Bernhard Ludwig von Platen
Bernhard Ludwig von Platen (* around 1733; † August 20, 1774 in Jost ) was a Prussian officer and the first Volga German poet.
Life
Platen was born around 1733; According to different information in the sources either in the Kingdom of Hanover or in Pomerania .
In the Seven Years' War (until 1763) Bernhard Ludwig von Platen served as an officer in the Prussian Army. In 1766 he left the service.
He was recruited in Lübeck to emigrate to Russia. On the crossing he wrote the poem Travel description of the colonists as well as the way of life of the Russians .
His wish to also serve as an officer for Tsarina Katharina was not granted. He was initially settled as a farmer in the colony of Hussenbach (or Eustenbach, Russian initially Linjowo Osero, today Linjowo) founded on May 16, 1767 on the mountain side of the Volga. However, since he refused to work as a colonist, he became a village teacher. His existence as a colonist saddened him.
Web links
- Emigration of the Germans. on russlanddeutschegeschichte.de
- Hussenbach on webbitt.com
- Annelore Engel-Braunschmidt : Bernhard Ludwig von Platen's immigrant song - reread. (PDF; 9.0 MB) on docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de
- Robert Korn: The way of Bernhard Ludwig von Platen. (PDF; 307 kB) on wolgadeutsche.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Work: Travel description of the colonists, as well as the way of life of the Russians. on wolgadeutsche.net, accessed April 8, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Platen, Bernhard Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and the first Volga German poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1774 |
| Place of death | Jost |