German Society of Göttingen
The German company in Goettingen was a speech society of Enlightenment , which in 1738 within the structure of the newly founded Georg-August University of Göttingen as a branch of 1727 by Johann Christoph Gottsched in Leipzig "along the lines of française Académie " founded the German Society launched has been.
By Johann Lorenz von Mosheim , the President of the Leipzig company, formation of a Gottingen subsidiary was already in 1735 been suggested, but only after the appointment Johann Matthias Gesner at the University of Goettingen a Philological seminar was implemented and initiated by the latter. With Gesner a suitable president was available and the seminarians came into question as possible members of the German Society of Göttingen . On August 18, 1738, the founding statutes were signed, and on February 13, 1740, the Society received official confirmation from the Hanoverian sovereign and elector, who was also King in Great Britain.George II of England. Through this royal recognition and incorporation , the company became the seal leader . It existed until 1791 , with a turning point due to the Seven Years' War (1759–1761).