Friedrich Mosengeil

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Carl Friedrich August Mosengeil (born March 26, 1773 in Schönau / Hörsel , † June 2, 1839 in Meiningen ) was a German stenographer who is considered one of the inventors of the German shorthand .

Life

Training and work

Friedrich Mosengeil studied theology in Jena in 1791 and was appointed by his college friend, the later famous forest scientist Heinrich Cotta , as a teacher of German language and mathematics at his newly founded forest school in Zillbach , where he worked until 1798. Then he went to Frauenbreitungen , where his father was a pastor and whom he supported in his service. In 1804 he received the title of Consistorial Assessor and as such he was educator of the Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Saxony-Meiningen with right of residence in the ducal palace. He accompanied the prince on his travels and also followed him during his studies at the universities of Jena and Heidelberg . In 1816 he received the title of consistorial councilor , in 1821 he became a real member of the ducal consistory in Meiningen and later also became senior consistorial councilor.

Poetry

Mosengeil was also active as a poet, including contributions to Christoph Martin Wieland's Der teutsche Merkur . His enthusiastic leader of the ducal Meiningischen spa town Bad Liebenstein appeared as advertising leaflet in 1815 . He was friends with Johann Ernst Wagner .

Friedrich Mosengeil also wrote a poem on the “declamatory accompaniment” to Beethoven's incidental music op. 84 for Goethe's tragedy Egmont . The poem was written in 1821 with the aim of spreading Beethoven's music, was supposed to evoke “memories of the main scenes of the drama” and “be welcome in places where there is no theater or where Goethe's Egmont with Beethoven's music is not given” ( General musical newspaper, 1821)

Acquaintances

Around 1791 he made the acquaintance of Christian Truchseß von Wetzhausen . He reports on his stay in the Bettenburg in his publication Letters about the poet Ernst Wagner .

He was also personally acquainted with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from around 1819, met and corresponded with him a few times.

Mosengeil met Friedrich von Matthisson in 1827/1828 .

At the beginning of 1835, on the recommendation of Johannes Schulze, he was sent to Berlin to personally inspect Moritz Seebeck as a possible high school director for Meiningen and as a prince educator. This encounter was assessed with a positive report from Mosengeil, so that Seebeck could switch to Meinigen.

family

His son was Julius Mosengeil .

Works (selection)

  • The return. Acting in two acts. Continuation of the Kotzebue drama, hatred and remorse . Hanisch's Erben, Meiningen 1809 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • Bad Liebenstein and its surroundings . Ettinger'sche Buchhandlung, Gotha 1815 ( archive.org ).
  • Rosalia's letters to Serena, written on a trip to Cologne in November 1816 . Hartmann, Meiningen 1817 ( digitized in the BSB )
  • Textbook of German shorthand , Schmid, Jena 1819 ( digitized in the BSB )
  • Consecrated morning and evening hours, celebrated in rural solitude , Kesselring, Hildburghausen 1821
  • As editor: Letters about the poet Ernst Wagner , Varnhagen, Schmalkalden 1826 ( digitized in the BSB )
  • Liebenstein and the new Arcadians. Nature painting and narration (with 7 views) . Wilmanns, Frankfurt / Main 1826.
  • Ernst Wagner's entire writings , 6th volume, Fleischer, Leipzig 1827
  • Ernst Wagner's entire writings , Volume 9, Fleischer, Leipzig 1828
  • Three friends traveling. Stories and small writings of cheerful leisure hours , 3rd volumes, Fleischer, Leipzig 1828 ( digitized volume 2 and volume 3 on Google Books)
  • Declamatory accompaniment to Beethoven's music for Egmont (poem). Printed by the K. Hofbuchdruckerei by J. Rösl, 1830 ( digitized from Google Books)

Trivia

Memorial plaque on the Mosengeils residential building, Burggasse 9, Meiningen

Mosengeil is dedicated to a granite slab attached in 1896 to today's rectory in Schönau adH. It bears the inscription: “1796–1896. The pioneering German shorthand Friedrich Mosengeil, born in Schönau on March 26, 1773. The Association for Simplified Stenography ( Schrey ) on June 28, 1896. "

In Breitungen, the 14 km Wagner-Mosengeil memorial path has been connecting the Roßdorf parsonage with the Frauenbreitungen parsonage, a place where his father worked , since 1998 .

In Jena, Mosengeil lived in Paradiesgasse / Grietgasse (the original building was demolished around 1900) and in Heinrichsberg . A memorial plaque to him is attached to the house at Johannisplatz 25 .

literature

  • Schaubach:  Mosengeil, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 368.
  • Franz Willems: Prym. History and Genealogy , G. Pressler, 1968, p. 295
  • The family book of Friedrich von Matthissons , Volume 1, Wallstein Verlag, 2007
  • Felicitas Marwinski: Thüringer Biographisches Lexikon: Lebenswege in Thüringen , Verlag Vopelius, 2011
  • Reinhold Skarupke: Friedrich Mosengeil (1773–1839): pioneer of German shorthand, writer and theologian: a biography . Wehry-Verlag, 2015

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Mosengeil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mainhardt Graf von Nayhauß-Cormons: Chronicler of Power: Autobiography . Siedler Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-10499-3 ( google.de [accessed December 28, 2017]).
  2. ^ Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: New most elegant conversation lexicon: for educated people from all classes . Ch. E. Kollmann, 1843 ( google.de ).
  3. ^ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Letters 1819–1821 . Jazzybee Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8496-1652-6 ( google.de ).
  4. ^ Stefan Gerber: University administration and scientific organization in the 19th century: The Jena pedagogue and university curator Moritz Seebeck . Böhlau, 2004, ISBN 978-3-412-12804-3 ( google.de ).
  5. ↑ Brief review. In: Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , No. 67, March 21, 1810, p. 1
  6. ↑ hiking trails. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 4, 2018 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rhoenklub.rossdorf-rhoen.de
  7. ↑ Memorial plaques in Jena. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mosengeil, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mosengeil, Carl Friedrich August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stenographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönau / Hörsel
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1839
Place of death Meiningen