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The (English: Pegnitz Flower Society; Latin: ; abbr. P.Bl.O.) is a German
The Society was founded in 1644 by the poets Georg Philipp Harsdörffer and Johann Klaj on the model of the (
/ref> After the deaths of Klaj and Harsdörffer (1656, 1658, resp.),
Pegnesischer Blumenorden
official website
History of the Pegnesischen Blumenorden
{{Authority control 1644 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Learned societies of Germany German artist groups and collectives German writers' organisations Nuremberg Poetry organizations
The (English: Pegnitz Flower Society; Latin: ; abbr. P.Bl.O.) is a German literary society
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of writing or a specific author. Modern literary societies typically promote research, publish newsle ...
that was founded in Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
in 1644. It is the sole Baroque literary society that remains active today. The name derived from the river Pegnitz, which flows through Nuremberg.
History
The Society was founded in 1644 by the poets Georg Philipp Harsdörffer and Johann Klaj on the model of the (Fruitbearing Society
The Fruitbearing Society (German Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, lat. ''societas fructifera'') was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility. Its aim was to standardize vernacular German and promote it a ...
). Members called themselves ' (Pegnitz shepherds). The stated goal of the society was the "support and improvement of German language and poetry."Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung: Edelleute im Pegnesischen Blumenorden/ref> After the deaths of Klaj and Harsdörffer (1656, 1658, resp.),
Sigmund von Birken
Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque. He was born in Wildstein, near Eger, and died in Nuremberg, aged 55.
His pupil, Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lü ...
revived the Society and became its director until his death in 1681. Under his leadership a total of almost 60 new members were inducted. Unusually for the time, Birken also allowed women to join; a total of 14 did so. The best known among these was (1634–1692).
The 1660s and 1670s saw the society at its most fertile; its members produced many pastorals in the style of Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: th ...
and Opitz.
After Birken's death the Society began a slow decline. His successors and were not especially successful in their attempt to promote and propagate the florid Baroque style in the 18th century, by which time the more structured neoclassical style had become the norm. Nevertheless, the society has continually maintained a membership of some sort, and remains active to this day.
See also
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Further reading
* Irmtraud Andrian-Werburg, Eberhard Slenczka: ''350 Jahre Pegnesischer Blumenorden. 1644–1994''. Exhibit catalog. Nürnberg: Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1994, . * Renate Jürgensen: ''Utile cum dulci = Mit Nutzen erfreulich. Die Blütezeit des Pegnesischen Blumenordens in Nürnberg 1644 bis 1744''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1994, . * Jane O. Newman, ''Pastoral Conventions: Poetry, Language, and Thought in Seventeenth-Century Nuremberg.'' Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U Press, 1990, .External links
Pegnesischer Blumenorden
official website
History of the Pegnesischen Blumenorden
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