August Geitel

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Carl August Gottfried Geitel (born January 7, 1776 in Braunschweig , † June 10, 1832 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German councilor and writer.

Life

August Geitel was born in Braunschweig in 1776 as the son of a captain. He attended the Collegium Carolinum in his hometown from 1793 and then studied law in Helmstedt and Göttingen from May 1794 . He subsequently worked as court secretary in the Brunswick state service. At the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia , he worked from 1808 to 1813 as secretary of the Mairie Braunschweig, then as a city ​​court assessor. In 1824 he became court advisor at the district court in Wolfenbüttel.

Geitel was active in the Braunschweig Freemason Lodge Carl to the Crowned Pillar , of which he was master of the chair from 1809 to 1813. He wrote occasional poems on special Masonic occasions.

He is the author of other occasional poems in praise of the dukes, especially the Black Duke , and on other occasions. His most important work is considered to be the Epopoe Destadiade , in which a hunt by the von Veltheim family is represented symbolically . This work, which is in the tradition of Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae , "can be seen as a poetic contribution from Braunschweig to the poetry of rural life in the early 19th century."

August Geitel died in Wolfenbüttel in 1832 at the age of 56. He is the father of the forester Karl Geitel and the grandfather of the physicist Hans Geitel .

Fonts (selection)

  • To the ruling Duke Friedrich Wilhelm on December 22, 1813, on the day of his arrival in Braunschweig , undated
  • Marching song for the Duke Braunschweig troops , 1814.
  • The Song of Glory , 1814.
  • Thoughts and toasts to celebrate the victory near Leipzig on the shooting range in front of Braunschweig , 1815.
  • Contributions to the death ceremony of the Most Highly Eminent Duke Friedrich Wilhelm in the Freemason Lodge Carl on the Crowned Pillar in Braunschweig , undated (1815).
  • Sensations at the grave of our beloved friend JGC Röpcke , 1818.
  • The Destadiade in four songs , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1824. ( digitized version )
  • Request from the confessors of the Jewish faith in the Duchy of Braunschweig to Se. The High Princely Highness the ruling Lord Duke Wilhelm of Braunschweig-Lüneburg for the most gracious bestowal of full civil rights. , 1831.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Juranek : Geitel, Carl August Gottfried . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 203 .
personal data
SURNAME Geitel, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geitel, Carl August Gottfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German councilor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1832
Place of death Wolfenbüttel