Ernst Viktor Schellenberg

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Ernst Viktor Schellenberg (born November 30, 1827 in Altenberg , † July 19, 1896 in Weimar ) was a professor and Privy Councilor. He wrote under the pseudonym Ernst Veit .

Life

Schellenberg studied in Jena and graduated with doctorate to Dr. phil. from. During his studies in 1846 he became a member of the fraternity on the Fürstenkeller and later a co-founder and honorary member of the fraternity Germania Jena . He then worked as a home, private and public teacher in various countries. He started teaching at the secondary school for girls in Weimar in 1858, was appointed director of this facility in 1870 and became a professor in 1871. He received the title of the 1878 Privy Councilor and 1889 to the Privy Court Councilor. Schellenberg was married and had a son Ernst Ludwig from the marriage .

The text for the song " Thüringen, holdes Land " (Thuringian hymn) was written by Schellenberg and later set to music by Carl Müllerhartung .

Publications

  • 1858 joke or too much of a good thing
  • 1876 Small song and picture book: Poems
  • 1892 the big year (1870-1871)

literature

  • German Literature Lexicon, founded by Wilhelm Kosch, Volume 14, Column 403; at Francke Verlag Bern, 1992.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 605.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Heinrich Schneider : The fraternity Germania zu Jena. A commemorative publication. Jena 1897, p. 564.