Franz Hermann von Hermannsthal

Franz Herman von Herrmansthal lithograph by August Prinzhofer , 1850

Franz Hermann von Hermannsthal (born August 14, 1799 in Vienna ; † June 24, 1875 there ) was an Austrian administrative officer , poet and dramaturge .

Life

Hermann von Hermannsthal was the son of an Imperial and Royal Deputy Court Bookkeeper at the Court War Council and attended the University of Vienna . There he completed a law degree . During his studies he joined the Vienna fraternity in 1819 . After completing his studies, he entered the state service in the field of financial administration and around 1830 moved as a secretary to the Cameral Slope Administration in Ljubljana . He later returned to his hometown Vienna and became Ministerial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. There he goes to the section councilon. He was retired on October 27, 1864 .

Hermann von Hermannsthal devoted himself to poetry from an early age . He also devoted himself to the dramas and made his debut with The Blood Revenge (1831). Ziani and his bride (1847) and The Last Ravenswood (1860) arrived at the Hofburg Theater for performance and could among his contemporaries notable successes recorded. His poems also received praise in his time, but are now classified as mediocre.

Publications (selection)

• Poems , Gerold, Vienna 1830.
• The blood revenge . Wagner, Freiburg im Breisgau 1831.
• My curriculum vitae abroad , Wagner, Freiburg im Breisgau 1837.
• Ziani and his bride , drama, 1847.
• The Last Ravenswood , Tragedy, 1860.
• Ghaselen: old and new , Reclam, Leipzig 1872.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Hermann von Herrmannsthal, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 396 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Joseph Kürschner :  Hermann von Herrmannsthal, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 188.
• Hermann von Hermannsthal, Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 288.
• Heinz Rieder:  Hermann von Hermannsthal, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 665 ( digitized version ).
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 320.

Web links

• Works by and about Franz Hermann von Hermannsthal  in the German Digital Library