Florence Friedrich Sigismund

Florence Friedrich Sigismund (born March 23, 1791 in Schwarzburg ; † November 3, 1877 in Blankenburg ) was a German lawyer and poet.

Life

His grandfather Johann Heinrich Sigismund was a school teacher in Schmalenbuche , his father Johann Marcus Sigismund a teacher in Schwarzburg, later in Schmalenbuche and finally in Blankenburg. Florence Friedrich Sigismund initially trained as a porcelain painter, but then attended high school in Rudolstadt and studied law at the University of Jena from 1812 to 1815 . He embarked on a legal career and initially became a notary and actuary in Stadtilm . In 1829 he was a bailiff at the office Blankenburg added, and soon received the title of schwarzenburg-rudolstädtischen Judicial Council . When the office of Blankenburg was lifted in 1868, he retired.

He translated various works from French, was interested in botany and was active in the Rudolstadt Masonic Lodge . He wrote poems and local historical treatises that appeared in various newspapers and magazines. The best known was his poem Wanderlust , which was published in 1847 in the sixth issue of the anthology Christmas tree for poor children edited by Friedrich Hofmann . This text became popular in the setting by Friedrich Wilhelm Möller from the 1950s as a popular hit under the title My father was a wanderer ; In early music editions the name of the poet was incorrectly given in the spelling Fl [orenz] Siegesmund .

His wife Friederike was the daughter of the late mayor Fischer in Blankenburg. There were seven children from this marriage. His son Berthold Sigismund (1819–1864) became a doctor, educator, poet and local politician.

Works (selection)

Poems

• I walked through the flowery meadows.
• The harper.
• Farewell, the earth's lust and splendor.
• The Schwarzburger Valley.
• Wanderlust (" My father was a wanderer ") (1847)
• My Life (1872)

Translations

• Voltaire : Candide or the best world. Schumann, Zwickau and Leipzig 1821.
• Voltaire: Zadig or fate. An oriental story. Schumann, Zwickau 1830.
• Florian : Estelle. An idyll. Schumann, Zwickau 1830.
• Florian: Galathee. An idyll. Schumann, Zwickau 1830.
• Saint-Pierre : Paul and Virginie. Schumann, Zwickau 1830.

Furthermore local historical articles about Paulinzella , Schwarzburg, Rudolstadt , Stadtilm and the Thuringian Forest . In: The people's friend from Thuringia. Rudolstadt Newspaper. Organ of the Progressive Party 1872, nos. 79, 82, 83, 87, 88, 95, 97 and 98

literature

• Johann Ludwig Hesse: Invitation to the public school exams that are due to take place on April 6th and 7th of this year (= directory of born Schwarzburgers who made themselves known as scholars or artists through writings. Fifteenth piece). Fröbel, Rudolstadt 1824, p. 6 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• Karl Markscheffel: Berthold Sigismund's Selected Writings with biography and annotations . Verlag von Hermann Beyer and Sons, Langensalza 1900, p. XIII f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Florence Friedrich Sigismund Collection , Archives in Thuringia
• Entry to Florence Friedrich Sigismund in Kalliope

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How Blankenburg became a "Bad" , Bad Blankenburg, accessed on March 27, 2020
2. ↑ Tobias Widmaier: My father was a hiker (2010). In: Popular and Traditional Songs. Historical-critical song lexicon of the German Folk Song Archive
3. ↑ Setting by Friedrich W. Möller 1953
4. ^ Wilhelm Bernhardi : General German song lexicon. Volume 2: F - M. Hoßfeld, Leipzig 1844, p. 151 ( digitized in the Google book search).
5. ^ Wilhelm Bernhardi: General German song lexicon. Volume 2: F - M. Hoßfeld, Leipzig 1844, p. 245 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
6. ^ Wilhelm Bernhardi: General German song lexicon. Volume 2: F - M. Hoßfeld, Leipzig 1844, p. 287 ( digitized in the Google book search).
7. ^ Wilhelm Bernhardi: General German song lexicon. Volume 3: N - V. Hoßfeld, Leipzig 1846, p. 112 ( digitized in the Google book search).
8. ^ First printing of the text in 1847
9. ^ Karl Goedeke (Ed.): Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Volume 16. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983, p. 590 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ) u. 871 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
10. ^ Karl Goedeke (Ed.): Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Volume 16. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983, p. 873 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
11. ^ ^{A b} Karl Goedeke (Ed.): Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Volume 16. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983, p. 816 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
12. ^ Karl Goedeke (Ed.): Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Volume 16. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983, p. 854 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
13. ^ Online finding aid Florenz Friedrich Sigismund , Archives in Thuringia, accessed on March 27, 2020