Gottlob Ferdinand Maximilian Gottfried von Schenkendorf (11 December 1783 in

Tilsit Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск; german: Tilsit; Old Prussian: ''Tilzi''; lt, Tilžė; pl, Tylża) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania. Geography Sov ...

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

– 11 December 1817 in

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

) was a

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, born in

and educated at

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

. During the

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, in which he took an active part, Schenkendorf was associated with

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and

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in the writing of patriotic songs. His poems were published as ''Gedichte'' (1815), ''Poetischer Nachlass'' (1832), and ''Sämtliche Gedichte'' (1837; fifth edition, 1878). For his ''Life'', consult

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(Berlin, 1863); Knaake (Tilsit, 1890); E. von Klein, ''M. von Schenkendorf'' (Vienna, 1908).

Gallery

File:Koblenz im Buga-Jahr 2011 - Rheinanlagen 25.jpg, Bust of Max von Schenkendorf in Koblenz File:Grabmal Schenkendorf Hauptfriedhof Koblenz.jpg, Tomb of Max von Schenkendorf at the cemetery of Koblenz File:Tilsit - Schenkendorf-Denkmal (AK 1900er).jpg, Schenkendorf Monument on Schenkendorfplatz, Tilsit. It was dismantled and then lost during and after World War II. A statue of Lenin was erected in its place by the Soviet authorities in 1967.

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1783 births 1817 deaths People from Tilsit German songwriters German poets People from East Prussia University of Königsberg alumni German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars 19th-century German musicians {{Germany-poet-stub