Carl Johann von Freymann
Carl Johann von Freymann adH Nursie (born July 16, 1878 in Dorpat , † April 27, 1907 in Meran ) was a Baltic German journalist , editor and poet in Livonia .
Life
Carl Johann von Freymann was a student at a private grammar school in Dorpat (today's Tartu ) from 1885 to 1896 , he then switched to grammar school in Narva in 1896 and to Pernauen grammar school in 1898, where he successfully passed his school leaving examination in 1898 . In the same year he took up his studies at the Imperial University of Jurjew (University of Dorpat) and studied history . He became a member of the university's student union . In 1903 he passed his state examination and went to the Humboldt University in Berlin as a student of philosophy . In 1904 he returned to Livonia and stayed with his brother Georg in Fellin . In early 1905 he worked for the “ Baltic Monthly ” and the “ Düna-Zeitung ” in Riga . He then joined the editorial team of the " Rigaschen Rundschau " and was from January 1906 on the editorial staff of the "Rigaschen Zeitung". At the same time he worked in the press department of the Livonian District Council from 1905 to 1906 . He was an enthusiastic and talented journalist and always strived to work as a poet. He had been suffering from a lung disease for a long time and was in Merano in 1907 for a spa treatment. He died there on April 27, 1907 and was buried on May 14, 1907 in Merano.
Origin and family
Carl Johann came from the Baltic noble family von Freymann from the house of Nursie (line I.). His father was Georg Hermann Joachim von Freymann adH Nursie (1835–1885), Herr auf Nursie, regional court assessor and parish judge ; who was married to Caroline Louise von Lobry (1834-1903). His brother was the genealogist and lawyer Georg Sylvester von Freymann (1870-1946). Carl Johann was single and had no offspring.
Works
Carl Johann wrote several poems, essays and stories that were published in the "Baltic Monthly". Further works (in part) were:
- On the spirit of Livonian colonization (1904)
- Pupa and others (1904)
- Seals: Vice and Passion, On the Shore of Life, My Song, Not Like the Waves of the Sea (all 1905)
- Essays: About the Livonian Elementary School (1905), Im Spiegel der Presse (1905), On the Reform of the Humanistic Gymnasium (1905), The Latvian Psychse (1906), The Russian Revolution (1907)
- Stories: From a Lost Angle. Two stories (1905)
- Drama: People's Day. A play from the Latvian Revolution in 1905 in four acts (1907), Three one-act plays: Francesca, After the ninth Thermidor and masks (all 1907)
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Carl Johann von Freymann. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Vonfreymann Chronicle No. 147: Carl Johann von Freymann
- Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner, Lexicon of German-Language Literature from the Baltic States and St. Petersburg: From the Middle Ages to the Present , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2007 ISBN 3110912139
- Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods, Görlitz 1929 , p. 55
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baltic Monthly / Register 1859-1939 [1]
- ^ University of Tartu: Baltic Monthly 1859–1931: Recent submissions [2]
- ↑ Compare: German-Language Literature of the Baltic States, accessed November 20, 2017 [3]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freymann, Carl Johann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freymann adH Nursie, Carl Johann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic journalist, editor and poet in Livonia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1907 |
| Place of death | Meran |