Christian Scharpff

August Christian Scharpff (born April 24, 1804 in Homburg ) was a German journalist , editor and professor for the German language. He campaigned for the preservation of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Germany and was a speaker at the Hambach Festival of 1832.

Live and act

August Christian Scharpff was born in Homburg in 1804. He studied law in Erlangen and philology from 1824 in Munich and from 1827/28 in Würzburg. During his studies he became a member of the old Munich fraternity Germania in 1827 . Even before the Deutsche Tribüne was established in his hometown and Scharpff worked as a co-editor , the student wrote a "welcome poem" for the Deutsche Tribüne and published it in the Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer newspaper of the Westbote . Several of his texts, which he had written for the Deutsche Tribüne , were presented in whole or in excerpts to the Federal Assembly of the German Confederation and were intended to emphasize the ban on the Deutsche Tribüne newspaper , as they were heavily criticized and with “no consideration”. After the ban came into force, Scharpff campaigned for the newspaper to continue to exist. However, there was no success. During this time he also became a member of the German Press and Fatherland Association . A little later, at the end of May 1832, he was one of the speakers at the Hambach Festival . Because of the criticism expressed there, the police arrested him on August 17, 1832. His trial was negotiated by the extraordinary court of judges (jury) of Landau in 1833. He was acquitted. He left the German states in the direction of Strasbourg in March 1834. Apparently without ever having entered Switzerland and without his prior knowledge, Scharpff was among the signatories of the first two proclamations of the “ Young Germany ” in 1834. His code name in the secret society “Essig” suggests in any case indicated that he was a member of the secret society. He worked as a professor of the German language in Mulhouse and remained active in the craft movement until the 1840s. Further information about his life is unknown.

Works

Poems . Printing and publishing house Georg Ritter , Zweibrücken 1829, 94 pages
Song: Vaterland im Schwerterglanze , 1832
various articles in the German tribune

literature

Johann Georg August Wirth: German Tribune (1831-1832). Newly edited by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. Two volumes in three sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. Edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. By Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. P. 59, p. 81, p. 491.
Joachim Kermann, Gerhard Nestler, Dieter Schiffmann (eds.): Freedom, Unity and Europe . The Hambach Festival of 1832 - causes, goals and effects. Verlag Pro Message, Ludwigshafen 2006, ISBN 3-934845-22-3 , p. 262-263 .
Antje Gerlach: German literature in exile in Switzerland . Lostermann, Vittorio, 1975, ISBN 978-3-465-01042-5 , pp. 37 ( books.google.de ).
Edgar Süss: The Palatinate in the "Black Book". A personal historical contribution to the history of the Hambach Festival, early Palatinate and German liberalism . Heidelberg publications on regional history and regional studies, No. 3. Verlag Winter, Heidelberg 1956, pp. 113–114.
Ludwig Hoffmann (ed.): Complete negotiations before the king. Bayer. Appeal courts against Dr. Wirth, Siebenpfeifer, Stockdörfer… G. Ritter, Zweibrücken 1832 ( digitized version ).
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 202-203.
Martin Baus: Christian Scharpff . In: Helmut Reinalter (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of Democratic and Liberal Movements in Central Europe , Volume 2 / Part 1. Frankfurt 2005, pp. 247–248.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Antje Gerlach: German Literature in Swiss Exile . Lostermann, Vittorio, 1975, ISBN 978-3-465-01042-5 , pp. 37 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ ^a ^b Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 491.
^ ^A ^b ^c Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 81.
^ Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 75.
^ Johann Georg August Wirth: The national festival of the Germans in Hambach. Volumes 1–2, printer Philipp Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt, 1832, p. 13 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Scharpff, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scharpff, August Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publicist and professor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Homburg
DATE OF DEATH	19th century or 20th century

[AGerlach37-1] A ^b Antje Gerlach: German Literature in Swiss Exile . Lostermann, Vittorio, 1975, ISBN 978-3-465-01042-5 , pp. 37 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Trb491-2] Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 491.

[Trb81-3] A ^b ^c Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 81.

[Trb75-4] Johann Georg August Wirth: Deutsche Tribüne (1831-1832). newly published by Wolfram Siemann and Christof Müller-Wirth. 2 volumes in 3 sub-volumes (new version of the original with extensive commentary volume). KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11543-1 . Volume 1: German grandstand. edited by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt. Volume 2: Presentation, commentary, glossary, register, documents. by Elisabeth Hüls and Hedwig Herold-Schmidt, p. 75.

[Vaterland_im_Schwerterglanze-5] Johann Georg August Wirth: The national festival of the Germans in Hambach. Volumes 1–2, printer Philipp Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt, 1832, p. 13 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).