Max Wenzel

Born on April 8, 1879, in Ehrenfriedersdorf and later dying in Chemnitz on September 4, 1946, he was a German schoolteacher as well as a writer in the Erzgebirge dialect. Sources describe him as a close friend of the songwriter and poet Anton Günther, and as one of the most prolific dialect poets of the Saxon Ore Mountains.

He taught in places including Geyersdorf, Grumbach, and later Chemnitz, where he worked at the André School. Alongside his teaching, he published a large body of regional writing; the available sources credit him with 11 volumes in the Erzgebirgsbücher series, and note that many of his works were reissued after his death.

His writing includes poems, stories, and dramatic works such as Wu de Fichten rauschen, Grob oder fei, mer sei wie mer sei!, and Das Glück des Silberherrn. His reputation rests on the warm, lively way he captured local speech and culture, making him an important figure in Erzgebirge literature.