Friedrich Heinrich Limbach

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Friedrich Heinrich Limbach (born September 7, 1801 in Braunschweig , † October 28, 1887 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director .

Life

"Herr Limbach" 1831 Meiningen Court Theater
Wallenstein's death , Düsseldorf 1835, the Limbach couple

Limbach came from a long-established Braunschweig master shoemaker family, residing in Wendenstrasse , most recently no. 1601. His mother was a daughter of the court turner Zacharias Conrad Tägemeyer, residing on Bohlweg , most recently no. 2077. This and subsequently the son Johann Heinrich Tägtmeyer were also teachers at what was then the Collegium Carolinum on Bohlweg. In the neighborhood was the opera house on Hagenmarkt , whose directors, Sophie Walther ( An der Catharinenkirche No. 1982) and Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (Bohlweg No. 2071), lived within sight. Limbach himself later also turned to acting and is described as a valued ensemble member who distinguished himself through education and reliability.

St. James Theater London, painting by John Gregory Crace, 1835

A (Herr) Limbach can be found in relevant theater almanacs : 1825 for Merseburg (there Walther Society), 1826 Halle (there Gerlach Society), late summer 1827 Rudolstadt (troupe from von Schwartz). Heinrich Eduard Bethmann had taken over the company in 1828 , initially for the Leipzig City Theater , when Karl Theodor von Küstner had resigned there. With this Bethmann “Herzoglich-Anhalt-Dessauische” society, Limbach traveled through Central Germany (e.g. to the new Herzogliche Hoftheater Meiningen in 1831 ) together with his wife, the actress and singer Auguste Mathilde Hildebrandt (1801–1885), divorced Hartmann, daughter of the Dresden theater prop master Franz Matthias Anton Hildebrandt, - as “M. Limbach ”should not be confused with Madelaine / Magdalena Limbach (* 1810) and Margaretha Limbach (* 1817), the latter married to actor Freymüller.

In 1834, Karl Immermann brought the couple to the Stadttheater Düsseldorf , where Immermann was involved in reforming and optimizing role studies using his own method (“Immermann's model stage”). In 1837 the Limbachs went to the Detmold Court Theater , where three of their children were soon on stage, interrupted by an engagement in Oldenburg at the Grand Ducal Court Theater . After all, they worked at the Hoftheater Darmstadt from 1850 to around 1863 - with guest engagements in Oldenburg, Hamburg , London (1852 and 1853 summer engagements at St James's Theater under Emil Devrient ) and 1856 Berlin (Friedrich Wilhelmstädtisches Theater, later Deutsches Theater Berlin ).

The couple spent their twilight years in Berlin with their daughter, the soprano Luise Limbach (1834–1909), married von Carnap. In addition, Friedrich Heinrich and Mathilde Limbach had the following children:

  • Marie Susanna (* 1827 in Rudolstadt, † 1912 in Houston / Texas), singer and actress, married to the opera singer Friedrich Gottlieb Adolph Benda .
  • Marie Therese (* 1837 in Detmold, † around 1906 in Munich), married Kraitmayr, actress and singer in Kassel at the Electoral Opera House ( Staatstheater Kassel ).
  • Anton Paul (* 1840 in Detmold, † 1899 in Chicago), singer (bass), emigrated in 1881 as a lithographer.
  • Ludwig Theodor (* 1844 in Detmold).

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Limbach, Louise . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 607–608 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ). (including parents)
  • Eduard Devrient : History of German Drama . tape 2 . Henschelverlag Art and Society (license from Langen Müller publisher), Berlin 1967, p. 224, 268, 275 .
  • Albrecht: You can waste the stars - actor memories of the 18th and 19th centuries . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1980, p. 382 .
  • Ludwig Wollrabe: The French miller . Druck und Commissions-Verlag by JB Klein, Crefeld 1842, p. 221 f . ( Text archive - Internet Archive - biography of the actor Carl Theodor Müller).
  • Eike Pies : Principals - for Genealogy d. German-speaking professional theater from the 17th to the 19th century . A. Henn Verla, Düsseldorf 1973, ISBN 3-450-01061-1 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ General German Theater Almanach, Almanach for Friends of Drama, A. Heinrichs German Stage Almanach, German Stage Almanach (Decision) - at Google Books and / or Hamburg State Library, Theater Department (old building)
  2. ↑ It was not common to use the first name at that time, not even on large houses! (with the exception of theater directors, likelihood of confusion and child roles). Another Mr. Limbach has not yet been identified, Limbach often performed together with Mad. Limbach (also the Limbach couple ). Friedrich Heinrich Limbach's documented family events took place at the proven theater seats, and the Limbach children involved were performed by their familiar first names
  3. ↑ In his marriage certificate from April 1832, FH calls himself a “member of the Bethmannsche Actor Society in Nordhausen ”, the Nordhausen city archive confirmed the stay of a “Herzoglich-Anhalt-Dessauische Gesellschaft” for April a. May 1832.
  4. ↑ see St James's Theater in the English language Wikipedia

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Kosch: German Theater Lexicon. Volume 2, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1960, p. 1247
  2. ↑ Date of death with registry office references at ancestry.de
  3. ↑ Baptism, marriage and death entries in St. Katharinen from 1801 at the Braunschweig City Archives
  4. ^ Johann Joachim Eschenburg: Draft of a history of the Collegii Carolini in Braunschweig. Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin, 1812, p. 88. Royal Saxon Academy for Forestry and Agriculture in Tharand ': Forstwirthschaftliches Jahrbuch. Volume 7. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1851, p. 28.
  5. ↑ publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de Address books Braunschweig from 1776
  6. ↑ in article about the daughter, Ludwig Eisenberg : Limbach, Louise . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 607–608 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ). Eduard Devrient: History of German Drama. Henschelverlag Art and Society (License Verlag Langen Müller), Berlin 1967, p. 224, 268. Albrecht: You are allowed to waste the stars - actor memories of the 18th and 19th centuries. Buchverlag Der Morgen Berlin, 1980, p. 382. Schumann edition of letters: exchange of letters from friends and artists. Verlag Dohr 2009, p. 134.
  7. ↑ Walther, Sophie. on weber-otalausgabe.de
  8. ↑ Carl Constantin Gerlach. on weber-otalausgabe.de
  9. ^ The French miller . Text archive - Internet Archive
  10. ↑ civil death certificate for AM Limbach at ancestry.de
  11. ↑ Richard Wagner's autobiography: My life. here: the prohibition of love. Magdeburg 1834/35. Stadt-Theater Leipzig 1838 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). Written information from Darmstadt City Archives 2003.
  12. ^ Karl Leberecht Immermann: Letters. (Volume 1; Volume 3) Editor: Peter Hasubek, Verlag Hanser, 1978, ISBN 3-446-12446-2 , p. 1611.
  13. ↑ Illustration of the playbill resetting by Karl Töpfer, 1840 at the Lippische Landesbibliothek Detmold
  14. ^ Eduard Devrient: History of the German Dramatic Art Henschelverlag Art and Society (License Verlag Langen Müller), Berlin 1967, p. 274 and 275. (Theater review from 1853 in The Musical World. Volume 31, p. 431) .
  15. ↑ Deutscher Bühnen-Almanach (Ent), pp. 47–53; Text archive - Internet Archive
  16. ↑ FamilySearch
  17. ↑ Written information from the Mainz Cathedral and Diocesan Archives 2003
personal data
SURNAME Limbach, Friedrich Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1887
Place of death Berlin