Friedrich of Lupine

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Friedrich von Lupine , since 1829 Freiherr von Lupine (born November 11, 1771 in Memmingen , † November 28, 1845 in Illerfeld ) was a German administrative officer, mineralogist, geologist and writer.

Portrait of the office director Friedrich von Lupine

Life

Friedrich von Lupine came from an old patrician family in Memmingen. He studied law in Strasbourg (from 1789) and Göttingen. When visiting the mines in the Harz Mountains, he became interested in geology and he also took technical and scientific subjects in Göttingen with Johann Beckmann and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and in Erlangen with Johann Christian von Schreber and Eugen Johann Christoph Esper . This was followed by geological and mineralogical study trips to the Harz Mountains, the Ore Mountains, Franconia, the Rhön, the Fichtel Mountains, the Siebengebirge, the Bohemian Forest, Hungary, the Carpathians, Sweden and the Alps, which he also began to publish about in 1793. In 1794 he became a city judge in Memmingen, and after the outbreak of the Revolutionary Wars in 1796 he also took on other tasks in the army supply. He became office manager adjunct and office director in Memmingen in 1802 and was on diplomatic missions in Paris and on the Reichsdeputation in Regensburg in 1802. After Memmingen fell to Bavaria, he was ministerial commissioner in Bavarian service and was commissioned to create a mineralogical overview of Bavaria, including he put on a large collection and in 1809 published a first treatise. In 1809 he became chief commissioner, but was mainly a farmer on his estate Schloss Illerfeld . In 1821 he retired from civil service after the Central Office for Mining had been dissolved. He was also active as a writer on a wide variety of subjects (including a humorous writer and with an autobiography in the style of Jean Paul ) and collected art and antiques. In 1808 he became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . On May 1, 1820, he was elected a member of the Leopoldina with the nickname "Agricola" . After Ludwig I of Bavaria had inspected his collection , he made it hereditary baron on October 24, 1829.

family

Lupine had married Marie von Hartlieb-Wallsporn (1776-1807) on February 15, 1796 in Memmingen. After her untimely death, he married Juliane von Wachter (1790–1857) in Memmingen on February 16, 1809. The following children emerged from the marriages:

  • Ulysses (1800–1884), Bavarian Higher Appeal Judge ⚭ 1836 Aline Freiin von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1815–1893)
  • Adolf (1811–1888), Bavarian Chamberlain and Higher Appeal Judge ⚭ 1843 Magdalene Freiin von Niethammer (1826–1896)
  • Julius (1818–1882), Bavarian district judge ⚭ 1858 Leopoldine Graf
  • Friedrich (1825–1895), Fideikommißherr ⚭ 1866 Luise Edler von Schmädel (1847–1907)
  • Hugo (1829–1902), Württemberg Lieutenant General ⚭ 1860 Karoline Veiel (1841–1917)
  • Agathon (1831–1897), Bavarian Higher Regional Judge ⚭ 1863 Adele Freiin von Waldenfels (1844–1873)

Fonts

  • Mineralogical walks through Franconia. 1793.
  • Summary or compilation of the observations made on a geognostic trip in Swabia and Tyrol in the summer of 1805. In: Efemeriden der Berg- und Metallkunde. Volume 5, Stein, Nürnberg 1809, pp. 353-432 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Résumé of the geognostic and mineralogical observations made on various trips to the Swabian Alb mountains. In: Memoranda of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Munich for the years 1809 and 1810. Munich 1811, pp. 121–148 digitized
  • The gardens, a word in its time. Joseph Ignaz Lentner, Munich 1820 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • Biography of people now living or only deceased in the course of the present century, who have made themselves memorable through deeds and writings. Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1826 (only one volume appeared) ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • School speech given on New Year's Eve 1827 (as Florian Felbel)
  • New year's Eve speech for the year 1839. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • The country bear. 1840.
  • Biography of Queen Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine v. Bavaria. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1843 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • Self-biography of Friedrich Freiherr von Lupine auf Illerfeld. 4 volumes, Weimar 1844 to 1847 ( Volume 1 in the Google Book Search, Volume 3 in the Google Book Search, Volume 4 in the Google Book Search)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member entry by Friedrich Freiherr von Lupine (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
personal data
SURNAME Lupine, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lupine on Illerfeld, Friedrich Freiherr von; Felbel, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist, paleontologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Memmingen
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1845
Place of death Illerfeld