Friedrich August Wagner

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Friedrich August Wagner

Friedrich August Wagner (born April 23, 1775 in Kropstädt ; † March 13, 1856 in Schlieben ) was a German doctor and archaeologist. He is also known as the benefactor of the city of Schlieben .

Life

The pastor's son worked as a general practitioner in Schlieben and then as a district physician in the Schweinitz district . As early as 1805 he had received the privilege to run a pharmacy , which he opened in Schlieben as the first of its kind, but then sold it to a specialist. From 1820 he planted trees and bushes from tree nurseries in Berlin and Potsdam . The parks around Schlieben were created from this. During the planting he came across numerous interesting archaeological finds. From then on he began to be enthusiastic about his father's prehistory and became one of the most important archaeologists of the Prussian province of Saxony and Lower Lusatia of his time. For example, he received a letter of thanks from the Prussian king . However, Wagner's lack of specialist training was also the reason why some of his finds were incorrectly classified and sometimes prematurely drawn to conclusions. As an archaeologist, Wagner was one of the first to publicly object to the thesis of the prehistoric cultural deficit of the north, which was widely used at the time (cf. ex septentrione lux ).

During his lifetime he converted his house into a public museum. For his achievements he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit for Scholars and Artists and the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class. After his death, he was buried in the crypt specially built for him at the foot of the Long Mountain. In 1895 a memorial was erected to him in the middle of the park he had created in Schlieben. Furthermore, two bronze plaques remind of his activities in the place. In Drandorfhof there is still Dr. Wagner's farm and herb garden .

Works (selection)

  • The temples and pyramids of the native inhabitants on the right bank of the Elbe, not far from the outflow of the black Elster , Leipzig 1828
  • The redness, as a disease existing in itself . In: Hecker's Annalen . Volume 13, Berlin 1829, pp. 420-428
  • Climbing obsession observed as a peculiar nerve evil . In: Hecker's Annalen . Volume 15/4, Berlin 1829, pp. 411-415
  • Final report on Convulsio cerealis in the Schweinitzer district and the surrounding area in the years 1831 and 1832 . In: Journal of practical medicine . Volume 75/3, Berlin 1832, pp. 97-106
  • Egypt in Germany or the Germanic-Slavic where not purely Germanic antiquities on the black Elster , Leipzig 1833
  • The redness, as a disease existing in itself and not related to either scarlet fever or measles. From the physicist of the Schweinitzer circle . In: Journal of practical medicine . Volume 79/2, Berlin 1834, pp. 55-65
  • Transmission of anthrax poison to humans and animals, both through touch and through consumption of the meat . In: Journal of practical medicine . Volume 79/4, Berlin 1834, pp. 3-41

literature

  • Home calendar for the Herzberg district 1993, pp. 26–28.
  • LR Schumann: biography of the Kgl. District Physician Dr. Wagner in Schlieben . Torgau 1867.
  • R. Krieg: Chronicle of the city of Schlieben . Close 1897.
  • R. War: Friedrich August Wagner . In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3, Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 309-317.
  • Freundeskreis Zliuuini: The Wagner siblings . Regie-Co-Work, Cottbus 2018, ISBN 978-3-86929-394-3 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manual for. "Völkisch Movement". 1871-1918. Edited by Uwe Puschner, Walter Schmitz and Justus H. Ulbricht. KG-Saur Munich 1996, p. 190.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Kropstädt
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1856
Place of death Close