Carl von Hardenberg
Gottlob Albrecht Carl von Hardenberg , modernized Karl von Hardenberg , (born March 13, 1776 in Oberwiederstedt ; † May 28, 1813 in Weißenfels ) was a Saxon civil servant and poet (pseudonym: Rostorf ). From 1812 until his death he was temporarily governor of the Thuringian district in Tennstedt .
Life
He came from the noble von Hardenberg family and is the younger brother of the poet Novalis and older brother of the district administrator Anton von Hardenberg . Like the latter, he stayed for some time in Franconia, especially in Würzburg . there he also owned a closed monastery for a time.
His father, as the Electorate of Saxony Saline director in Dürrenberg , Artern , and Kosen active Heinrich Ulrich Erasmus von Hardenberg (1738-1814), was a strictly pietistic man. His second marriage was to Auguste Bernhardine von Hardenberg, born von Bölzig (1749-1818), who gave birth to eleven children.
Karl published, among other things, the poets' garden with poems by Novalis and his brother (Sylvester).
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg was his father-in-law, as his second marriage was to his Catholic daughter Henriette Louise (1788–1868). After the death of Carl von Hardenberg, he judged that he was a good person, but that Novalis could not be compared in any way.
Henriette von Hardenberg brought about Carl von Hardenberg's conversion to Catholicism immediately before his death.
literature
- Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , Volume 4, 1816.
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| SURNAME | Hardenberg, Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hardenberg, Gottlob Albrecht Carl von (full name); Hardenberg, Karl von; Rostorf (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and Saxon civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberwiederstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1813 |
| Place of death | Weissenfels |