{"id":5988,"date":"2026-10-22T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/?page_id=5988"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:43:18","slug":"fisherman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/fairy-tales\/fisherman\/","title":{"rendered":"Von dem Fischer un syner Fru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"rs-seite\" data-bild=\"rechts\">\n<style>.rs-seite .rs-zwei{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,629fr) minmax(0,548fr);column-gap:112px;align-items:start}.rs-seite .rs-zwei--bildlinks{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,548fr) minmax(0,629fr)}.rs-seite .rs-zwei figure{display:block!important;margin:0!important}.rs-seite .rs-zwei figure img{display:block;width:100%;height:auto}.rs-seite .rs-zwei>div>*:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.rs-seite .rs-zwei .rs-hinweis,.rs-seite .rs-zwei .rs-facts{margin:0}@media (max-width:1024px){.rs-seite .rs-zwei,.rs-seite .rs-zwei--bildlinks{column-gap:48px}}@media (max-width:820px){.rs-seite .rs-zwei,.rs-seite .rs-zwei--bildlinks{grid-template-columns:1fr;row-gap:32px}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"rs-h1\">Von dem Fischer un syner Fru<\/h1>\n<p class=\"rs-sub\">Runge\u2019s fairy tales \u00b7 Audio story in Low German<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Zick_Fischer-und-seine-Frau.jpg\" alt=\"The fisherman on the beach beside his boat, a large flounder in the net\" width=\"1500\" height=\"951\" loading=\"eager\"><figcaption>Alexander Zick (1845\u20131907), illustration for \u201cThe Fisherman and His Wife\u201d. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1806 Philipp Otto Runge wrote down this fairy tale in Low German, just as it was told in his Pomeranian homeland. The Brothers Grimm made it famous around the world as \u201cThe Fisherman and His Wife\u201d. Here you can hear it again in its own language, told by Dr. Barbara Roggow, with harp music by Markus Thalheimer.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"rs-btn\" href=\"#hoeren\">Listen now<\/a><a class=\"rs-btn rs-btn-leer\" href=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/fairy-tales\/\">Runge\u2019s fairy tales<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"hoeren\">Listen<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rs-hinweis\"><p><strong>Manntje, Manntje, Timpe Te,<br>Buttje, Buttje in der See,<br>myne Fru de Ilsebill<br>will nich so as ik wol will.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"rs-klein\">Little man, little man, Timpe Te, \/ flounder, flounder in the sea, \/ my wife, Ilsebill, \/ won\u2019t do as I would have her do. (free translation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:860px\" src=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Runge_Fischer-un-syner-Fru_Roggow_Thalheimer.mp3\">Your browser cannot play this audio file.<\/audio><\/p>\n<dl class=\"rs-facts\">\n<dt>Narrator<\/dt><dd>Dr. Barbara Roggow<\/dd>\n<dt>Harp<\/dt><dd>Markus Thalheimer<\/dd>\n<dt>Language<\/dt><dd>Low German (Plattdeutsch)<\/dd>\n<dt>Length<\/dt><dd>about 19 minutes<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h2>What it is about<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rs-zwei\">\n<div>\n<p>A poor fisherman catches a flounder that can talk, and lets it go again. His wife Ilsebill sends him back to the water: the flounder is to grant her a wish. The hovel becomes a house, then a castle, then she becomes king, emperor and pope. With every wish the sea grows darker and rougher. When Ilsebill finally wants to be like God, the two of them are sitting in their old hovel again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ubbelohde_Fischer_1909_Angeln.jpg\" alt=\"Pen drawing: the fisherman sits on a rock by the sea with his fishing rod\" width=\"640\" height=\"284\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Otto Ubbelohde, illustration for \u201cVon dem Fischer un syner Fru\u201d, 1909. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The narrator: Dr. Barbara Roggow<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rs-zwei\">\n<div>\n<p>Barbara Roggow shaped Wolgast\u2019s museums for decades. She studied museology in Leipzig, was head of the museum in Wolgast until 1987 and directed the Wolgast museums from 1995 to 2019 \u2013 the Town History Museum, Runge\u2019s birthplace, the railway ferry and the Chapel of St. Gertrude. Together with the town she founded Runge\u2019s own museum, which opened in 1997. For Runge\u2019s 240th birthday in 2017 the house received a new permanent exhibition under her direction: Runge\u2019s life downstairs, upstairs his colour theory, \u201cWe Three\u201d, his fairy tales and paper cuts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 she received the Culture Prize of the Town of Wolgast. With this recording she gives Runge\u2019s fairy tale back to Wolgast \u2013 in the language in which he wrote it down. The redesign of the Rungehaus for the anniversary year 2027 builds on the foundation she laid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rs-hinweis\"><p><strong>\u201eDas Haus ist der museale Gegenstand und das zeigen wir.\u201c<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"rs-klein\">\u201cThe house itself is the museum object, and that is what we show.\u201d Barbara Roggow on the reopening of the Rungehaus, July 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The music: Markus Thalheimer<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rs-zwei rs-zwei--bildlinks\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Markus-Thalheimer_Harfe.jpg\" alt=\"Markus Thalheimer beside his harp\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Markus Thalheimer. Photo: markusthalheimer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Markus Thalheimer is principal harpist of the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie in G\u00f6rlitz and founded the G\u00f6rlitz Harp Master Class in 2021. He studied at the University of Music W\u00fcrzburg. For this audio story he recorded the harp music that accompanies Barbara Roggow\u2019s telling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Runge and the fairy tale<\/h2>\n<dl class=\"rs-facts\">\n<dt>1806<\/dt><dd>Runge writes the fairy tale down in Low German and sends it with a letter dated 24 January to the publisher Johann Georg Zimmer. He sets the story on the coast near Wolgast.<\/dd>\n<dt>1808<\/dt><dd>Through the circle around Achim von Arnim the manuscript reaches the Brothers Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm makes a copy.<\/dd>\n<dt>1812<\/dt><dd>The Grimms print the tale as No. 19 of their \u201cChildren\u2019s and Household Tales\u201d. From there it travels around the world.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Runge recorded two fairy tales: this one and \u201cVon dem Machandelboom\u201d (The Juniper Tree). He did not invent them \u2013 he wrote down what people told, and gave them his own language.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"rs-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/fairy-tales\/\">Runge\u2019s fairy tales<\/a><a class=\"rs-btn rs-btn-leer\" href=\"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/rungehaus\/\">The Rungehaus<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rs-klein\">Verse after the Grimm version \u201cVon dem Fischer un syner Fru\u201d; English rendering of the verse is a free translation. Quotation from Barbara Roggow after dpa, 21 July 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Von dem Fischer un syner Fru&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5973,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5988","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5994,"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5988\/revisions\/5994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runge-in-wolgast.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}