people at the hotel were like, ���Hey, you can’t go in the water, there’s jellyfish.” We didn’t have swimsuits. I’m pretty sure they went in their underwear. They were excited. It was like they had never seen the ocean. It wasn’t even warm. They just wanted to go in the ocean. I’m 90-percent sure they just had their underwear on.

Former Capitals captain and linemate Chris Clark: He came in the next day and had that big welt. It was all red. The welt is how we found out. I think he ran right through the jellyfish warning signs that were everywhere. I don’t know if he didn’t believe the signs or if he didn’t read them. The fact that there wasn’t anyone in the water should have been a warning to them, too.

Former Capitals forward Brooks Laich: I think he was named captain mid-year one year. Anyway, the first day of training camp the next year we kept saying, “We can’t wait for captain’s dinner this year because Ovi is buying.” Captain’s dinner is at the start of every year; the captain and the two assistants take the entire team out for dinner before the first road game. The captains take everyone out and pay for the entire meal. It’s a gesture to the guys from the leadership group. “We’re like, oh, we can’t wait! Ovi, you’re going to be buying captains’ dinner and we’re already starting to plan it.” He’s like, “Captain’s meal, what’s that?” We couldn’t believe that he didn’t know from the previous three years that he’d been bought dinner by the captains. We’re like, “You gotta take the whole team out for dinner.” And he’s like, “Okay. Sushi Rock, right after practice.” And we’re like, “Whaaaat?” He’s like, “Yeah, we do it today.” Okay. This was Day One of training camp. We tell everyone on the training camp roster that Ovi is buying lunch at Sushi Rock. So 63 guys go to the Sushi Rock for lunch on Day One of training camp – all on Ovi’s credit card. Then we make him buy captain’s dinner again once the team is settled a couple of weeks later. I think he got pissed when we told him he had to do it again. He was like, “I already did it.” We were like, “No, no. This is for the team now.”

Sushi for 63 guys? That’s like at least five, six grand. I love that story because it just encompasses Al. What a fantastic teammate. He’s just like, “Okay, let’s do it today.” And then buys lunch for everybody.

Brooks Laich: It was early on in our career. It might have been our first year, in fact. He was around like the 35, 40 goal mark. He’s established. It’s the second half of the season, and he’s cruising. We get home from a trip. We just got shit-kicked in Florida. We got beat up by Tampa. This is when we flew out of BWI and we had to get on the bus to get shuttled over to our cars. We get to that bus and Ovi gets on the phone with one of our trainers or one of the (equipment vendors). And he’s yelling. The whole bus is quiet. It’s dark. It’s like 1:30 in the morning. And he’s yelling, “These fucking sticks are shit! Call the fucking fabric and tell them to make better sticks!” He called the factory “the fabric.” He thought the word for factory was fabric. Everybody on the bus is just dying.

Former Capitals head athletic trainer Greg Smith: We were down in Miami on our day off. The kid decides to go out on the beach. So he goes out and buys like a European bathing suit, like a bikini, a Speedo. It was an American flag. It was hilarious. It was a Speedo! We’re like, “Ovi, you can’t wear that.” He’s like, “Why? Because of American flag?” We’re like, “No, because it’s a fucking Speedo and your junk is hanging out.” But he thought it was because of the American flag. I have a picture on my phone, of Ovi, in an American flag Speedo, on South Beach. So, of course, we posted it up all over the locker room.

Chris Clark: Half the time it was just the stuff that he wore. He’d come in and I’d be like, “What are you wearing?” He’d say, “What? It’s Dolce.” I’d say, “I don’t care how much it costs or who makes it. It might be the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.” He had this one pair of pants, that were like jeans on the top but sweatpants in the legs. He was so proud of them. He thought they were the best thing ever.

Former Capitals forward and linemate Mike Knuble: Well, he used to wear these pants that were basically Daisy Dukes with cotton sweatpants attached for legs. We would always point and scratch our heads. One day someone says to Ovi, “Those pants are terrible. What the hell are they? Do you go to the club or go to work out? You have both covered, and we know you don’t work out!” He turns and smiles and says, “Dolce and Gabbana” and just keeps strutting away. We yell back, “They’re ugly as hell.” Now we are interested and decide to look them up. They were like $800 or something like that. Needless to say, we were shocked. We then coined the term “hobo-chic” to describe his really expensive clothes that look like they were from a dumpster. But we loved to give it to him about his attire.

We are eating pregame one day at (then Kettler Capitals Iceplex) and he pops into the room in a freebie NHL entry draft t-shirt from Carolina. It had sort of a Hurricanes logo on it. This is 5-6 years after he was drafted and has been making $9.5 million (a season) for three years. They probably gave him a pre-draft goody bag with a bunch of free crap. He still had the t-shirt from the bag! He didn’t hear the end of that one for a while. Needless to say, he didn’t wear that T-shirt again. I would really love to have a look in his closet one day.

Former Capitals defenseman Steve Eminger: He used to wear these jean shorts that looked like women’s shorts his rookie season. They were so tight, so high. We got a hold of them, cut them up and threw them out. And that was that. He had to go home from the rink in some Capitals gym shorts. That was the last we saw of those shorts. I don’t think he had a lot of clothes at that time. (Jeff Halpern) might have been the aggressor on that one. We were like, “Ovi, that’s it. You can’t ever wear anything like that again.” They were acid-washed!

Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom: In the beginning when we got here, he was driving me everywhere. The first thing I noticed is, well, you never talk when you go in the car with him because he plays the stereo full blast. Techno, everything. It’s just really fucking loud. There’s no way to talk. If he’s about to say something, he’ll reach over and turn it down, and he’ll ask you a question. And then put it back on full blast.

Another thing with his driving, especially when he was younger, was he loved to go a little faster. He’d always push the pedal and then hit the brakes. So you’re sitting like this (Backstrom pushes himself back in his locker stall and then snaps his head forward). That was a fun thing he always did when we drove together to the airport. He’d go full speed and then hit the brakes. But he would only go full speed for like 200 feet. Then he’d go, “Oh fuck, I’m so scared in case the cops are coming.” That was when he first got that white Mercedes (AMG S63). I think he’s got that back in Russia now.

Capitals defenseman John Carlson: It was maybe my third year, and my aunt made dinner for the whole team (prior to a game in New Jersey). It was a traditional Italian dinner. My cousin owns a deli, so he brought the appetizers and all that. We were all there. And after a couple of rounds of appetizers and soup and whatever else we were having, the pasta and meatballs came out. And Ovi goes up to one of my aunts and asked for, uh, ketchup. That’s a deadly sin. I would say in most cases that gets a slap in the face. But they’re not like that. But it was certainly a shock to them. They couldn’t fathom or understand that anyone would ever want to put ketchup on pasta or meatballs. But they went and got the ketchup because they were good hosts.

Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov: Like four or five years ago, we tried to make a reservation for sushi restaurant in Vancouver. We called ahead and tried to get a reservation. So, I remember, we say my last name and (Evgeny) Kuznetsov. And they said, no. They don’t have any space, available rooms, tables, whatever. And we said, what about if we bring Alex Ovechkin? They said, hold on one second. I think the guy talked to the manager or whatever. They give us a table. It was pretty funny because it was all of us – Stan Galiev, me, Kuzy and Ovi. We all were in the hotel room. It was on speaker so all four of us could hear it. It was so funny. Alex just started laughing. At first they had nothing, then right away it was, “Oh yeah, yeah, you guys can come.”

Former Capitals defenseman Brendan Witt: His rack (at Piney Orchard Ice Arena) was always full with like 50 sticks. One day I sawed a bunch of them. He’d wind up, take a shot and he’d go, “What the fuck?” Then the next one would snap. “What the fuck!” You have to think of Ovi yelling, “Fuuuucccckkkk!” You know Ovi taking those big slappers. Just imagine broken blades on one-timers. It was awesome. Usually, when I cut someone’s stick, it was always in the blade and then I would re-tape it properly. I would take off the tape and then hide the cut behind the tape because then you never know. If you do the shaft, then you would see a cut in the graphite. I’d always cut it in the blade, underneath the blade, different angles of the blade. So it breaks differently each time. I swear he went in and got a new stick each time. I don’t think he ever figured out it was me.

Former Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau: I remember telling (then-general manager) George (McPhee) after we traded Chris Clark, “It’s Ovi’s team now, and we got to make him captain, even if he’s not completely ready for it. He’s the captain and the leader of this team and he will be for many years.” So I asked him if he wanted to be captain and he said, “YESSS!” It was really emphatic. “Yes, I want to be captain. I really want it.” He wasn’t like, “Yeah, I don’t know if I’m ready.” None of that. It was, “Yes!” Adamantly. He wanted to be the captain. I said, “You’ve earned it and you deserve it and you’re our leader and we’re going to follow you.”

Greg Smith: Early in his rookie season, he turns to me on the bench and says, “Do you have a wodka?” I said, “A what?” He said, “You know, a wodka?” He does the drinking motion. I said, “Oh, vodka.” I said, “No, I don’t have any vodka. It’s the middle of a game.” I’m thinking what’s wrong with this guy? Then he shows me — and honest to god — it’s a little paper cut on his finger. He’s like, “You know, wodka? It kills germs.” I’m like, “No, no, we have peroxide for that. But don’t drink it.” He pours it on his cut. And then he says, “I need a plaster.” I said, “What is a plaster?” You know how he gets. I have a fanny pack on. He grabs my waist and starts digging around in my fanny pack and pulls out a band-aid and says, “See? Plaster.”

Bruce Boudreau: My go-to stories about Ovi are about how he’s able to be as physical as he is and not get hurt. I remember him going knee on knee with Tim Gleason, who is a big 225-pound guy. Alex went to the room. I went in and he was like, “I’m fine.” It was like nothing happened. I also remember him going knee-on-knee in the playoffs with Sergei Gonchar. Nothing happened to Alex and that guy misses the rest of the playoffs. Those physical things are what I remember most of all. One time, we played Pittsburgh and he got a big cut on his leg. It was about eight inches long and he needed about 25 stitches. He couldn’t even walk. Two days later we were in Ottawa and he played, even though I was amazed at the scar on the inside of his leg. And he scored four goals that night. He’s done that kinda stuff every year of his career. The toughness of him is overlooked sometimes.

NBC Sports Washington play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati: You know he loves cars. It’s his rookie year. He’s a puppy. But he’s Alex. He’s a star and he’s got the big car – a BMW M6. A white M6. He sends it off to get all this aftermarket work done, air dams, ground effects, brakes, rims. One night, we come out of the garage and we’re stopped at a light. We were going to the airport after a game. He’s got his car, he’s all happy, he’s all proud. And here’s this schlub TV announcer pulling up next to him in an M6. He looks at me. I look him and I wave. And he just drops his head. I look back at him and I go, “What, I can’t have one, too?”

Former Capitals senior director of communications Kurt Kehl: We were at a Ravens preseason game, and we had gone down to the sideline. Now we were walking back up to the suite and he sees this stand for Dippin’ Dots. So he buys a little carton of Dippin’ Dots. We take a few steps as he’s eating them. He looooveeees them! He goes back and buys two more. So now he’s got three things of Dippin’ Dots. We’re up in (former Ravens executive) Dennis Mannion’s suite. I’m sitting next to Ovi and he’s got these three things of Dippin’ Dots in front of him. I see George (McPhee), who was big on nutrition, walking into the suite. So I remember sliding the Dippin’ Dots away from Ovechkin and in front of whoever was sitting next to him. Ovi looked at me all confused. I said, “Just wait until George leaves and then slide them back over.”

Joe Beninati: Rookie year, again. Shy, not really good with the language. Whenever we put him on camera, he would be very self-conscious. It’s just about time for Russia to announce the Olympic team. Our producer/director, Bill Bell, is like, “Just get him on camera for a soundbite and ask him what would it mean to you to get selected for the team? Pavel Bure is the GM.” He comes in our studio and he sits down and he gives me an answer, and it’s good. He walks out of our studio where he’s shy and intimidated and not sure about the sound of his own voice. He walks into a scrum of other media. Someone asks him, “What would it mean to you if you make Team Russia?” He answers, “You tell Pavel Bure that I’ll play goalie! I’ll do anything to make the team!” And I’m like, “Ack! Why couldn’t you give that to me just two seconds ago?”

Kurt Kehl: When he first got here, Nate (Ewell, the Capitals’ former director of media relations) and I took him somewhere to do a media interview. We’re coming back and parking at the arena. And on the way back, he’s like, “I’ll take you to lunch. I’ll take you to lunch.” We’re like, “No, it’s okay, Alex. This is part of the job; it’s what we do. You don’t have to reward us for doing our job.” But he was really badgering us. “I’ll take you to lunch. I’ll take you to lunch.” So finally, Nate and I said, “Sure, we’ll go.” He took us to McDonald’s. Because he wanted a burger. I was like, “Wait a minute. I put up this big fight because I thought he was going to take us to Capital Grille. If I knew it was going to be a Big Mac, I wouldn’t have made such a fuss.”

Longtime Capitals equipment manager Craig “Woody” Leydig: It was probably Ovi’s second year and we’re in the equipment room at – I guess it was called MCI Center back then – and anyway I’m sitting there doing some work and he was lacing. He had laced a couple of eyelets. And then there was an impromptu meeting called. He said, “Woodman, would you finish it for me?” And I did. Then he went out that night and had a multiple-point game. And from there, it just became habitual. He’s a creature of habit, like a lot of guys.

Kurt Kehl: When he first got here, he lived with McPhee. I remember telling George at one point, “Hey, if he totally gets in your hair, let me know if I can do anything.” One day George says to me, “Can you take Ovi to Laurel to skate with a couple of guys?” We get up to Laurel in that back rink. (Olie) Kolzig was there. (Jeff) Halpern was there. (Trent) Whitfield was there. I had never seen Ovi skate. And he comes on and starts skating on that back rink. You know how it echoes in there. Hearing him skate. He isn’t a graceful skater. It wasn’t like (Mario) Lemieux or (Alexei) Kovalev skating. It was just pure power. You could hear it in that rink. I had never seen or heard anything like that. And then he let a couple of shots go. And I remember Halpern looking up at me in the stands … and Halpy was almost like, “What the fuck is that?”

Former Capitals director of media relations Nate Ewell: I don’t remember the exact date, but we had played in either Philly or New York because we took the train back. Then the whole team had to take the Metro back from Union Station to Verizon Center. Which in and of itself is kinda absurd if you think about it – all the Caps getting on the Metro. I was standing there with him on the platform and we were talking about world juniors for some reason. I said, “Man, I HATED you!” He just laughed and said, “Why? Why did you hate me?” I was like, “You were always taunting the crowd. You had the tinted visor. I thought you were cocky and brash.” He was like, “I was just having fun.” It’s exactly how people’s perception of him has changed. They all thought here’s this guy that celebrates too much. But once you get to know him, you realize it was just him having fun.

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Natalie Lennard: «The Creation of Man»

Weder das Gebären, noch dessen Spuren kommen in den Weihnachtsliedern vor – warum?

An Weihnachten feiern wir drei Tage lang, dass Jesus geboren wurde. Zwischen Bescherung und Besinnlichkeit fehlt nur ein Detail: die Geburt.

Anna Kardos

19.12.2020, 19.00 

Sie ist die Mutter aller Mütter. Nur gebären durfte sie nie. Die Rede ist von Maria, Madonna, der Heiligen Jungfrau, Muttergottes und wie man sie noch nennt. Ihre Biografie ist bekannt: Von Gott als Jungfrau dazu auserkoren, seinen einzigen Sohn zur Welt zu bringen, überragt sie als Notre Dame noch heute zahlreiche Städte, das tägliche Angelusläuten erinnert an ihre Mutterschaft.

Maria ist überall. Und Jahr für Jahr feiert die Welt ihre Niederkunft drei Tage lang. Natale, Navidad - der Name sagt es: Es ist die ultimative Feier einer Geburt. Nur etwas kommt da nicht vor: die Geburt selbst.

Denn so süss die Glocken auch klingen, so still die Nacht auch ist, kein Weihnachtslied singt vom Gebären, auch die Kunst setzt den Pinsel erst an, sobald das Kind in der Krippe liegt. Und wir? Inmitten von Bescherung, Braten und Besinnlichkeit bleibt der Geburtsvorgang für uns ein blinder Fleck.

Gebären ist brachial, da fliessen die Säfte, da wird geschrien

Klar. Gebären ist brachial. Da fliessen die Säfte, da wird geschrien, der Mensch wird zur Urgewalt. Mit himmlischen Harfen hat der Akt so viel gemein wie ein Erdrutsch mit floraler Scherenschnittkunst.

Aber ohne Geburt keine Menschwerdung. Die Bibel weiss das. In der Weihnachtsgeschichte schreibt Evangelist Lukas: «In Bethlehem kam für Maria die Stunde der Geburt. Sie brachte ihr erstes Kind, einen Sohn, zur Welt.» So knapp sich Lukas fasst, das Gebären lässt er nicht aussen vor. Evangelist Johannes beschreibt Maria und Josef sogar als Jesu leibliche Eltern - all das ist offizieller Teil der Bibel. Und es ist noch nicht alles.

In den inoffiziellen «apokryphen» Schriften holt Josef sogar eine Hebamme. Überhaupt geht es dort hoch zu und her. Denn die Hebamme will nicht glauben, dass eine Jungfrau geboren hat. Schon streckt sie ihre Hand aus, um Marias Jungfräulichkeit zu untersuchen - da verdorrt die Hand. Als sie bereut, wird sie geheilt.

Die Hebamme ist verschwunden

Die apokryphen Schriften gehören zwar nicht zum verbindlichen Teil der Bibel. Doch Ochs und Esel werden ebenfalls nur dort erwähnt. Ohne die beiden kommt keine Weihnachtskrippe aus. Doch die Hebamme? Die ist verschwunden.

Ein altes Weihnachtslied trifft die Sache ziemlich genau, wenn es fragt: «Was soll das bedeuten?» An Pietät gegenüber Gottes Sohn kann es nicht liegen. Am Kreuz zeigt die Kunst Jesus voller Drastik. Da klaffen Wunden, da trieft Blut. Mehr Qual geht nicht.

Auch Diskretion gegenüber Kindern kann nicht der Grund sein. Wer Bilder vom Kindermord in Bethlehem betrachtet, sieht die kleinen runden Kinderkörper mit durchschnittener Kehle daliegen. Ist also weibliche Nacktheit das Problem? Aber bitte! Die Kunstgeschichte ist voll davon.

Sogar der Jungfrau Maria gegenüber war man nie besonders diskret. Ob sie gerade von ihrer Schwangerschaft erfährt (Verkündigung), ihren Sohn stillt (Maria lactans) - die Blicke der Menschen begleiten sie bis in intimste Momente. Sogar wenn sie ihren toten Sohn im Arm hält (Pietà) oder auf dem Totenbett liegt.

Denn die Menschen sollten mit ihr mitfühlen, mitleiden, ihr nacheifern können. Den Blick in himmlische Höhen. Daher auch Marias meist blauer Mantel (Himmel), ihr oft rotes Kleid (Blutopfer). Sie, die wundertätige Jungfrau, war eine Wonder Woman avant la lettre. Und als 1941 die tatsächliche Wonder Woman die Welt der Comics betrat, war sie in Marias Farben Blau und Rot gekleidet - ein merkwürdiger Zufall?

Denn wofür die Superheldin steht - Emanzipation, Kampfgeist, Selbstbestimmung und, ja: Sexappeal -, darf mit Maria nicht im selben Atemzug geäussert werden. Überhaupt ist es mit dem Sich-Äussern so eine Sache: Im gesamten Matthäusevangelium spricht Maria kein einziges Wort. Auch Gott kommuniziert dort nur mit Josef: Ob jungfräuliche Empfängnis, die Flucht nach Ägypten oder die Rückkehr nach Nazareth, wichtige Entscheide sind offenbar Männersache, nein: Mann-Gott-Sache.

Im Lukasevangelium, das ungeborene Kind im Bauch, darf Maria selbst sprechen. Und was sagt sie? «Gott hat grosse Dinge an mir getan.» Eine Himmelskönigin stellt man sich irgendwie handlungsmächtiger vor.

Der Blumentopf Gottes

«Blumentopf» war denn auch der Begriff, mit dem die Theologin Uta Ranke-Heinemann die Gottesmutter verband. Die in der Theologie vorherrschende Biologie sehe die Frau generell als passiven Topf, «in den der Mann seinen die Zeugung bewirkenden Samen hineinsteckt». 1987 wurde Ranke-Heinemann die Lehrbefugnis für katholische Theologie entzogen.

Wohin es führt, wenn Frauen selbst handeln, stand für die Bibel seit Eva und der Sache mit dem Apfel fest: Vertreibung, Geburtsschmerzen, Erbsünde. Was Eva einst verbockt hatte, konnte erst Maria rückgängig machen. Im «Ave Maria», dem Klassiker unter den Mariengebeten, wird mit «A-v-e» das Wort Eva zurückbuchstabiert.

Denn die Bibel mag vieles sein. Ein Manifest der Gleichberechtigung ist sie nicht. Und ausgerechnet diesen Umstand erhob die jahrtausendelang von Männern bestimmte Kirche zu ihrem Leitstern. Anmut und Demut, perfekte Passivität - so sah die Rolle aus, die Maria zugedacht war. Und sie galt vor allem unter der Gürtellinie.

Weil Maria «als Einzige ohne Lust empfing», durfte sie auch «ohne Wehen oder sonstige Schmerzen» gebären. Ohne den alten Kirchenvätern zu nahe treten zu wollen: Von Geburten hatten sie wohl keine Ahnung. «Dass Gottes Sohn im Akt einer stöhnenden und blutenden Frau das Licht der Welt erblickt, war für die patriarchale Theologie ein Tabu», sagt die Zürcher Pfarrerin Esther Straub.

Maria wird bei ihrer Empfängnis auch mit einem Backbrett in der Hand dargestellt. Ist sie doch der Ofen, in dem das Brot des Lebens (Jesus) ausgebacken wird.

Stattdessen wurde in einem Gebetsbuch (Rohan-Stundenbuch) Maria bei ihrer Empfängnis mit einem Backbrett in der Hand dargestellt. Ist sie doch der Ofen, in dem das Brot des Lebens (Jesus) ausgebacken wird.

Allerdings: Wer als Künstler Aktivität darstellen will, greift eher nicht auf Backöfen oder Blumentöpfe zurück. Und vielleicht liegt darin das Geheimnis der verschollenen Geburtsszene: Auch die Geburt von Jesus galt in ihrer himmlischen Passivität als schlicht nicht der Rede wert.

Den blinden Fleck füllen

Autor und Pfarrer Kurt Marti sah das anders: «Damals / als Gott / im Schrei der Geburt / die Gottesbilder zerschlug / und / zwischen Marias Schenkeln / runzlig rot / das Kind lag», schrieb er. Auch Fotografin Natalie Lennard will den blinden Fleck mit Bildern füllen. Die Bibel gibt ihnen recht.

Denn von vier offiziellen katholischen Dogmen ist nur das erste (Maria ist Jesu Mutter) in der Bibel eindeutig belegt. Der Rest ist Schweigen. Unbefleckte Empfängnis? Jungfrauengeburt? Himmelfahrt? Erst nach und nach haben sich diese Dogmen um das erste herum abgelagert wie Kristalle. Bis sie hart wurden wie Stein.

Vielleicht ist die Zeit gekommen, Steine zu erweichen. Und einen Blick zu wagen auf den Anfang. Denn am Anfang war nicht nur das Wort. Da war auch eine Geburt. Und wer hinschauen will, kann sie sehen.

Die Rohheit und Kraft der Geburt darstellen

Natalie Lennard

Fotografin Natalie Lennard (*1986) begann sich nach der Geburt ihrer Kinder auch künstlerisch mit dem Thema Gebären zu beschäftigen. Sie will «die Rohheit und Kraft dieser ultimativ weiblichen Handlung» darstellen. Ihre fiktionalen Tableaus wie «Creation of Man» (Bild), zeigen Momente, die man so noch nie sah. «Birth Undisturbed» wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet.

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Bibliothek: Dois autores de língua alemã incontornáveis

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Bibliothek: Dois autores de língua alemã incontornáveis

Dois dos meus escritores germânicos favoritos estão entre os mais longevos e prolíficos da literatura do pós-guerra: a austríaca Friederike Mayröcker e o alemão Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

Nascida em 1924, Mayröcker caminha para os 93 anos de idade, e segue produzindo. No ano passado, a editora Suhrkamp lançou o volume fleurs (Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2016). Ela vem publicando um livro quase todo ano desde o começo deste século, marcado pela perda de seu grande companheiro, Ernst Jandl, também austríaco e um dos mais populares escritores de língua alemã, morto no ano 2000.

Enzesnberger, por sua vez, nasceu em 1929 e caminha para os 88 anos de idade. Seus últimos lançamentos foram o volume em prosa Immer das Geld!, em 2015, e a coletânea de poemas Blauwärts, em 2013, ambos pela Suhrkamp.

Mayröcker e Enzesnberger colecionam os prêmios mais importantes da língua alemã, como o Georg-Büchner-Preis, concedido a ele já em 1963, aos 34 anos de idade, e a ela, em 2001.

Enzensberger faz parte da geração que teve que lidar com uma língua marcada pelo regime nazista, um país e uma sociedade em frangalhos. Foi uma geração um pouco distinta da que viveu os horrores da guerra como adultos e produziu a chamada Literatura dos Escombros, como o poeta Günter Eich ou o romancista Wolfgang Koeppen.

A geração de Enzensberger, à qual poderíamos unir o dramaturgo e poeta Heiner Müller, também nascido em 1929, teria que lidar com a história do país de outra forma, e passaria a destrinchar de forma crítica o passado em seus poemas, peças e romances. O trabalho desses autores concentrava-se talvez menos em relatar o período nazista do que em investigar o que restava dele na sociedade afluente da Alemanha do pós-guerra.

Enzensberger atingiria o sucesso e se tornaria uma das estrelas literárias das décadas de 1950 e 60 já com sua estreia, a coletânea de poemas die verteidigung der wölfe (1957). Seu Der Untergang der Titanic (1978) talvez seja o mais importante poema longo da língua alemã no pós-guerra, e o autor, um dos poucos a arriscar-se na forma.

Enzensberger pode ser de certa forma comparado, na geração equivalente no Brasil, ao poeta Ferreira Gullar, nascido em 1930, com sua obra marcada pelos embates políticos da Guerra Fria, tendo um análogo na forma do poema longo em seu Poema sujo (1976).

No Brasil, foram lançados alguns volumes de Enzensberger. Entre eles estão a antologia poética Eu Falo Dos Que Não Falam (Editora Brasiliense, 1985), com seleção e tradução de Kurt Scharf e Armindo Trevisan, e a tradução completa do poema longo de 1978  pela Companhia das Letras, com o título O Naufrágio do Titanic, traduzido por José Marcos Mariani de Macedo.

Já Mayröcker é praticamente desconhecida no Brasil. Não há volumes lançados. Figura marginal do chamado Grupo de Viena, com H.C. Artmann, Gerhard Rühm e outros, a austríaca é uma pessoa discreta que jamais reivindicou para si a posição de intelectual pública como foi o caso de Enzensberger. Como ele, Mayröcker lançou prosa e poesia, mas as obras dos dois contemporâneos são radicalmente diferentes.

Se por vezes a voz lírica da austríaca pode ser tão acessível quanto a do alemão, sua escrita em geral é marcada por um vocabulário sofisticado e especializado, tirado em muitos casos da botânica, uma de suas paixões. Lendária hoje entre os poetas de língua alemã, ela vive em Viena em dois apartamentos abarrotados de manuscritos e livros, e raramente faz leituras públicas. Quando o faz, percebe-se visivelmente como ela detesta fazê-lo.

Um pouco de sua intimidade foi devassada em 2008 pelo documentário Das Schreiben und das Schweigen, de Carmen Tartarotti, no qual é possível ver seu lendário apartamento-depósito e acompanhá-la pelas ruas de Viena.

Considero tanto o alemão quanto a austríaca autores incontornáveis da literatura contemporânea em língua alemã. Encerro este texto convidando-os a conhecê-los ou relê-los, com duas pequenas amostras, traduzidas por mim.

Manchmal bei irgendwelchen zufälligen Bewegungen streift meine Hand deine Hand deinen Handrücken oder mein Körper der in Kleidern steckt lehnt fast ohne es zu wissen einen Augenblick gegen deinen Körper in Kleidern diese kleinsten beinahe pflanzlichen Bewegungen dein abgewinkelter Blick und dein Auge absichtlich ins Leere wandernd deine im Ansatz noch unterbrochene Frage wohin fährst du im Sommer was liest du gerade gehen mir mitten durchs Herz und durch die Kehle hindurch wie ein süszes Messer und ich trockne aus wie ein Brunnen in einem heiszen Sommer

(Friederike Mayröcker):

Às vezes por quaisquer movimentos acidentais roça minha mão sua mão o dorso de sua mão ou meu corpo enfiado em roupas encosta-se quase sem saber um piscar-de-olhos em seu corpo de roupa estes minúsculos movimentos quase vegetais seu olhar de ângulos e suas pupilas de propósito vagam no vazio sua pergunta logo de início interrompida aonde você viaja no verão o que você está lendo atravessam-me o peito em cheio e através da garganta como uma doce faca e eu resseco por completo como um poço num verão escaldante

Die Dreiunddreißigjährige Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Sie hat sich das alles ganz anders vorgestellt. Immer diese verrosteten Volkswagen. Einmal hätte sie fast einen Bäcker geheiratet. Erst hat sie Hesse gelesen, dann Handke. Jetzt löst sie öfter Silbenrätsel im Bett. Von Männern läßt sie sich nichts gefallen. Jahrelang war sie Trotzkistin, aber auf ihre Art. Sie hat nie eine Brotmarke in der Hand gehabt. Wenn sie an Kambodscha denkt, wird ihr ganz schlecht. Ihr letzter Freund, der Professor, wollte immer verhaut werden. Grünliche Batik-Kleider, die ihr zu weit sind. Blattläuse auf der Zimmerlinde. Eigentlich wollte sie malen, oder auswandern. Ihre Dissertation, Klassenkämpfe in Ulm, 1500 bis 1512, und ihre Spuren im Volkslied: Stipendien, Anfänge und ein Koffer voller Notizen. Manchmal schickt ihr die Großmutter Geld. Zaghafte Tänze im Badezimmer, kleine Grimassen, stundenlang Gurkenmilch vor dem Spiegel. Sie sagt: Ich werde schon nicht verhungern. Wenn sie weint, sieht sie aus wie neunzehn.

Ela, aos trinta e três

Ela imaginara tudo bem diferente. Ainda este Volkswagen enferrujado. Certa vez, quase casou-se com um padeiro. Antes, costumava ler Hesse, depois, Handke. Agora ela prefere resolver charadas na cama. De homens, não tolera abusos. Por anos foi trotskista, mas à sua maneira. Jamais tocou num cupom de racionamento. Quando pensa no Camboja, passa mal. Seu último namorado, o acadêmico, gostava de apanhar. Vestidos de batique esverdeados, largos demais para ela. Parasitas nas plantas à janela. Na verdade, queria pintar, ou emigrar. Sua tese, Luta de classes em Ulm, 1500 a 1512, e suas marcas no cancioneiro: bolsas, começos, e uma maleta cheia de notas. De vez em quando, a avó manda-lhe dinheiro. Danças acanhadas no banheiro, caretas, horas de hidratante ao espelho. Ela diz: pelo menos não morrerei de fome. Quando chora, fica com cara de dezenove.

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