Edward Raczyński (patron)

Edward Raczyński (painting by Adolf Henning )

Count Edward Raczyński (also under the German name Eduard von Raczynski ; born April 2, 1786 in Posen , † January 20, 1845 in Santomischel ) was a Polish nobleman .

He came from the Raczyński family , which belonged to the old nobility of Greater Poland . Edward Raczynski and his brother Atanazy were raised at the family home in Rogalin .

After he became enthusiastic about the first two chants of the Lord Byron verse epic Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , he organized a trip to Greece and Asia Minor in 1814 . After his return he published a magnificent volume in large-folio format in 1821 with the title Dziennik podrozy do Turcyi odbyty w roku MDCCCXIV with a travel report. In 1825 the work was published in the same format under the title Picturesque Journey in some provinces of the Ottoman Empire in German.

In 1829 he founded the Raczyński Library in Poznan.

Raczyński was the lead committee member of the foundation of a monument to Mieszko I and Bolesław the Brave in Poznan . Negotiations were held with Karl Friedrich Schinkel , Christian Daniel Rauch , the Prussian government and the Poznan cathedral chapter . The last problem was Raczyński's personal inscription on the base of the monument, which he finally had to be removed. He then committed suicide with a small cannon.

Fonts

Dziennik podrozy do Turcyi odbyty w roku MDCCCXIV , Breslau 1821 (German: Picturesque journey in some provinces of the Ottoman Empire , Breslau 1825 ( digitized )).

literature

Friedrich Karl Dörner (Ed.): From the Bosporus to Ararat (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 7; = writings of the Hermann Bröckelschen Foundation. Volume 5). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-8053-0417-X , p. 385.
Witold Molik: Edward Raczyński . Poznań 1999, ISBN 83-85811-63-4 .

Web links

Commons : Edward Raczyński (1786–1845) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Edward Raczyński in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Andrzej Tomaszewski : Polish aristocrats and the Berlin culture of the 19th century . In: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin yearbook 1981/82 . Quadriga Verlag , 1983, ISBN 3-88679-300-1 , p. 290-302 .

personal data
SURNAME	Raczyński, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Raczynski, Eduard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish nobleman, founder of the Raczynski Library
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Poznan , now Poland
DATE OF DEATH	January 20, 1845
Place of death	Santomischel

[1] Andrzej Tomaszewski : Polish aristocrats and the Berlin culture of the 19th century . In: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin yearbook 1981/82 . Quadriga Verlag , 1983, ISBN 3-88679-300-1 , p. 290-302 .