Carl Friedrich Wolf Feuerstein
Carl Friedrich Wolf Feuerstein (born August 3, 1786 in Schraplau near Halle , † November 2, 1856 in Koblenz ) was a German doctor who worked as a Prussian spy in the Kingdom of Westphalia and later participated in the Wars of Liberation as a member of the Lützow Freikorps . He was a long-time friend of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , from whom several interesting historical sources have been sent to Feuerstein.
Life
Feuerstein was born as the son of the chamber councilor and landowner Heinrich Carl Feuerstein and his wife Catharina Rosina nee. Roll born. He spent part of his childhood in a hunting lodge owned by Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach before attending grammar school in Weimar from around 1793. He then wanted to study forestry , which he gave up after a short time to join the Prussian fusilier battalion "von Bogulawsky", from which he left after nine months and instead moved to Berlin to do "natural sciences and medicine" to study.
In 1805 he moved to the University of Jena , where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1810. He had already met Friedrich Ludwig Jahn during his student days; Both belonged to the Unitisten to -Orden and flint was probably a member of the Tugendbund .
In mid-October 1812, Feuerstein was arrested in Göttingen as a Prussian spy because he had betrayed troop movements in the Kingdom of Westphalia. With the help of befriended doctors (including Dietrich Georg von Kieser ), he became ill and was initially able to prevent his conviction and execution. He managed to escape by jumping out of the window; He was able to escape his pursuers on adventurous paths and later joined the Lützow Freikorps as a doctor. A report written by himself describes these events in great detail.
In 1825, Feuerstein stayed in Bremen, where he married. His wife Amalie Meier came from a Bremen councilor family, her father Hinrich Meier was a council printer and her uncle Diederich Meier was the mayor of Bremen. From 1828 on, Feuerstein can be traced back to Koblenz as regimental doctor for the 25th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army , which emerged from the Lützow Free Corps ; In the same year, a portrait of Feuerstein by Simon Meister was made . In 1848 he retired, which he spent in Koblenz. Feuerstein died there after a long illness on November 2, 1856 at five o'clock in the morning.
literature
- Hans Joachim Bartmuß, Eberhard Kunze, Josef Ulfkotte (eds.): "Turnvater Jahn" and his patriotic environment. Letters and Documents 1806–1812. Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3412201906 , pp. 99–147: Jahn's letters to Feuerstein; Pp. 217–237: Some of my life and activities during the years 1812–1813
- Jens Fachbach: Dr. Carl Friedrich Wolf Feuerstein (1786–1856) - friend of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and regimental doctor in Koblenz. A newly discovered portrait, in: Jahn-Report 40, May 2015, pp. 23–28 online (PDF 4 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amalia MEIER , Local heritage book Bremen und Vegesack
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feuerstein, Carl Friedrich Wolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, Prussian spy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schraplau near Halle |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1856 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |