David Fassmann
David F. Faßmann , also Fassmann (* baptized September 20, 1685 in Oberwiesenthal ; † June 14, 1744 in Lichtenstadt ) was a German writer , historiographer and publicist .
Life
From 1718 to 1739 he was the editor of the Moralische Wochenschrift Talks in dem Reicher der Todten in Leipzig . The Bremen press researcher Michael Nagel called him in the "Die Zeit " the "most successful journalist of the first half of the century". For the first time in 1721 and periodically until 1733 in four voluminous volumes he published the travelogue The Chinese Traveling on Orders and Expenses of his Kayser . Faßmann had been a member of the tobacco college since 1726. There he entertained as a joker and “news teller” alongside Jacob Paul von Gundlingthe king and his company. Faßmann caricatured the outward appearances of life and the people at the royal court in amusing, detailed descriptions. In 1731 he gave the funeral sermon to Jacob Paul von Gundling at court , who was buried in a barrel in a ridiculous manner. Since 1731 he was a full member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences . Fassmann died on a trip to Karlsbad in Bohemia .
literature
- David Fassmann: The learned fool. Self-published, Freiburg 1729 ( digitized version and full text in the German text archive ).
- Theodor Hirsch : Faßmann, David . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 580 f.
- Wilmont Haacke: Fassmann, David. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 28 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about David Faßmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- The newly discovered Elisaic fields, and what happened in them as strange as the royal Polish and electoral Saxon lieutenant general at the infantry also Commendant of the mountain fortress Königstein, Friedr. Wilh. Freyh. v. Kyau and the secret Rath and Freyherr Jacob Paul von Gundling, who became very well known in the world through his avanturas at the Royal Prussian Court, met there, which contained extremely remarkable and ingenious discourses, including the true description of life for both of the persons mentioned. [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Nagel: WikiLeaks 1699. Since newspapers have existed, they have been luring people with real and alleged revelations. In: Die Zeit 51/2010, December 16, 2010, p. 21 (online) .
- ^ Members of the previous academies. David Fassmann. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 20, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fassmann, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fassmann, David F .; Fassmann, David F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, historiographer and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized September 20, 1685 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberwiesenthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1744 |
| Place of death | Lichtenstadt |