Carl Friedrich Ernst von Lyncker

Carl Friedrich Ernst von Lyncker (possibly 1726 / 27 in Ansbach (?) - 1801 in Weimar ) was a Saxony-weimarischer official who a Marburger came from family of lawyers.

The Lynckers were raised to the status of imperial barons around 1700. At first he entered the service of Ansbach like his son Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Freiherr von Lyncker , but preferred to be content with the management of the inherited family estates Flurstedt and Kötschau in Weimar . He had managed to be elected director of the landscape (an authority) in 1763. Anna Amalia appointed him vice-president of the senior consistory in 1772. In 1774, Carl August converted this post to the presidency, making Lyncker the direct superior of General Superintendent Johann Gottfried Herder . A decade-long employment relationship followed between Lyncker and Herder, which became increasingly problematic. To a certain extent, there was a polarization between the conservative refusal to reform (Lyncker) and the affirmation of reform (Herder). Herder saw Lyncker as an obstacle on his way. That didn't get any easier, because Lyncker went blind from 1792 and thus Herder's workload increased.

We know about him, among other things, about the memories of his son Carl Wilhelm Freiherr von Lyncker, who served as a page at the Weimar court during Goethe's time and who later wrote down his memories on the orders of Carl Friedrich (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) . Carl Friedrich Ernst von Lyncker did not leave any of his own writings, apart from official correspondence.

literature

• Effi Biedrzynski : Goethes Weimar: Das Lexikon der Personen und Schauplätze, Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Mannheim 2010, p. 276.