Ernst Theodor Johann Brückner, real name Ernst Brückner, (13 September 1746 – 29 May 1805) was a German
theologian and literary. He was the only foreign member of the
Göttinger Hainbund.
Life and work
Born in
Neetzka, Brückner was the younger son of the Lutheran pastor Christoph (Adam) Brückner (1713-1786) and his wife, the pastor's daughter Sophia, ''née'' Trendelenburg (1725-1759). He is thus one of the direct descendants of the important southeast Mecklenburg theologian and superintendent (1696-1765). The Neubrandenburg physician and city and district physicist (1744-1823) was his brother.
After a long period of home schooling, Brückner attended school in Neubrandenburg and then the
Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium in Berlin. He studied
Protestant theology at the
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1765 to 1767. He became a substitute in
Wesenberg (Mecklenburg)
Wesenberg () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of Neustrelitz, at the south-west end of the Woblitzsee. Wesenberg Castle is located just outside t ...
in 1770 and a preacher in
Groß Vielen
Groß Vielen is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the town Attractions
grade II listed timber-framed Church, built in 1774. The Be ...
in 1771, where he was friends with
Johann Heinrich Voß
Johann Heinrich Voss (german: Johann Heinrich Voß, ; 20 February 1751 – 29 March 1826) was a German classicist and poet, known mostly for his translation of Homer's ''Odyssey'' (1781) and ''Iliad'' (1793) into German.
Life
Voss was born at ...
. Through him, he joined the Göttinger Hainbund, founded in September 1772, which accepted him as an absentee in December 1772. After he had an article printed in the ''
Musen-Almanach'' edited by Voß, he received a reprimand. In 1789, Brückner became a preacher, then head pastor in Neubrandenburg. In 1772, his dramas appeared anonymously under the title ''Etwas für die deutsche Schaubühne''. A collection of poems did not appear until 1803 in Neustrelitz.
Since 1771, Brückner had been married to the pastor's daughter Dorothea (Helena Beata) Fabricius (1742-1802), with whom he had seven children. One daughter, Margarethe (1772-1820), married ''Adolf Friedrich'' (1770-1838), a brother of the painter
Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscape ...
.
Bruckner died in
Neubrandenburg at the age of 58.
Legacy
Letters from and to Ernst Theodor Johann Brückner were part of a family archive, a large part of which is now kept in the
Fritz Reuter Literary Archive
The Fritz Reuter Literary Archive (FRLA - Fritz Reuter Literaturarchiv) in Berlin, Germany collects autographs and manuscripts by 19th century authors from Mecklenburg, as well as editions of their works. The collections primarily include Fritz R ...
Hans-Joachim Griephan
Hans-Joachim Griephan (born 26 September 1937) is a German journalist, publisher and founder of the "Wirtschaftsinformationsdienst" published since 1964, the '.
Life and career
Griephan was born in Malchin. After a childhood in Mecklenburg, Gri ...
in Berlin and, with around 600 units, covers a period from 1557 to 1967. A partial estate is located in the
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Bestandsübersicht
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References
Further reading
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* : ''Brückner in Mecklenburg. Die Suche nach dem Paradies.'' Glückstadt 2011. .
External links
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* Partial estate in the Bavarian State Library, Sign. Cgm 5196
Online
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18th-century German writers
18th-century German male writers
18th-century Lutheran clergy
1746 births
1805 deaths
People from Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)