Friedrich von Sydow

Friedrich von Sydow

Friedrich Christian Wilhelm von Sydow (born May 23, 1780 in Langensalza , † December 10, 1845 in Sondershausen ) was a Prussian officer and writer .

Life

The son of a colonel from Electoral Saxony who was active as a writer in addition to his military career in the Prussian service , came from the German aristocratic family Sydow .

As a major , he said goodbye to the 31st Infantry Regiment in Erfurt . In the 1820s he moved from Erfurt to Sondershausen in Schwarzburg and in 1832 took over the editing of the entertainment journal for the daily newspaper " Der Deutsche ". He was also very active as a writer and, together with other well-known Thuringian authors, published the eight-volume work “ Thuringia and the Harz ”.

Friedrich was also a member of the Masonic Lodge “ To the Three Mountains ” in Freiberg and founder of the Masonic paperback “ Asträa ”.

family

His wife Wilhelmine (1789–1867), born von Criegern , was also active as a writer under the pseudonym Isidore Grönau in the fictional and practical field. Among his sons were the famous lieutenant colonel Emil von Sydow and Oskar von Sydow (1811–1886), who was pastor in Altenkirchen (Rügen) .

Works

• The Wildschütz Carl Stülpner , Sondershausen 1832
• The grand musketeer. A story from the time of the strange camping near Mühlberg in 1730 , 1834
• The Virgin. According to the requirements of the sensible, educated and soulful man. Or hints for training the female sex. From the pen of a man , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1836
• The wife, mother and housewife. According to the requirements of the sensible, educated and soulful man. Or hints for the training of the female sex. From a man's pen. (Continuation of his work “The Jungfrau”), Leipzig 1837
• Thuringia and the Harz Mountains, with their peculiarities, folk tales and legends. Historical-romantic description of all existing and still existing palaces, castles, monasteries, strange churches and other buildings in Thuringia and the Harz Mountains; Factory villages, mines, ruins, caves, monuments, picturesque areas and other noteworthy objects from the realms of history and nature. , 8 volumes, published by FA Eupel, Sondershausen 1839–1844

literature

• Max Mendheim :  Sydow, Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 280 f.
• Contributions to the Schwarzburgische Heimatskunde. By Th. Irmisch. [Ed. by Gustav Wilhelm Hallensleben.] Second volume. Sondershausen 1906. pp. 294f.
• G [ünther] Lutze: From Sondershausen's past. A contribution to the cultural and moral history of earlier centuries. Third volume. Sondershausen: Eupel 1919. pp. 28 and 156–158.

Wikisource: Friedrich von Sydow  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Friedrich von Sydow in the catalog of the German National Library