Mayor Benz recognizes Würth's merits of Darmstadt's history of literature
For the 125th birthday of Joseph "Pepy" Würth on March 17, 2025, Mayor Hanno Benz posthumously recognized the Darmstadt publisher, art historian and literary promoter. Würth, according to Benz, left important traces in Darmstadt's cultural and publishing history as the founder of the magazine "Dachstube" and publisher of the magazine "Tribunal": "Joseph Würth has made a name for the literary and cultural city of Darmstadt."
Würth was born on March 17, 1900 in Darmstadt. Already as a student of the Ludwig Georgs-Gymnasium, he founded the literary magazine "Die Dachtube" together with his classmates and close friends Carlo Mierzorff and Theodor Haubach in 1915. The cultural and literary magazine of Literary Expressionism attracted a lot of attention due to its high-quality texts, even if their technical production was initially modest.
After the First World War, Würth continued to be literary. From 1919 to 1921 he published the journal published by Carlo Mierendorff "The Tribunal. In addition, Würth published other book series, including "Die Kleine Republic" and "Books of the roof room".
In the fire night of September 11, 1944, Würth not only lost his entire property, but also his workshop and printer press. After the war he returned to Darmstadt in 1946 and honored his late friend Carlo Mierendorff with a literary homage in 1947.
Joseph "Pepy" Würth died on October 12, 1948 at the age of 48. Since 1956, the Würthweg in Darmstadt has been reminiscent of the important publisher and cultural promoter.
Photo: Joseph 'Pepy' Würth. Source: City of Science Darmstadt - City Archives
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