Emil Reiniger

Emil Reiniger (lithograph around 1840)

Emil Karl Ernst Reiniger (* 1792 in Großenhain ; † 1849 there ) was a German doctor and poet . Together with Karl Preusker, he founded the first public library in Germany, the Vaterländische Bürger-Bibliothek, in Hayn, Saxony, in 1828 .

Life

Reiniger, the son of a pharmacist, practiced as a respected doctor in Grossenhain. He was equally active politically and socially in his hometown. He supported the goals of the bourgeois democratic movement , was committed to education and co-founded several Großenhainer associations. Emil Reiniger shared the idea of "lifelong learning" with the rent manager Karl Preusker. Together they developed the project for a public school library. After it was founded, however, after a short period of participation, Reiniger devoted himself to building up a music club.

He also processed his political thoughts into poetic texts and poems. For example in the Reiterlied , a patriotic poem, which was set to music by the composer Carl Maria von Weber after Reiniger's request in 1825 as a song for male voices. For the folk poem The Battle of Lützen on November 6th, 1632 , published in 1832 , Emil Reiniger was honored with a gold medal by the King of Sweden at the time .

Works (selection)

Soldiers songs. Meissen 1825
Poetic attempts. Verl.-Comptoir, Grimma 1840

Web links

Literature by and about Emil Reiniger in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Großenhainer care (= values of the German homeland . Volume 70). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-09706-6 , p. 363.
↑ Karin Müller-Kelwing: Karl Benjamin Preusker. Archaeologist - reformer - networker . Ed .: Regina Smolnik / Jens Schulze-Forster. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, Markkleeberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86729-088-3 , "For the urban best" - The civic engagement of Karl Benjamin Preusker in Großenhain, p. 44 ff .

personal data
SURNAME	Cleaner, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reiniger, Emil Karl Ernst (full name); Reiniger, Emil Carl Ernst; Reiniger, Emil Ernst; Cleaner, Aemilius Carolus Ernestus; Weingans, Jobst (pseudonym); Weinganz, Jobst (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Doctor, medic and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grossenhain
DATE OF DEATH	1849
Place of death	Grossenhain

[WdH70-1] Großenhainer care (= values of the German homeland . Volume 70). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-09706-6 , p. 363.

[Preusker2011-2] Karin Müller-Kelwing: Karl Benjamin Preusker. Archaeologist - reformer - networker . Ed .: Regina Smolnik / Jens Schulze-Forster. Sax-Verlag, Beucha, Markkleeberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86729-088-3 , "For the urban best" - The civic engagement of Karl Benjamin Preusker in Großenhain, p. 44 ff .