Ernst Gottlob Köstlin

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Ernst Gottlob Köstlin (born May 30, 1780 in Esslingen am Neckar , † February 25, 1824 in Hamburg ) was a German Protestant theologian and professor at the Johanneum in Hamburg.

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Ernst Gottlob Köstlin was the son of Friedrich Köstlin (1749-1818), parish priest in Esslingen, and Magdalena Dorothea Caspart (1750-1803). He first attended the Latin school in Esslingen (today's Georgii-Gymnasium ) and from 1795 to 1797 the Evangelical Seminary in Blaubeuren as "Hospes" (guest student) . In the winter semester of 1797/98 he moved to the University of Tübingen . In addition to philosophy (1811 promotion to Dr. phil. ) And studied theology Köstlin also mathematics and science, with a particular interest of Mineralogy was. After completing his master's degree, he went to Vienna in June 1802 as court master ( private tutor ) to his grand cousin, Baron Immanuel von Rieger (1750-1832) , traveled to London in 1805 and came to Hamburg via Amsterdam at the end of 1806. Here Köstlin was hired in June 1807 on the recommendation of the enlightened pedagogue Johann Gottfried Gurlitt as a non-permanent teacher at the Johanneum . He taught ancient languages, German literature, history and science.

In 1811 Köstlin opened a training institute for boys in Hamburg, which he had to close again two years later due to the adverse effects of the French occupation of the Hanseatic city . He returned to the Johanneum, where he was given a permanent position in 1815 and the title of professor in 1819.

Ernst Gottlob Köstlin was a writer and poet (pseudonym KG Ernst) and translator of Latin works. Köstlin's metric translation of the elegies of the humanist Petrus Lotichius Secundus was published posthumously in 1826 by his brother-in-law Friedrich Bluhme , professor of law at the University of Halle .

Köstlin was also an avid mineral collector, a passion he shared with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , whom he admired . In 1819, in addition to his metrical translation of the satire of Sulpicia, he also provided him with rare minerals. In the same year he became a member of the "Society for the entire mineralogy of Jena ". His important mineral collection was auctioned two years after his death on November 6, 1826 by the broker Georg Ernst Harzen . The printed catalog contained 1630 numbers.

He was married to Doris Köstlin geb. Grabau (1786–1852), with whom he had seven children.

Works

  • Hamburg under French rule , in: Heinrich Luden (Ed.): Nemesis, Zeitschrift für Politik und Geschichte , Vol. 3, Weimar 1814, pp. 45–69, 205–239; Vol. 4, Weimar 1815, pp. 177-213, 365-417
  • KG Ernst: Poems , in: Georg Lotz (Hrsg.): Originals from the realm of truth and whimsy, art and fantasy , Vol. 1, Hamburg 1817, Col. 153–155, 185, 201–203, 245, 287, 289-290, 413
  • KG Ernst: About the beautiful and sublime , in: Georg Lotz (Hrsg.): Originalien from the area of ​​truth and mood, art and fantasy , Vol. 1, Hamburg 1817, Issue 5–6, No. 61–76
  • Lullaby ; To God (poems), in: Nordic Musenalmanach for the year 1819. Poetic flower harvest , 3rd year. Edited by Winfried, Leipzig 1818, pp. 45–46, 235
  • P. [etrus] Lotichius Secundus' elegies , translated from Latin by Ernst Gottlob Köstlin. Edited by Friedrich Blume, Halle 1826 (Reprinted by Royal Press 1968; microfiche edition: Library of German Literature 1221)

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References and comments

  1. ↑ The pseudonym is the reverse order of his name: "K" for Köstlin, "G" for Gottlob and as "last name" Ernst.
  2. ↑ ZDB -ID 2795809-7
personal data
SURNAME Köstlin, Ernst Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Esslingen am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1824
Place of death Hamburg