As of: February 14, 2024, 3:02 p.m
By: Bernhard Jepsen
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The “Ode to Peißenberg” was written by Klaus Härtl (left).
On the right in the picture is “Lektor” Bernhard Klopfer.
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The 77-year-old songwriter and guitar maker Klaus Härtl has written an “Ode to Peißenberg”.
The three verses are a homage to a “rough beauty”.
Peißenberg – Anyone who is familiar with the hit scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s may still recognize the name Klaus Härtl.
Together with Helga Zettl, Härtl formed the pop and folk duo “Helga & Klaus”.
With songs like “Dance to your Daddy”, “Dass du mein Liebster sind” and “Die Hopfenstange” the two appeared in several ARD and ZDF programs and won the Schlager young talent competition in 1967 as part of the German Radio Exhibition in Berlin.
What does all this have to do with Peißenberg?
Well, Klaus Härtl has been living in the market town for two years - and what can you say: the songwriter and guitar maker feels right at home in Peißenberg: “It's a place where I've arrived.
The simplicity suits me,” he emphasizes.
Härtl, a native of Weilheim, lived in Haunshofen and Pöcking for a long time.
According to Härtl, the last-mentioned station in particular is “a different world – Lake Starnberg or not”: “I didn't know that people say 'Hello' to me on the street from Pöcking.”
Klaus Härtl likes where he lives - “The place is rather gray, but when you are outside, you are in the most beautiful nature”
Härtl likes the type of people in Peißenberg: “The people are straightforward, relatively uncomplicated and not so polished.” But how did the ode come about?
Härtl likes to use his free time for long walks in nature - and Peißenberg and its surroundings have a lot to offer.
“The location of the place is fantastic,” enthuses Härtl: “The place itself is rather gray, but when you are outside, you are in the most beautiful nature.” Härtl is particularly fond of one spot: the bench under the big, old one Tree in Grandlmoos just below the Neue Bergehalde.
When the weather is nice you have a great view towards the Benediktenwand and the Allgäu Alps.
Härtl speaks of a “place of power” – especially in summer, when the reeds grow left and right and turn the path into a kind of tunnel: “It’s a magical path.
The nature and the peace there are magnificent.” And on a weekday in summer the scenery was particularly beautiful.
Not a soul on the way.
“Peißenberg simply deserves to have a nice text written about the place”
Härtl sat alone on the bench and was inspired: “I had a pad with me – and in ten minutes I had written the ode.” As a songwriter, Härtl has experience in dealing with language: “Our German sounds pretty hard.
“It’s hard to bring in flow,” he states.
But Härtl still had an “editor” at his side – Bernhard Klopfer.
The retired sports and Latin teacher is no stranger to Peißenberg, at least in the sports scene.
In the 1970s he played in the table tennis national league team of TSV Peißenberg.
The place is familiar to him – as is his friend Klaus Härtl: “Klaus is incredibly versatile – one of the greatest all-rounders I know.
And he is always a positive person.”
Klopfer bought a guitar from Härtl in 1988.
He still owns the good piece today.
During the ode, Klopfer gave one or two little hints.
A striking stylistic device: the second verse does not contain a verb.
The rhyme scheme and rhythm also fit: “You just have to have that in there as a songwriter,” says Härtl with a smile.
The ode is so special because it looks at Peißenberg from an external perspective.
The only connection that Härtl had to the place until two years ago was the fact that his son works in a real estate office in Peißenberg.
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What Härtl expressly emphasizes: For him, the ode is not about himself.
Praise would even be “embarrassing” for him: “No, Peißenberg simply deserves to have a beautiful text written about the place.” Härtl’s main intention: “I want the ode to make people open their eyes and recognize the true beauty. According to Härtl, the “most powerful sentence” is at the end of the last verse: “With swagger and money you can choose cities - but you remain poor because of your arrogance.” Härtl not only has an ode to Peißenberg's nature, but also to the soul of the place written.