German-minded cooperative

The German-minded cooperative was a German language society in the Baroque era .

Philipp von Zesen

Philipp von Zesen , also a member of the Fruit-Bringing Society , founded the German-Minded Cooperative in Hamburg in 1643 . As a symbol she carried a rose . It was divided into different guilds, which changed with the respective presidents.

According to Philipp von Zesen, Johann Peisker prepared a list of members (first edition 1685, second edition 1705), which last comprised 207 members (1–155, 157–208; the number 156 remained vacant). It shows the following structure:

• Rose guild : 9 guild seats with 9 guild members each = 81 members
• Lily guild : 7 guild seats with 7 guild members each = 49 members
• Closest guild : 5 guild seats with 5 guild members each = 25 members
• Main and diamond guild : 12 guild seats with 12 members each = 144 possible members, admitted (1705) only 52 members.

According to this structure, if the German-minded cooperative were dissolved, 91 (or 92 if number 156 were occupied) would have been possible to allocate.

The society, which also accepted female members, existed until 1705 . Apparently, however, the society was largely a fiction of Zen. Some prominent members (such as Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg and Sigmund von Birken ) did not even know that the President had accepted them and only found out about this by chance from other members.

Important members (guild names in brackets) were u. a.

• Johann Georg Albini ("The Blooming One")
• Johann Bellin ("The Willing One")
• Sigmund von Birken ("The Rüchende")
• Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg ("The Brave")
• Andreas Daniel Habichhorst ("The Blooming")
• Georg Philipp Harsdörffer ("The Art Player")
• Johann Klaj ("The Stranger")
• Johann Michael Moscherosch ("The Dreaming")
• Christian Knorr von Rosenroth ("The Shameful")
• Theodor Kornfeld ("The Cross-Tolerant")
• Johann Heinrich Ott ("The Witness")
• Christian Otter ("The Preserver")
• Johann Peisker ("The Uncommon")
• Wenzel Scherffer von Scherffenstein ("The Desire")
• Jacob Schwieger ("The Fugitive")
• Philipp von Zesen ("The Färtige")

See also

• List of language clubs

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Philipp von Zesen: Complete Works. Edited by Ferdinand van Ingen. Vol. 12: German-Latin leaders. Corporate documents. Appendix I: Johann Peisker's directory of members, pp. 421ff. deGruyter: Berlin 1985.