Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg from Buri

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Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg von Buri (born June 21, 1747 in Birstein , † March 7, 1806 in Gießen ) was a German writer during the Enlightenment as well as a Privy Councilor and major a. D. of the Westphalian-Westerwald district infantry battalion.

Life

origin

Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg Buri was the eldest son of the privy councilor Friedrich Carl von Buri and his wife Charlotte Salome Rayss (1715–1767). He came from a widespread family that had an ancestral home on Gut Neuhof between Darmstadt and Offenbach. In 1753 the family was ennobled.

Career

At the age of just 13 he led the Arcadian Society Philandria, founded in 1759 . He thus held the office of argon and was also allowed to sign with this designation. This company achieved a historical significance because on 23. May 1764 to Goethe turned in a letter to Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg to Buri and asked to be admitted. Goethe was 15 years old at the time, and this letter is considered the first he wrote.

In 1765 the company changed to a Masonic Lodge and was later taken over by Adam Weishaupt in the Illuminati Order . There Ernst Carl Ludwig received the order name Crates .

His first literary work, The Intelligence Journal , appeared in 1778 and was a play in three acts. This was followed by other dramas, an opera and the libretto for the comedy Der Kohlenbrenner with music by Justin Heinrich Knecht .

Professionally, he took a military career and became a captain in the service of Count von Wied-Runkel. Later he reached the rank of Colonel Sergeant in the Westphalian-West Forest infantry.

family

He married the singer (alto) of the Darmstadt court orchestra Ludmilla Maria Friederike Schetky (1741–1771), a daughter of the Darmstadt musician Ernst Gottlieb Schetky and Maria Elisabeth Eberhard . The couple had several children:

  • Karoline Marie Friederike (born June 3, 1769 - † June 3, 1769)
  • Karoline (born January 19, 1771 - † October 26, 1830)
⚭ NN. Diery, officer
⚭ NN. Weber, municipal employee in Mainz

After the death of his first wife, he married Dorothea von Lützow (* July 10, 1755; † April 6, 1809) in 1787 , who was the daughter of Colonel of the Westerwald district regiment Ulrich Moritz Bernhard von Lützow and Freiin Sophie von Brockdorff . The couple had several children:

  • Karoline Charlotte Louise Konstantia (* March 30, 1789, † January 25, 1833) ⚭ Johann Julius (Justinus) Haackhe (* April 1, 1779, † November 28, 1831), merchant and shipowner in Hamburg,
  • Ernst Carl Friedrich Heinrich Ysenburg (born February 28, 1790 - † May 8, 1807) Hessian Guard Lieutenant
  • Louise Caroline Friederike (March 1, 1794 - May 20, 1866) ⚭ 1827 Philipp von Reichenbach (1783–1852), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Christian Karl Friedrich Ludwig (* October 26, 1796; † June 17, 1850), chamber director in Riedesel, song poet ⚭ Elise Sophie Friederike Reuning ⚭ 1823 (* August 15, 1799; † April 14, 1853), parents of Maximilian of Buri

Correspondence with Goethe

In Goethe's first letter to Buri dated May 23, 1764, in which he stopped “for nothing but acquaintance”, the young Goethe described himself: “One of my main shortcomings is that I am a bit tough.” He continues: “ Furthermore, I am very used to giving orders, but where I have nothing to say, I can leave it. ”He also praised the addressee's great qualities.

Ysenburg von Buri replied quite abruptly on May 26th, 1764: “You believe me to have qualities that you have not discovered and merits that you have turned down; at least with me. My friends may well think they are doing themselves and me. ”Because of his admission to the Arcadian Society of Philandria, he referred Goethe to Karl Schweitzer:“ So I can't help but ask you to come to Mr. Alexis first The overseer of the company is to be provided so that I can get the appropriate news from him, so as not to expose myself to the cruel responsibility of the company. "

Karl Schweitzer's judgment of Goethe was not positive. However, Ysenburg von Buri still waited with a negative letter. Meanwhile, Goethe wrote to him again on June 2nd: "You are all too kind to me, because you will soon give me hope of entering your company, since I believed that this happiness was far from me."

Ysenburg replied on June 26th: “According to the picture your friend took of you, I cannot do anything other than consider you worthy to be included in our company. But now it is my responsibility to first inform the Society about it and await approval for its admission. According to all conjectures, I will not miss this and then I will accept it without delay. But I can't determine the time yet. "

Goethe replied joyfully on July 6th: "I am very much bound to my joy that he has brought you such an advantageous opinion about me." This ended the direct contact between Goethe and Ysenburg von Buri. Goethe tried to influence Johann André , but he was warned by Ysenburg von Buri on July 16: Goethe was "devoted to debauchery and many other mistakes I made unpleasant." And Johan André wrote back two days later: "Mr. Goethe is previous Been with me for about 1/4 hour a week. He brought me a compliment from Mr. Alexis [Karl Schweitzer] , but the compliment was made up, as Alexis assured me yesterday. [...] He may be fifteen or sixteen years old, otherwise he has more good chatter than thoroughness. "Ysenburg von Buri concluded the matter in a letter to Karl Schweitzer on September 1st:" Mr. Goethe is very quiet and silent I also hope that he will not answer any more. But if he should be so outrageous to contact you again, I have already made up my mind not even to give him an answer. "

Works

  • The intelligence sheet. A play in three acts (1778)
  • The Foster Daughter, a Play in an Act (1778)
  • The sailors. A play with singing in two acts (1788)
  • The coal burner. Comedy with song in 1 act (1789)
  • The ghost. An operetta in two acts (1789)
  • Collection of the most reliable news on the latest revolution in France. Published by Ludwig Ysenburg von Buri (1789)
  • Blindness and Deceivers (1789)
  • The Voice of the People: or The Destruction of the Bastille (1791)
  • Ludwig Capet, or The Regicide. A bourgeois tragedy in four acts (1793)
  • Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen in France. A tragedy in 4 acts (1794)
  • Amazili Opera (no year)

literature

Web links

  • [1] Books on Google Books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goethe Letters 1764
  2. ↑ Goethe Yearbook 24
personal data
SURNAME Buri, Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buri, Ernst Karl Ludwig Ysenburg from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Birstein
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1806
Place of death to water