Christian Friedrich Weichmann

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Christian Friedrich Weichmann (born August 24, 1698 in Harburg , † August 4, 1770 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German lawyer, publicist and poet.

Live and act

Christian Friedrich Weichmann studied law and philology in Halle. In the early 1720s he went to Hamburg, where he became friends with Barthold Heinrich Brockes and other poets and became a member of the first Hamburg Patriotic Society. From 1722 to 1725 he was editor of the learned news and from 1724 to 1728 editor of the magazine Der Patriot . In 1728, following a trip to England, he entered the service of Duke Ludwig Rudolf . After a short time in Blankenburg, he was sent to Wolfenbüttel in the early 1730s. Here he worked initially as a secret secretary, then from 1734 as a councilor and later as a secret councilor. From 1737 onwards he was also consistorial advisor.

At a young age, Weichmann made a name for himself as the editor of the important collection of poems, Poetry of the Lower Saxony . He himself was editor and co-author of the first three volumes, which appeared in 1721, 1723 and 1726. The last three volumes were edited by Johann Peter Kohl . The collection contains numerous previously unpublished poems by North German poets, e. B. by Michael Richey and Barthold Heinrich Brockes . It made an essential contribution to the tradition and self-image of North German poetry. Weichmann also became known as the editor of Brocke's and Christian Heinrich Postel's works . He helped the author of the Wertheim Bible translation, Johann Lorenz Schmidt , in his escape to Wolfenbüttel.

Weichmann received several honors. The London Royal Society accepted him as a member during his trip to England in 1728; the University of Oxford awarded him a bachelor's degree. His portrait painted by Balthasar Denner was hung in the Bodleian Library . In 1754 the German Society of Göttingen made him an honorary member. Since 1734 he was a foreign member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences .

Fonts

  • Poetry of Lower Saxony, or, by all means, mostly never-before-printed poems by the most famous Lower Saxons, especially some respectable members of the Teutsch-practicing society that previously flourished in Hamburg. Volume 1-3. Kiszner, Hamburg 1721–1726.
    • Reprint: Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1983
    • Digital copies:
      • CF Weichmann's poetry of Lower Saxony, or all sorts of poems by the most famous Lower Saxony, mostly never printed. Hamburg 1725 ( Google , Bavarian State Library )
      • CF Weichmanns Poetry of Lower Saxony. Second part. Hamburg 1723 ( Google ); Hamburg 1732 ( Bavarian State Library )
      • CF Weichmanns Poetry of Lower Saxony. Third part. Hamburg 1726 ( Google , Bavarian State Library )
      • Mr. Hof-Raht Weichmann's Poesie der Nieder-Sachsen, continued through the fourth part, [...] edited by JP Kohl. Hamburg 1732 ( Google , Bavarian State Library )
      • Mr. Hof-Raht Weichmann's Poesie der Nieder-Sachsen, continued through the fifth part, [...] published by JP Kohlen. Hamburg 1738 ( Google , Bavarian State Library )
      • Mr. Hof-Raht Weichmann's Poesie der Nieder-Sachsen, continued up to the present sixth and at the same time the last part, [...] published by JP Kohlen. Hamburg 1738 ( Google , Bavarian State Library )
  • Story of the noble student. In: The Patriot. 1725. ( online edition )

literature

  • Jürgen Rathje: Weichmann, Christian Friedrich. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works of German language. Volume 12. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh, Munich 1992, pp. 185f.
  • Wolfgang Lent: Weichmann, Christian Friedrich. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century. Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, p. 729f.
  • Paul Zimmermann :  Weichmann, Christian Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 8-10.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Weichmann, Christian Friedrich. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century. Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, p. 729f.
  2. ↑ See Jürgen Rathje: Weichmann, Christian Friedrich. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works of German language. Volume 12. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh a. a. 1992, pp. 185f. with further evidence; Paul Zimmermann:  Weichmann, Christian Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 8-10.
  3. ↑ See Jürgen Rathje: Weichmann, Christian Friedrich. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works of German language. volume 12. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh a. a. 1992, pp. 185f.
personal data
SURNAME Weichmann, Christian Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weichmann, Christian F .; Weichmannus, Christianus Fridericus; Weichmannus, Christ. Frid .; Weichmann, CF; Weichmann, Christian Friederich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, publicist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Harburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1770
Place of death Wolfenbüttel