Carl Wilhelm Koppe
Carl Wilhelm Koppe (born July 6, 1777 in Göttingen ; died April 17, 1837 in Berlin ) was a German historian, lawyer, politician and diplomat. Koppe was Minister of State in Prussia and Prussian Consul in Mexico.
Koppe was a son of the general superintendent Johann Benjamin Koppe . He received his doctorate in Helmstedt in 1798 with the legal inaugural dissertation De iure principis circa immutanda emendandaque ea, quae in fundationibus ad pias causas specialiter a fundatoribus determinata sunt (Helmstedt, Fleckeisen, 1798). Later he acquired Spanish language skills while in French captivity . From 1816 he was a member of the government (Königl. Pruss. Go. Government council) in Minden and in 1828 was appointed to Berlin.
Koppe was commissioned to establish trade connections with the states in America that were independent of Spain . Samples of his letters from Paris , London , Liverpool , New York City , Philadelphia , Washington, DC and Veracruz from the years 1829/1830 had previously appeared in the journal Das Auslands . This quasi-introductory article was later followed by his publication Mexicanischestatus 1830–1832 .
He translated Hernán Cortés' reports on the Spanish conquest of Mexico into German with explanatory notes.
Publications (selection)
- Mexican States from 1830 to 1832 (2 volumes). Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1837 ( journeys and country descriptions of the older and more recent times, a collection of the most interesting works on country and state customer, geography and statistics , volume 10/13)
- Home letters, written between October 1829 and May 1830 while traveling from North America to Mexico via France, England and the United States. Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1835 ( journeys and country descriptions of the older and more recent times , volume 6)
- (Transl.) Three reports from the Captain General of New Spain Don Fernando Cortes to Emperor Charles V. Translated from the Spanish, with a foreword and explanatory notes. With a [folding] map and a [folded lithographed] fragment of the old Mexican tribute register in hieroglyphics. Berlin, Enslin, 1834 ( digitized version )
- Cartas a la patria. México: Universidad nacional autónoma de México , Direccion general de publicaciones, 1955
References and footnotes
literature
- New necrology of the Germans. Fifteenth year, 1837. First part. Weimar 1839
- Karl-Heinz Schodrok: Prussian turn policy: Prussian turn policy with a view to Westphalia. 2013 ( partial online view )
- Friedrich Schleiermacher: Small writings 1786–1833. Matthias Wolfes , Michael Pietsch, eds. 2003 ( partial online view ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koppe, Carl Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koppe, Karl Wilhelm; Köppe, Carl Wilhelm; Koppe, Carolus Guilielmus; Koppe, Carlos Guillermo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, lawyer, politician and diplomat in the Prussian service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1837 |
| Place of death | Berlin |