Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath

Prince Emil Rudolf Osman von Schoenaich-Carolath-Schilden (also: The Poet Prince from the Haseldorfer Marsch ) (born April 8, 1852 in Breslau (now Wrocław , Poland); † April 30, 1908 at Gut Haseldorf , Holstein , Germany ) was a German squire, poet and novelist.

Life

Prince Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath-Schilden was born on April 8, 1852 as the son of Prince Karl von Schoenaich-Carolath and his wife Emilie von Oppen-Schilden in Breslau. After attending grammar school in Wiesbaden , he went to Zurich and studied literature and art history there in 1870/71 . He then joined the Dragoon Regiment in Colmar , where he served as a lieutenant until 1874. He spent most of the following years traveling, including to Rome and Egypt . In 1887 he married Katharina von Knorring and lived in his castles in Haseldorf / Holstein and Palsgaard / Denmark. The couple had two sons and four daughters.

His literary enthusiasm was aroused at home, especially by his mother, and by the family's contact with the writer Karl von Holtei , who was also from Wroclaw . As a poet he belongs to neo-romanticism . His early poems were in a somber mood. In later works, which also included short stories and short stories, he took up religious and ethical topics and pointed out grievances. Von Schoenaich-Carolath also emerged as a sponsor of other writers, for example he supported Rainer Maria Rilke , Karl Bienenstein and Detlev von Liliencron .

On April 30, 1908, Prince Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath died at Haseldorf Castle and was buried in the cemetery of St. Gabriel's Church.

Works (selection)

1878: Songs to a Lost Woman. Poems.
1881: condensation. Stories.
1883: seals.
1884: stories from minor. Stories.
1894: Civil death. Novella.
1896: The baron. Regulus. The savior of animals. Novellas.
1903: poems.
1903: We are little lights. The gravel pit. The wild geese. Novellas.
1907: Collected works of Prince Emil von Schönaich-Carolath . 7 volumes. GJ Göschen, Leipzig.

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Yearbook for the Pinneberg district . 1984.
Carsten Dürkob : “The failure to fulfill the shadowy wreath”. The life, work and literary history of Prince Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath (1852–1908). Igel, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-896210-85-8 .
Armin Püttger-Conradt : A poet prince of the Elbmarsch - Emil Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath . In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History (ZSHG), vol. 129 (2004).
Search for a "lost one" . In: Wedel-Schulauer Tageblatt, 2008 (on the 100th anniversary of the death of the poet prince).

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Family tree Schönaich-Carolath
↑ The poem Der sadte Landsknecht (“The rain flows through the country”) by Schoenaich-Carolath was set to music by Eugen Lasch in 1910 as a male choir .

personal data
SURNAME	Schoenaich-Carolath, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schoenaich-Carolath-Schilden, Prince Emil Rudolf Osman von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German squire, poet and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breslau (now Wrocław , Poland)
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1908
Place of death	Haseldorf Castle , Holstein , Germany

[1] Family tree Schönaich-Carolath

[2] The poem Der sadte Landsknecht (“The rain flows through the country”) by Schoenaich-Carolath was set to music by Eugen Lasch in 1910 as a male choir .