Christian Karl Kanne
Grave slab for Christian Carl Kanne and relatives in the old Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig
Christian Carl Kanne (born December 22, 1744 in Wolkenstein ; † February 20, 1806 in Leipzig ) belonged to the Leipzig Circle of Friends of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Johann Adam Horn (1749-1820).
He received his doctorate in law from the University of Leipzig in spring 1769 . At the beginning of May 1770 he married the Leipzig landlord's daughter Anna Katharina Schönkopf , who had a long-term love affair with the young student Goethe.
Later he was senator and assessor of the Oberhofgericht and the law faculty of Leipzig as well as Leipzig's deputy mayor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Robert Mandelkow a . a .: Goethe's letters. 2nd Edition. Vol. 1: Letters from 1764-1786. Christian Wegner Verlag, Hamburg 1968, p. 552
- ^ Elke Richter (editor): Letters - Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Commissioned by the Klassik-Stiftung Weimar , Goethe and Schiller Archive, Vol. 1,1: May 23, 1764 - December 30, 1772: Texts. Berlin 2008, p. 273
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| SURNAME | Kanne, Christian Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kanne, Christian Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senator and assessor of the Court of Appeal and the Leipzig Faculty of Law and Vice Mayor of Leipzig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selva |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1806 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |