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