Friedrich Franz Kosegarten

Friedrich Franz Kosegarten (pseudonyms: Julius Florello and Justus Jucundus Jocosus ; born November 1, 1772 in Grevesmühlen , † December 19, 1849 in Reval ) was a German theologian , educator and writer .

Life

Friedrich Franz Kosegarten was the youngest son of pastor Bernhard Christian Kosegarten (1722–1803). His mother Anna Christiane, b. Stiegenhaus, († 1979) was the second wife of the father. The philosopher, lawyer and poet Christian Kosegarten (1770–1821) was his brother, the pastors Johann Joachim Kosegarten (1751–1823) and Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1758–1818) were his half-brothers.

Friedrich Franz received private lessons from his father and then attended the Latin school in Wolgast , of which his half-brother Ludwig Gotthard had been the rector since the summer of 1785. He then studied theology from 1791 to 1794 in Rostock and then for another year in Greifswald . Then he became tutor to Johann Friedrich Boldt at Schloss Vietgest .

In 1802 he married Friederike Schröder, the daughter of a council surgeon from Lübeck . He became a teacher at Hezelschen Teaching and Education Institute in Dorpat and was in 1803 at the University of Erfurt Dr. phil. PhD. In 1804 Kosegarten lived in Hamburg and published the weekly "Iris" here. From 1805 to 1814 he was a teacher at the district school in Wenden , then senior teacher at the Gouvernements-Gymnasium in Reval. In addition, Kosegarten was the owner of the "Comptoir for Literature and Art" in Reval. In 1837 he was retired as a councilor .

Fonts (selection)

• The birthday party, in honor of an exemplary mother . Berlin 1797 ( digitized version )
• The character problems or forest hut and rings . Gotha 1800
• The official jubilee of Mr. B. Ch. Kosegarten, first preacher in Grevesmühlen, along with a sketch of his life: with the picture of the jubilant old man . Wismar 1801
• Depiction of the Franco-Russian War of Extermination in 1812 . St. Petersburg 1814 ( digitized version )
• Speech about the light of truth in youth education for the third secular celebration of the Reformation on 19/31. October 1817 in the Imperial Gouvernements-Gymnasio in Reval . Reval
• Views on the study, plan and presentation of the general history of the church, together with a few words about the decretals of the pseudo-Isidore, the bull: in coeno domini, about symbolism and mysticism . Reval 1824 ( digitized version )

literature

• Carola L. Gottzmann and Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . Vol. 1, Berlin New York 2007, pp. 712 f., ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 ( digitized version )

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Friedrich Franz Kosegarten. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital