Albert von Sack

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Sebastian Albert Freiherr von Sack , from 1821 Count von Sack (* 1757 in Eichholz, Liegnitz district , Silesia ; today: Warmątowice Siekiewiczkowskie, Poland ; † August 7, 1829 in Berlin ) was a Silesian explorer , royal Prussian chamberlain and knight of the Order of St. John .

Life

Albert Freiherr von Sack was appointed royal Prussian chamberlain and vice chief hunter on June 9, 1821 in Berlin by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. raised to the Prussian count status. In 1822, v. Sack the orphanage in Halle (Saale) , an institution of the Francke Foundations , as the universal heir of his not inconsiderable fortune.

Trip to Suriname

After his first trip to Suriname in April 1805, he then went to North America in 1807 , where he visited the cities of Providence , Boston , New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Washington , Alexandria and Mount Vernon , among others . The return journey to Germany took place via New York and Lisbon . In 1810 his travelogues for the years 1805–1807 were published in England.

He finished his second trip to Suriname in England in 1812.

Travel to the Middle East

On August 20, 1817, he went on a research trip to Greece and Asia Minor together with the poet Wilhelm Müller . After their stay in Vienna from September to November 1817 , they changed the route on November 6, 1817 and traveled on with Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld . Schnorr stayed in Florence , Müller and Sack traveled on to Rome . They arrived there on January 4, 1818, but a rift broke out there and in April 1818 Sack traveled on alone.

Today in the Antikensammlung Berlin located fragment from the tomb of Nikarete acquired Albert von Sack 1820. It was one of the first ancient artworks that were not on the Italian art market in Berlin. Sack traveled with the then Austrian consul in Athens, Georg Christian Gropius , through Greece and the Orient and during this time bought a collection of ancient artifacts, which he later bequeathed to the Antikensammlung in Berlin.

On his return trip in 1821 he collected contemporary folk music on Zakynthos for the diplomat and ancient historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr . The Royal Library of Berlin came into possession of the collection , which is now stored in the Jagiellonian University in Krakow after it was relocated from Berlin to Silesia during World War II . It has been scientifically evaluated since the beginning of the 21st century.

Sack made water samples from this trip to the Orient available to the Dresden researcher Heinrich Ficinus for analysis, thereby promoting his activities. Due to the reputation he gained, among other things, he was able to ensure that the gardener Ferdinand Deppe was able to take part in the expedition to Mexico initiated and financed by Sack in 1824 .

Works

  • A Narrative of a voyage to Surinam of a residence there during 1805, 1806, and 1807 and of the authors return to Europe by the way of North America by Albert von Sack . London: Bulmer, 1810
  • Charms naar Surinamen, verblijf aldaar, en terugtogt over North America naar Europe . Haarlem: Erven François Bohn, 1821.
  • Description of a trip to Suriname :
    • Volume 1: Description of a trip to Suriname and the stay there in the years 1805, 1806, 1807: as well as of the author's return to Europe via North America by Baron Albert von Sack . Berlin: Haude and Spener, 1818.
    • Volume 2: Description of a trip to Suriname and the stay there in the years 1810, 1811, 1812: as well as of the author's return to Europe via North America by Baron Albert von Sack . Berlin: Haude and Spener, 1818.

literature

  • Max Kunze : Fragment from the tomb of Nikarete . In: The antique collection in the Pergamon Museum and in Charlottenburg . von Zabern, Mainz 1992 ISBN 3-8053-1187-7 , pp. 120f.
  • Ioanna Mavrogeorgi: Modern Greek songs, collected by Count Sack . University of Hamburg, Diss., 2003/2004. Romiosini, Cologne 2006. ISBN 3-929889-75-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mavrogeorgi 2006, p. 17. - D. i. Eichholz Castle, Liegnitz district.
  2. ↑ General repertory of the latest domestic and foreign literature . Cnobloch , Leipzig 1830, vol. 1, p. 74 f. [1]
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2001, p. 166.
  4. ^ The August Hermann Francke foundations in Halle . Bookstore of the orphanage, Halle 1863, p. 139. [2]
  5. ↑ On the research of Ioanna Mavrogeorgi , accessed December 6, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Sack, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sack, Sebastian Albert from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Eichholz, Liegnitz district , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1829
Place of death Berlin