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Carl Herloßsohn
Carl Herloßsohn or Karl Herloßsohn (actually Borromäus Sebastian Georg Carl Reginald Herloß, 1804–1849) was a German author, journalist and encyclopaedist.''Karl Herloßsohn'' at the DNB portal. Retrieved 5 Oct 21. Life Herloßsohn was born on 1 September 1804 at the Kleinseite in into a poor background as the son of a tailor. He attended Kleinseite Grammar School from 1813, went to Prague University in 1820 and then to Vienna in 1821 to find a better life there. |
Heinrich Clauren
Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun (20 March 1771 – 2 August 1854), better known by his pen name Heinrich Clauren, was a German author. Biography Born on 20 March 1771 in Doberlug, Lower Lusatia. Heun went into the Prussian civil service, and wrote in his spare time. He published under the pseudonym H. Clauren (an anagram of Carl Heun), and became one of the most popular authors of fiction for the middle class in the first half of the nineteenth century. In 1825, Wilhelm Hauff published a parody of Heun's novels, ('The Man in the Moon'), imitating his style, and published under his pen name H. Clauren. Heun brought a lawsuit against Hauff, and won, leading Hauff to write another book, (1826), successfully destroying the reputation of Heun's works. The following year Carl Herloßsohn also parodied Clauren by publishing a novel in Clauren's name, (1827) and mocked Clauren's plays in his (1827). Heun's collected works were published in 25 volumes as in 1851. He died on 2 August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Literature
German literature () comprises those literature, literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by German dialects, dialects (e.g. Alemannic literature, Alemannic). Medieval German literature is literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Protestant Reformation, Reformation (1517) being the last possible cut-off point. The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century; the most famous works are the ''Hildebrandslied'' and a heroic epic known as the ''Heliand''. Middle High German starts in the 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Encyclopedists
German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman era) * German diaspora * German language * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthe
The Parthe () is a river in Saxony, Germany, right tributary of the White Elster. Its total length is . The Parthe originates in northern Saxony, between Colditz and Bad Lausick. It flows northwest through Parthenstein, Naunhof, Borsdorf and Taucha before entering the city of Leipzig. The Parthe traverses the Leipzig Zoological Garden and touches the Rosental park before joining the White Elster in northwestern Leipzig. Course On its course through the Leipzig Bay (''Leipziger Tieflandsbucht''), the Parthe flows through the regions and towns of Großbardau, Parthenstein, Naunhof, Beucha, Borsdorf, Panitzsch, Taucha and Leipzig. Into the ''Parthe'' flow, amongst others, the Gladegraben, the Lazy Parthe, the Todgraben, the Mittelgraben, the Grenzgraben, the Threne, the Zauchgraben, the Kittelgraben, the Wachtelbach, the Lösegraben, the Staditzbach, the Hasengraben and the Rüdgengraben. Over the years numerous straightenings and canalisations have had an effect on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosental
The Rosental is a , park-like part of the northern Leipzig Riverside Forest, Leipzig floodplain forest in Leipzig, Germany. It is bordered by the Elstermühlgraben (Elster mill ditch) to the south and west, the small river Parthe to the north and the Leipzig Zoological Garden, Leipzig Zoo to the east. History The name Rosental was first mentioned in a document in 1318. The forest, which was owned by the Electorate of Saxony, Saxon electors, was sold to the Leipzig council by John George II, Elector of Saxony on 1 September 1663. As the agreed purchase price of 17,142 Meissen gulden, guilders was offset against the elector's debts to the city, the seller was left with less than 6,000 guilders. His grandson Augustus II the Strong later contested this deal and accused the Leipzig council of having fraudulently obtained the contract. The council was then forced to begin redesigning the Rosental at the end of November 1707 according to a plan by Johann Christoph von Naumann. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohlis
Gohlis is a Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, locality in the Stadtbezirk, borough north of the city of Leipzig, Germany. Once a village and knightly estate (''Rittergut''), it became in 1838 a rural community (''Landgemeinde''). It urbanised during the ''Gründerzeit'' period of the 19th century and was incorporated into the city of Leipzig in 1890. Gohlis is now divided into three Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, administrative localities (Gohlis-Süd, Gohlis-Mitte and Gohlis-Nord), all of which belong to the ''Stadtbezirk Nord'' of Leipzig. Dominated by residential buildings from the late-19th and first half of the 20th century, Gohlis has a population of more than 45,000 inhabitants (2020). It is well known as the place where Friedrich Schiller wrote the first version of his ''Ode to Joy'' in 1785. Geography The original settlement was located on the north-eastern edge of the floodplain of White Elster and Luppe and the landscape park Rosental, north of the confluence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blum
Robert Blum (10 November 1807 – 9 November 1848) was a German democratic politician, publicist, poet, publisher, revolutionary and member of the National Assembly of 1848. In his fight for a strong, unified Germany he opposed ethnocentrism and it was his strong belief that no one people should rule over another. As such he was an opponent of the Prussian occupation of Poland and was in contact with the revolutionaries there. Blum was a critic of antisemitism, supported the German Catholic sect, and agitated for the equality of the sexes. Although claiming immunity as a member of the National Assembly, he was arrested during a stay at the hotel "Stadt London" in Vienna and executed for his role in the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. Biography Blum grew up in poverty in Cologne, the son of a failed theologian who made a poor living as a cooper. He was ten years old before he could go to school. After his schooling, he worked as a craftsman in different trades. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Marggraff
Hermann Marggraff (1809–1864) was a German poet and humorous author. He was born at Sulechów, Züllichau, Kingdom of Prussia and studied at Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin; and, devoting himself to journalism, lived and wrote in Leipzig, Munich, Augsburg, and Frankfurt, Frankfort, finally settling in Leipzig (1853) as editor of the ''Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung''. He wrote the critical essay, ''Deutschlands Jüngste Kultur- und Litteraturepoche'' (1839); several plays, e. g., ''Das Täubchen von Amsterdam''; humorous novels, including ''Justus und Chrysostomus, Gebrüder Pech'' (1840), ''Johannes Mackel'' (1841), and ''Fritz Beutel'' (1855), after the fashion of Baron Munchausen; a biography of Ernst Schulze (poet), Ernst Schulze (Leipzig, 1855); ''Schillers und Kärners Freundschaftsbund'' (1859); ''Gedichte'' (1857); ''Balladenchronik'' (1862). References * New International Encyclopedia, NIE * 1809 births 1864 deaths People from Sulechów Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damen Conversations Lexikon
The ''Damen Conversations Lexikon'' is a 10-volume ''Konversationslexikon'' ( de; a type of dictionary, with encyclopedic explanations) from the 19th century, which at the time of publication was aimed primarily at German women of the bourgeoisie who were interested in education. History At the beginning of the 1830s, the German book market offered around 50 encyclopaedic works that dealt with a wide range of special subjects and were aimed at different target groups. For example, there was the Große Conversations-Lexikon by Joseph Meyer, which was aimed at the educated classes and was distributed in individual volumes. The writer Carl Herloßsohn, who came from a poor background, relied on a similar concept by starting to publish the ''Damen Conversations Lexikon'' in 1834. In doing so, he counted on the interest of women of the bourgeoisie who were hungry for education. Each volume consisted of four issues. In 1838, the tenth volume was completed. The contributors included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
