Christian Karl Ernst Wilhelm Buri

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Christian Karl Ernst Wilhelm Buri (born February 25, 1758 in Birstein ; died July 28, 1817 in Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German lawyer and writer.

life and work

Buri was the son of Friedrich Karl von Buri and the younger brother of Ludwig von Buri . After attending the Latin school in Offenbach am Main, he studied law in Marburg and Gießen . In 1780 he settled as a lawyer in Offenbach and was there until 1807 Princely-Isenburgischer Hofgerichtsadvokat. He married Elise von Hupfeld in 1782 and during these years belonged to the circle of sensitive souls around Sophie von La Roche . This influence and the Klopstock's can be felt in his poems, which Buri published in the Teutscher Merkur , in Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker's paperback for sociable pleasure and in the two collections of poetry published in 1791 and 1797. In his stories and fables ( sketches and small paintings 1792) he was based on Sophie von La Roche, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert and Friedrich von Hagedorn .

The death of the wife of La Roche in 1807 deprived him of his source of inspiration. He left Offenbach and went to Rödelheim , where he entered the service of Count Vollrath von Solms-Rödelheim . In 1811 he was appointed court counselor by Landgrave Friedrich von Hessen-Homburg , moved to Hanau and was appointed a councilor there in 1816.

During these years he published in several paperback books that he edited and brought out the harp hits of a religious muse in two volumes. A number of pathetic-patriotic poems written by Buri fall during the time of the Wars of Liberation , including one about the death of Prince Leopold Victor Friedrich von Hessen-Homburg in the Battle of Großgörschen ( Ode to the immortal memory of the most illustrious Mr. Leopold Victor Friedrich Prinzen of Hesse -Homburg 1813) or the poem The Victory Over the World Tyrant (1815), which celebrated the victory over Napoleon, and which met with approval from both Blucher and the Prussian king. Nevertheless, his poems, which were often perceived as moralizing and lengthy, were not recognized beyond a small circle.

Works

  • Poems. 2 parts. Offenbach 1791 and 1797.
  • Sketches and small paintings. Offenbach 1792.
  • The song of the seven rivers of Hesse with the [...] Elector of Hesse Wilhelm I. Reintroduces into Hanau on November 29th, 1813. 1813.
  • Ode to the immortal memory of the most noble Mr. Leopold Victor Friedrich Prince of Hesse-Homburg, who died the death of the brave near Lutzen on May 2nd, 1813 in the 26th year of life, sanctified on the day of his solemn burial in Homburg vor der Höhe. 1813.
  • The triumph of mankind. Ode to the victorious entry of the high allied monarchs into Paris on March 31, 1814. Hanau 1814.
  • Song on the Schluchtfelde near Hannau on October 31, 1814. Hanau 1814.
  • Lied, the festival of liberation that was celebrated on May 1st, 1814 in Rödelheim. 1814.
  • Strikes on the harp of a religious muse. 2 vols. Hanau 1814 and 1817.
  • The victory over the world tyrant, achieved by the heroes Blücher and Wellington on June 16, 1815: rhapsodically and lyrically celebrated. Frankfurt am Main 1815.
  • Songs for the annual celebration of the Leipzig rescue battle. Essen 1815.

literature

  • Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries. Wiesbaden 1985, p. 49 f.
  • Wilhelm Rüdiger: Christian Carl Ernst Wilhelm Buri. A contribution to Hessian literary history. In: Archive for Hessian History and Antiquity, New Series 4 (1918), pp. 423–442.
  • Hans Sarkowicz: Buri, Christian Karl. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, vol. 2, p. 307 f.
  • Heinrich Schneider: Buri, Christian Carl Ernst Wilhelm . In: Hessian biographies. Edited by Hermann Haupt in connection with Karl Esselborn and Georg Lehnert. Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1918, vol. 1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Wachtmann: Family Chronicle of Pastor Friedrich Seybert (1865-1955): Ancestors of Generation IX. BoD, Norderstedt 2016, ISBN 978-3-7392-6414-1 , No. 264, digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D9-tUCwAAQBAJ~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPT97~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D .
  2. ↑ Especially in the years 1795, 1805 and 1816.
  3. ↑ The paperback was published in Offenbach from 1783 to 1824, Buri published it from 1814 (or earlier) to 1817. Most of his contributions there fall during this time.
personal data
SURNAME Buri, Christian Karl Ernst Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buri, Christian Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Birstein
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1817
Place of death Homburg vor der Höhe