Felix Schlagintweit
Felix Schlagintweit (born September 21, 1868 in Bamberg ; † May 17, 1950 on the Urfahrn peninsula on the Chiemsee ) was a German doctor and writer .
Life
Felix Schlagintweit was the son of the railway engineer Anton Schlagintweit and his wife Rosine Schlagintweit, nee. Carpenter. After Gymnasialabsolutorialprüfung 1889 in Bamberg, he studied medicine in Munich and Erlangen and received his doctorate in 1893 in Erlangen with a study of fractures of the spine .
In 1895 he married the Bamberg brewer's daughter Emilie Nathan (1872–1938) in his first marriage and in 1938 the second marriage to the 27 years younger nurse Centa Glier (1895–1961). Both marriages remained childless.
Act as a doctor
After working in Munich and Partenkirchen, Felix Schlagintweit was appointed to the “ Royal Bavarian Mineral Baths Brückenau ” as a doctor around 1896 . Under his leadership, Bad Brückenau achieved world fame as a spa for kidney and bladder diseases. In 1898, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary visited Bad Brückenau for four weeks. Felix Schlagintweit described them as "anemic, shy of people and mentally ill". Outside the course season, he practiced in Munich, where he ran a urological clinic together with his brother Oskar. After saying goodbye to Bad Brückenau in 1908, he set up a new clinic in Heßstrasse in Munich, which was completely destroyed in the Second World War .
Felix Schlagintweit helped urology to make its breakthrough as a new scientific discipline in Bavaria and Germany. His activities in Bad Brückenau and Munich contributed to this, as did his scientific publications such as the textbook The Urology of the General Practitioner, collaboration with the journal for urology and the invention of a retrograde cystoscope and other small instruments.
Writing
In his autobiography A Life in Love. Memories of a Munich doctor , Felix Schlagintweit describes the lively life of the Munich cultural scene around 1900 and is thus inscribed in its memory. The Munich Orchestra Association founded in 1880, in which he participated as a double bass player, played a central role. He combined everything that had a reputation in Munich and was able to "organize festivals by combining music and decorative art that became famous far beyond Munich".
The autobiography, published in 1943 and reprinted several times, is one of the most widely read books of the post-war years in Munich. The cheerful narrative style, numerous anecdotes from social life, travel experiences with the new automobile and amorous adventures create a radiantly optimistic atmosphere behind which the horrors of two world wars fade.
In 1905 Felix Schlagintweit acquired a property on the Urfahrn peninsula on the Chiemsee. A life in love is also dedicated to this phase of life and is an informative source for the Chiemsee artist life, the painters' colony on the Fraueninsel and the activities of the summer visitors from the city .
In 1899, he wrote a parody of Mozart's Magic Flute for the move into the new rehearsal room of the orchestral club “Zum Goldenen Hirschen” on Türkenstrasse in Munich . In this cabaret scene with the title Die Zaubergeige or Dieprüfung a little violinist has to take the entrance exam for the orchestra of Sarastro (alias Emanuel von Seidl ). Felix Schlagintweit is also the librettist for the comic opera Diefallen, which was printed in 1916 for his friends. The medieval story takes place in the vicinity of Selva Castle (South Tyrol) .
The medical examination of the bladder disease of Napoleon III. inspired the urologist to write the historical novel Napoleon III, Lulu and Eugenie, published in 1935. With the subtitle Human - All Too Human from the Second Empire , the narrative approach is already given programmatically. "The real people of that time" and "the historical truth in anecdotes" should be described.
The seemingly autobiographical novel Don Juan's Honeymoon, published from the estate in 1953, describes a love triangle between a woman and two men. The once fun-loving and ambitious writer, doctor Lutz became an invalid after the Second World War. His rival Professor Will is not returning from the Eastern Front. Lutz attempts suicide on the stormy Chiemsee. Lisa saves him, however, and the two find a deep love for each other.
In an obituary for Felix Schlagintweit, Münchner Merkur wrote on May 22, 1950: “When the coffin with its remains was rowed in the black boat from Urfahrn to Fraueninsel, a rainbow shone over the lake. It was like a symbol for the fulfilled life of the doctor and writer, which arched itself in peaceful perfection from one middle of the century to the next, shining especially colorful and comforting after the heavy thunderstorm of World War II. "
Literary works
- The magic violin or the exam. A house inauguration festival. Text book with histor. Notes and Spitzlein. Munich 1899.
- Platea or The Jealous Juno. Ballet comedy in two acts and a prelude. By J. Ph. Rameau. Redesigned for the modern stage and ed. Musical part by Hans Schilling, German text by Schlagintweit. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1902.
- Duedelluet [Düdellüt]. 6 lyrical poems by Wilhelm Busch. For male solo quartet by Felix Schlagintweit (music print). Self-published, Munich 1904.
- The trap. Comic opera in two acts by Felix Schlagintweit. Printed as handwriting for his friends. Self-published, Munich 1916.
- Napoleon III, Lulu and Eugenie. "Human - All Too Human" from the Second Empire. Told the Germans from French sources. Ackermann, Munich 1935.
- A life in love. Memories of a Munich doctor. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1943.
- Don Juan's honeymoon. The story of a marriage. Edited from the estate by Gerhard Pallmann. Pflaum, Munich [1953].
Medical writings (selection)
- Experimental examinations and studies of spinal fractures and their operative treatment. Wolf, Munich 1893 (dissertation, University of Erlangen, 1893).
- Bad Brückenau, its therapeutic products and its surroundings. New guide for the sick and healthy. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1905.
- About cystitis. A. Stuber, Würzburg 1907.
- Technique of diagnosis, surgery and ureteral treatment in renal tuberculosis. Presented with an introductory overview and based on our own experience for practice. Lehmann, Munich 1912.
- General Practitioner's Urology. Lehmann, Munich 1921.
Web links
- Portrait and Grave (accessed April 6, 2017)
- Author portrait by Felix Schlagintweit in the literature portal Bavaria
- Literature by and about Felix Schlagintweit in the catalog of the German National Library
- Culture walk around Breitbrunn | Gstadt am Chiemsee
Individual evidence
- ↑ Felix Schlagintweit: A life in love . Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7991-6119-8 , pp. 142 .
- ↑ Felix Schlagintweit: A life in love . Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7991-6119-8 , pp. 104 .
- ^ Felix Schlagintweit: Napoleon III., Lulu and Eugenie. Human - all too human from the Second Empire . 2nd Edition. Droemer, Munich 1949.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlagintweit, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1950 |
| Place of death | Urfahrn at the Chiemsee |