Ferdinand Stolle

Ferdinand Stolle

Ferdinand Stolle , actually Ferdinand Ludwig Anders (born September 28, 1806 in Dresden , † September 29, 1872 ibid), was a German writer and journalist.

Life

Stolle, son of an electoral postilion, was orphaned as a child. In 1810 he lost his mother, in 1813 his father died. A childless brother-in-law of his mother, the Dresden municipal official Christian Samuel Stolle, adopted him in 1814. Stolle grew up with this uncle, whose family name he accepted out of gratitude, and attended the Dresden Kreuzschule until 1826 . From 1827 he studied law at the University of Leipzig , but broke off his studies in 1832. Since his uncle denied him any further financial support, Stolle had to earn his living through literary and journalistic work. In 1832 he became editor of the Leipziger Sachsenzeitung. Sheets for discussing the common good, for discussing legislation, state and church constitution, as well as for entertainment and communication about literature, art and industry , which was banned in 1834. Since he was threatened with expulsion from Leipzig for political reasons, he moved to Grimma in 1834 , where he stayed until his return to Dresden in 1855. Here in Grimma he lived as an editor and publisher of fiction papers and as a freelance writer.

In 1842, Stolle launched the humorous and political folk newspaper Der Dorfbarbier , which appeared until 1866. He was also a co-founder and long-time editor of the family magazine Die Gartenlaube - Stolle was the publisher until 1862, as its actual founder Ernst Keil had been deprived of his civil rights due to a punishment for press violations and Keil was therefore not allowed to act as editor of a magazine. Stolle wrote numerous historical novels as well as time novels, short stories and poems. In German Pickwickier. Comical novel from the years 1830–32 (3 vols., 1839) he deals critically and satirically with the small-town-provincial conditions in Germany. Grimma and its inhabitants served as a model for the fictional town of Neukirchen described here. Several of his novels are dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte , whom he admired, and the time of the so-called Wars of Liberation . Stolle thus literarily promoted the Napoleon myth in Germany, especially since these novels were very popular with a broad reading public. Three of the Napoleon novels were reprinted in the 20th century and appeared in editions shortened and edited by Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg .

In Grimma there is the “Stollehaus” at Paul-Gerhardt-Straße 15, where the writer lived from 1848 to 1855. On June 1, 1895, a memorial was erected in the city forest of Grimma, on which the once popular verses he wrote from his poem Grimma can be read: “In the valley where the Mulde flows, there is a small town that nobody can find gladly forgets again who comes in there once. "

Works

• Flowers and pearls. The most magnificent of genuine German poetry wrapped in a diadem for Germany's sensible women . Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kohlmann. 1831
• Saxony's capitals. A humorous and political double panorama . Wigand, Leipzig 1834–35
• The world citizen. A historical novel from the years 1830–32 . Meissner, Leipzig 1839
• Poems . Grimma, "in Commission des Verlags-Comptoirs", 1847
• Selected Writings. Popular and family edition . Vol. 1-30. Keil, Leipzig 1853–65
  • Vol. 1: Camellias. Novellas and short stories
  • Vol. 3–4: Napoleon in Egypt. Historical-romantic painting
  • Vol. 5: Moss roses. Novellas and Stories , Vol. 1
  • Vol. 6-8: German Pickwickier. Funny novel
  • Vol. 9: The longer the better. Fantastic Pieces and Stories , Vol. 1
  • Vol. 10-12: 1813. Historical novel
  • Vol. 13-15: Elba and Waterloo. Historical novel
  • Vol. 16: Moss roses. Novellas and Stories , Vol. 2
  • Vol. 17-18: The inheritance in Kabul. Funny novel
  • Vol. 19: Camellias. Novellas and Stories , Vol. 2
  • Vol. 20–22: The New Caesar. A side piece to "1813" and "Elba and Waterloo"
  • Vol. 23: The longer the better. Fantasy pieces and stories , Vol. 2
  • Vol. 24: Songs and poems with outlines of life history
  • Vol. 25-27 (Supplement Vol. 1–3): Der Weltbürger. Historical novel from the years 1830–1832
  • Vol. 28 (Supplement Vol. 4): Moss Roses. Novellas and Stories , Vol. 3
  • Vol. 29–30 (Supplement Vol. 5–6): The Germans Pickwickier on their travels. Funny side piece to the funny book "Deutsche Pickwickier"
• Selected Writings. Popular and family edition . New episode. Schröter, Plauen 1865
  • Vol. 1–3: The white rose. Secrets from the Seraglio. Oriental novel
  • Vol. 4–7: The Granite Column by Marengo
  • Vol. 8–9: Spring Bells. Stories and short stories
  • Vol. 10-12: The King of Tauharawi. Whimsical novel

New editions:

• 1813. Historical novel. With an introduction by Friedrich Wencker. Berlin 1913
• Elba and Waterloo. Historical novel. With an introduction by Friedrich Wencker. Berlin 1913
• 1813. Historical novel from the Wars of Liberation. Edit again u. ed. by Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg. Berlin [1938]
• Elba and the Hundred Days. Historical novel. Re-edited u. ed. by Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg. Berlin [1938]

literature

• Ferdinand Stolle . In: Otto-Rüdiger Wenzel (Red.): Artists on the Dresden Elbhang, Vol. 2 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 445, ISBN 978-3-936240-09-2 .
• Dirk Göttsche: Time in the Novel. Literary time reflection and the history of the time novel in the late 18th and 19th centuries . Fink, Munich 2001. (In it pp. 543–546 about Stolle's novel Der Weltbürger .)
• Helene Barthel: Anders, Ludwig Ferdinand (accepted name: Ferdinand Stolle ). In: Karl Goedeke : Grundrisz for the history of German poetry from the sources. New episode. (Continuation from 1830 to 1880.) Ed. By Georg Minde-Pouet u. Eva Rothe. Vol. 1. Akademie Verl., Berlin (1955–) 1962, pp. 229–244. (Basic bibliography with detailed life outline.)
• John Theodor Geissendoerfer: Dickens' influence on Ungern-Sternberg, Hesslein, Stolle, Raabe and Ebner-Eschenbach . Appleton, New York 1915. (Americana Germanica; 19).
• F [riedrich] A [nton] Püschmann: Life and work of the writer Dr. LF Stolle. Commemorative speech given at the consecration of the Stollen monument in the forest park in Grimma on June 1, 1895 . Grimma, 1895.
• Ludwig Fränkel:  Stolle, Ludwig Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 786-788.

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Commons : Ferdinand Stolle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Ferdinand Stolle  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Ferdinand Stolle in the catalog of the German National Library