Wilhelm Greiffenhagen
Wilhelm Greiffenhagen (* 7 November July / 19 November 1821 greg. In Arkhangelsk , Russian Empire ; † 16 December July / 28 December 1890 greg. In Reval , Estonia ) was a Baltic German politician and journalist.
Early years
Thomas Wilhelm Greiffenhagen studied law at the universities of Dorpat, Heidelberg and Bonn from 1841 to 1854 . During his studies he became a member of the Fridericia Bonn fraternity in 1843 .
Journalism and politicians
In 1860 Greiffenhagen founded the Revalsche Zeitung together with Nikolai Friedrich Russow in Reval (Tallinn) . It was the country's first political daily newspaper. Wilhelm Greiffenhagen was its editor-in-chief from 1864 to 1867. He had a significant influence on the politics of Estonia at the time. In particular, he called for a greater political participation of the Estonian peasants in the formation of political will and thus opposed influential circles of the Estonian knighthood .
From June 1883 to August 1885 Greiffenhagen was mayor of the Estonian capital Reval. Because of his resistance to the Russification of Estonia, he was in 1885 on the instructions of Tsar Alexander III. removed from office.
Wilhelm Greiffenhagen was a member of the Estonian Literary Society ( Eestimaa Kirjanduse Ühing ) and an honorary member of the Estonian Scholarly Society ( Õpetatud Eesti Selts ).
Private life
Wilhelm Greiffenhagen was the father of the Baltic German historian and archivist Otto Greiffenhagen (1871–1938).
literature
- Arved von Taube , Karl Johann Paulsen (ed.): Memories of the Revaler city head Thomas Wilhelm Greiffenhagen. Hanover 1977 (= publication series of the Carl-Schirren-Gesellschaft Volume 1).
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 175.
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 493 f .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Wilhelm Greiffenhagen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , pp. 70f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greiffenhagen, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greiffenhagen, Thomas Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German politician and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arkhangelsk , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1890 |
| Place of death | Tallinn , Estonia |