Elbe Swan Order
The Elbe Swan Order was a linguistic society of the Baroque period , which was founded between 1656 and 1660, ceased in 1667 and had a total of 46 members.
history
The association was founded around 1656/58 (in other sources also 1660) by the Holstein poet and pastor Johann Rist in Wedel . The location of Wedels on the Lower Elbe resulted in the name of the river being included in the order name, Elb schwanenorden. The linguistic societies in general and thus also the Elbe Swan Order had the goal of cultivating the German language and protecting it from foreign influences. The Elbe Swan Order also decided to serve as a "plant garden" for the Palm Order of the Fruit Bringing Society, to which the founder Johann Rist and Johann Valentin Andreae were the only two Protestant theologians. The predominantly bourgeois members of the order had, as is usual in other linguistic societies, shepherd names. Rist himself presided over the order under the name Palatine . Most of the association's customs and habits are unknown. There is an exception to the rule already laid down in the statutes that every member should wear a blue, silk ribbon with a small golden swan in the middle to the meetings. About a decade after it was founded, Johann Rist died in 1667. With him, the Order of the Elbe Swans also went down.
statute
(quoted accordingly)
- Every member should be German or at least be able to speak German in order to write poetry in this language.
- If possible, the member should already be a well-known poet.
- The member should be interested in the further development of the German language and support this through their own publications.
- Every member is encouraged to submit suggestions in writing to the head of the order for improving the order and, if necessary, to propose new members.
- The order is administered by the head of the order. He chooses a herald and two elders to support him.
- All members are called to form sincere, unbreakable friendship and brotherhood .
- Each member should wear a blue silk ribbon at meetings of the order, on which his order name is embroidered in gold and a small golden swan is attached in the middle.
- The head of the order receives their emblem from each member.
- Before a member is published, the entire order must be informed so that the other members can contribute any honorary poems.
- Each member is instructed to assist other members with a publication.
- Each member should assist other members with hand, mouth and faders if they need help.
- Every member is required to write at least two letters to the Head of the Order each year.
Known members
The names of the orders are shown in italics.
- Daniel Bärholz or Philoclythus (1641–1688), poet and councilor
- Franz Burmeister and Sylvander (1633–1672), Protestant hymn poet
- Constantin Christian Dedekind or ConCorD (1628–1715), poet and composer
- Georg Greflinger or Celadon (around 1620–1677), poet and writer
- Conrad von Höveln or Candorin (1630–1689), poet and writer
- Friedrich Hofmann and Epigrammatocles
- Martin von Kempe or Kleodor (1642–1683), poet, literary historian and translator
- Balthasar Kindermann or Kurandor (1636–1706), poet
- Matthäus Merian the Younger or Artisander (1621–1687), German painter, engraver and publisher
- Johannes Praetorius or Prophulidor (1630–1680), writer, polyhistor and compiler
- Johann Rist or Palatine (1607–1667), poet and Evangelical Lutheran preacher
- Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer or Hierophilo (1635–1699), poet, satirist, poet and Protestant hymn writer
- Jacob Schwieger or philosopher (presumably 1629–1663), poet and shepherd poet
- Jacob Sturm or Soliander
- Gotthilf Treuer or Fidelidor (1632–1711), poet and poet
- Michael Franck or Staurophilos (1609–1667), poet-musician and Protestant hymn poet
Revival through the German Language Association
The Elbe Swan Order was revived as an award from the Hamburg regional group of the German Language Association. Previous winners:
- 2005: Hamburg waterworks
- 2007: Hermann Schreiber
- 2008: Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History
- 2009: Rainer Moritz ( Literaturhaus Hamburg )
- 2011: City cleaning Hamburg
- 2012: Hellmuth Karasek
- 2013: Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Wandsbek
- 2014: Achim Reichel
- 2015: Arno Surminski
- 2016: Hamburg Authors' Association eV
- 2017: Peter Schmachthagen
- 2018: Michael Kunze
- 2019: Association Leseleo eV
See also
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- ^ VDS region Hamburg 20/22 Elbe Swan Order. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 10, 2013 ; Retrieved October 15, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Handover of the Elbe Swan Order to the Altona Museum. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rainer Moritz receives the Order of the Elbe Swan. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 13, 2011 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ VDS Hamburg honors city cleaning with the Elbe Swan Order. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 9, 2013 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Elbe Swan Order 2012 for Hellmuth Karasek. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 20, 2012 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Elbschwanenorden" for writer Arno Surminski. Accessed on September 11, 2017.
- ↑ Press release in the Hamburger Abendblatt from September 11, 2017: "Abendblatt author Peter Schmachthagen is honored". Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ Hamburger Abendblatt- Hamburg: Elbschwanenorden for songwriter Michael Kunze. September 26, 2018, accessed October 30, 2019 (German).
- ^ The German Language Association honors ReadingLeo eV with the Elbschwanenorden 2019. In: Leseleo e. V. August 28, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 (German).
literature
- Karl F. Otto, Jr .: The Language Societies of the 17th Century . Metzler, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-476-10109-6 (Metzler Collection; 109).
- Hans Schultz: The efforts of the language societies of the XVII. Century for purification of the German language . Central antiquariat of the GDR, Leipzig 1975 (reprint of the Göttingen edition 1888).
- Christoph Stoll: Linguistic Societies in Germany of the 17th Century. Fruit-bearing society, sincere society from the fir trees, German-minded cooperative, shepherd and flower orders on the Pegnitz, Elbe swan order . List, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-471-61463-X (List-Taschenbuch der Wissenschaft; 1463).