Carl Lingnau (publisher)

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Carl Adolf Friedrich Lingnau , in the USA Charles F. Lingnau (born February 26, 1817 in Neustrelitz , † May 22, 1891 in Saratoga Springs (New York) ) was a radical democratic German revolutionary and publisher in the 1850s .

Life

Carl Lingnau was a son of the post office clerk of the same name Carl Lingnau (1789–1864) and his wife Sofie Friederike Johanne, nee. Barnewitz. The Barnewitz family ran a farm bookshop in Neustrelitz. The later post office clerk Hermann Lingnau (1815–1885) was his brother.

Title head of a magazine published by Lingnau

Lingnau established himself as a bookseller in Neubrandenburg and took the citizens' oath on March 25, 1847. He tried himself as a publisher of magazines (including Fritz Reuters "Unterhaltungsblatt für both Mecklenburg and Pomerania") and in October 1850 leased the Neubrandenburger Ratswaage.

In November 1850 he was one of the smugglers in Mecklenburg, which in the liberation of Gottfried Kinkel by Carl Schurz from the fortress Spandau involved. This was followed by house searches and reprisals by the Mecklenburg authorities. In connection with the high treason trial in Rostock, another house search was carried out in April 1853 with the seizure of incriminating material.

After irregularities and embezzlement, Lingnau evaded bankruptcy by fleeing to England to Kinkel, leaving his wife and five children behind in Neubrandenburg. He went on to America and from 1857 lived as a gardener in Saratoga Springs in New York State .

literature

  • Peter Starsy: Lingnau, Carl . In: "I will never forget the friendly Vorderstadt Neubrandenburg". Fritz Reuter on his 200th birthday. Hinstorff, Rostock 2010, p. 114, ISBN 978-3-356-01374-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester: History of Saratoga County, New York: With Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign 1878, p. 505
personal data
SURNAME Lingnau, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lingnau, Carl Adolf Friedrich (full name); Lingnau, Charles F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German revolutionary and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1891
Place of death Saratoga Springs (New York)