Ferdinand von Biedenfeld

Ferdinand Leopold Carl Freiherr von Biedenfeld (born May 5, 1788 in Karlsruhe , † March 8, 1862 in Weimar ) was a German poet, dramaturge and publicist .

Life

Ferdinand von Biedenfeld was a son of the grand-ducal colonel of Baden and general commander of the conscription of the Grand Duchy of Baden Ferdinand von Biedenfeld . He studied from 1807 in Heidelberg , where he became a member of the Corps Rhenania , and in Freiburg , was theater director in Berlin , Magdeburg , Breslau and from 1835 in Weimar . As a publicist, he edited the magazine Der Elegante .

family

Ferdinand von Biedenfeld was the last of the Biedenfelds in Württemberg and Baden. His younger brother Ernst (* 1793) was executed in 1849 as a participant in the Baden uprising .

Works

• Conversations for idle hours. 2 volumes. 1815
• Meadow flowers. Story, 1818
• The fashion ball. Comedy, 1818
• Poppy flowers. Story, 2 vol., 1820f.
• The work of love. Tragedy, 1821
• The pariah. Drama, based on the French model by Casimir Delavigne, printed by T. Trautwein, Berlin 1824
• Louis XI. last days. Drama, 1835
• Legends, fairy tales, etc. 4 volumes. 1836
• Stories. 1837
• Origin, revival, size, rule, decay and current conditions of all monastic and nunnery orders in the Orient and Occident: in addition to the illuminated images of 77 different religious orders and a chronological-synchronistic table of the origin of 481 congregations; according to documents and original sources; in 2 volumes . Voigt, Weimar 1837–1839 ( digitized version )
• Monk and nunnery orders in the Orient and Occident. 1837 ( digitized version )
• The Book of the Rose - a popular monograph for poets, botanists, gardeners and flower lovers. Weimar 1840
• Weimar - A leader f. Strangers u. Locals through d. City u. their surroundings. Wilhelm Hoffmann, Weimar 1841 (edition of 1852 online )
• History and constitution of all ecclesiastical and secular, extinct and prosperous knight orders: In addition to an overview of all military and civil decorations, medals. and an atlas with almost 500 illuminated images of the order's insignia, ribbons and chains: at the same time as a continuation of its history of the monastic and nunnery orders in the Orient and Occident . Blooming Orders, 2 volumes, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1841 ( digitized version )
• The praised bliss of our current situation in Germany. 1848
• The comic opera / by Freiherr von Biedenfeld. Leipzig 1848 ( digitized version )
• The comic opera of the Italians, the French and the Germans: a glimpse into the world as it was and is. ( Digitized version )
• Campaign of the Austrians in Italy from the election of Pope Pius the Ninth to the armistice of Milan. Weimar 1849

literature

• Wilhelm Kosch, Siegmar Hohl: German Literature Lexicon , 3rd edition, Bern / Munich 1968