Adolf Widmann

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Christian Adolf Friedrich Widmann , pseudonym Cantor Petermann (born on May 7, 1818 in Maichingen , today part of Sindelfingen ; died on May 26, 1878 in Berlin ), was a German writer and political publicist.

biography

Old parish in Maichingen, birthplace of Adolf Widmann

Widmann was born as the son of a pastor in Maichingen . The father died about a year after the birth. His mother Karoline, b. Klaus then moved with the child to Leonberg and later to Stuttgart . 1837 Widmann began studying political science , first at the University of Tubingen and later in Berlin and Heidelberg , where he in 1841 to Dr. jur. received his doctorate . He then lived in Zurich , pursued a habilitation and spent time with Friedrich Rohmer , with whom he also participated in the publication of the observer from eastern Switzerland , the party newspaper of the Catholic Conservative Party . Together with Rohmer, he left Switzerland in 1842 and went to Stuttgart, but fell out with the philosopher shortly afterwards.

Widmann moved to Freiburg im Breisgau and published the book The People and the Parties in 1843 . The Prussian Interior Minister Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg became aware of the treatise and appointed him to the Prussian State Ministry . During his time in Berlin, Widmann wrote numerous press articles and political papers in which he spoke out against radicalism and for the monarchy . He also wrote two novels, several dramas and other fictional works. In 1844 he joined Freemasonry . After the introduction of a Prussian constitution as a result of the 48 revolution , Widmann gave up his post in the Ministry of the Interior in 1848 and left Berlin.

Widmann settled in Jena , where he worked as a writer and gave lectures on the history of the social movement and political science. His wife, a niece of August Neander, died in 1860 . Then Widmann traveled to Spain, Italy and North Africa. After moving back to Berlin in 1865, he married again. Widmann was now mainly concerned with Freemasonry. He was involved as a member of the St. John's Lodge for permanence , in which he held the title of master from 1866. In addition, he published the circular correspondence among the St. Joh. Lodge Masters of the Great State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany . Widmann died of a stroke in 1878.

bibliography

Fiction (selection)

  • The Tannhauser . Duncker, Berlin 1850
  • The brother from Hungary , Berlin 1852
  • At the warm stove . Duncker, Berlin 1853
  • For silent evenings , Berlin 1854
  • Dramatic works . Voigt and Günter, Leipzig 1858
  • The catholic mill . In: German Novellenschatz . Edited by Paul Heyse and Hermann Kurz. Vol. 3. 2nd edition Berlin, [1910], pp. 161-232. In: Weitin, Thomas (Ed.): Fully digitized corpus. The German Novellenschatz . Darmstadt / Konstanz, 2016 ( digitized and full text in the German text archive )

Political writings (selection)

  • The people and the parties , Heidelberg 1843
  • What actually is socialism and communism and what is the purpose of this party? . BF Voigt, Weimar 1850
  • The laws of social movement . Mauke, Jena 1851

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personal data
SURNAME Widmann, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widmann, Christian Adolf Friedrich (full name); Petermann, Cantor (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Maichingen
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1878
Place of death Berlin