Eberhard Friedrich von Gemmingen

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Eberhard Friedrich von Gemmingen

Eberhard Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Gemmingen (born November 5, 1726 in Heilbronn , † January 19, 1791 in Stuttgart ) belongs to the family of the Lords of Gemmingen . He was a poet, composer and politician from Württemberg.

Life

Eberhard Friedrich came from the older Bür-Presteneck branch of the Barons of Gemmingen and was the youngest of three children and the second son of Eberhard von Gemmingen (1674–1741), Obervogt zu Balingen, and Friederike Katharina Justine von Wallbronn. He showed himself to be extremely talented in languages ​​and quickly acquired thorough knowledge of English , French , Italian and Latin during his training ; he mastered the latter like his second mother tongue. He also developed a passion for hunting and chess at a young age.

He studied law in Tübingen and Göttingen . In 1745 he was at the imperial coronation in Frankfurt and in Göttingen in 1748 he wrote a speech on the arrival of King George II of Great Britain. He lived extremely frugally and simply although his father and a. 6000  guilders left. In 1748 he became councilor of Württemberg and in 1767 council and district president. During the Seven Years' War he accompanied the Duke of Württemberg to Bohemia.

He was friends with Albrecht von Haller and the painters Nicolas Guibal and Harper. He was not married and had no offspring. The national culture was important to him and he was considered to be absolutely incorruptible. He was also an excellent historian. As an opponent of privileges, he was also not proud of his title of nobility, but valued it like an heirloom.

He was buried in Burg. In his will, he gave his male servants 1,250 guilders each and his female servants 500 guilders. He bequeathed 3,000 guilders to the poor and the blind.

Works

In literary terms, he appeared in his songs, odes and stories in two volumes. Six poems (glimpses of country life, loneliness in winter, the name of posterity, conflict between awe and calm, the philanthropic statesman and the quiet country air of his friend) are known by him, as well as other poetic and prosaic works.

He was also a friend of music and played the piano with tremendous skill . He composed songs and arias, six large orchestral symphonies, as well as several quartets, trios and duets for various instruments.

In 1821 the following was published from his estate: Heinrich Schickard's Baumeisters von Herrenberg biography

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SURNAME Gemmingen, Eberhard Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gemmingen, Eberhard Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet, composer and Württemberg politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1791
Place of death Stuttgart