Carl August von Schimmelthor
Carl August von Schimmelthor (born July 17, 1766 in Radebeul , † January 11, 1848 in Lecco , Italy) is probably a fictional character who is supposed to be a German publicist and writer .
Entry in the German Biographical Encyclopedia
The biography has so far been published in the only place in the German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) without reference to the underlying sources . The information from the DBE led to a Wikipedia article in January 2011. Its public subsequently led to discussions between Wikipedia's main author and employees of the Saxon Biography about the trustworthiness of the presentation, the inconsistency of which led to doubts in February 2011 and to the assumption that it could be a so-called fictitious lexicon article . The Saxon Biography took care of a clarification in the German Biographical Encyclopedia.
The life data shown in the DBE were originally taken over into the database of the Saxon Biography without further examination, where they have since been deleted (2013) as having no sources. During research for an independent article in December 2010 it turned out that the relevant sources did not contain any information that would suggest the existence of Schimmelthor. When asked, the DBE announced in October 2011 that, from today's perspective , the editors could no longer understand the sources on which the article was first published in 1998. In January 2014, the Saxon Biography republished the article in a revised form, which takes this unclear situation into account. The article here has been adapted accordingly.
Life according to DBE
Patrons made it possible for the son of a court usher to attend the Princely School in Schulpforta from 1776 to 1784 . This was followed by studies of law at the universities of Jena and Leipzig , which he completed in 1788 with a doctorate ( Dr. iur. ).
Schimmelthor worked for the Dreßdnische Question and Advertisements (from 1808/1811 Dresdner Anzeiger or Dresdner Advertisements ) and the Deutsche Blätter , which appeared in Leipzig , where he published patriotic poems directed against Napoleon , among other things .
After his voluntary participation in the Battle of Nations , he was ennobled by the Saxon King Friedrich August I in the following year 1814 . By marrying the daughter of a Moravian baron, he achieved some prosperity.
Because of his poor health, he often stayed in northern Italy from 1820, where he was in contact with the poet and writer Alessandro Manzoni from 1823 . An autobiographical, then unpublished manuscript by Schimmelthor, which was only recently discovered in Manzoni's estate ( A lawyer in Como , Bologna 1998), provided the model for the figure of Dottor Azzecca-Garbugli in Manzoni's The Bride and Groom .
Schimmelthor later supported the Merano politician and writer Gottlieb Putz in developing his hometown into a spa town .
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 8, 2nd, revised. and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5 , p. 867 ( online version , accessed on February 11, 2014).
Web links
- Peter Hintz: Carl August von Schimmelthor (1766–1848) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . (DBE). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. tape 8 . De Gruyter Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5 , pp. 867 .
- ^ Discussion: Carl August von Schimmelthor # Answer from the DBE
- ↑ Frank Metasch: local, regional, national, European . In: Europa builds on biographies , New academic press, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7003-2069-2 , pages 117–118.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schimmelthor, Carl August von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | probably a fictional German publicist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radebeul |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1848 |
| Place of death | Lecco , Italy |