Georg Friedrich von Gerstenbergk
Georg Friedrich Conrad Ludwig Müller von Gerstenbergk (born Georg Friedrich Müller ; * October 24, 1778 in Ronneburg , Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg ; † February 14, 1838 in Rautenberg , Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg) was a German lawyer , writer and Chancellor of the Grand Duchy Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach .
Life
The father Georg Friedrich Müller (1748–1811) was a legal advisor in Ronneburg, the mother was Johanne Christiane, née von Gerstenbergk. The son studied law in Jena and Leipzig and became a lawyer, court director and deputy syndic in Ronneburg. During this time he also worked for the Duchess Dorothea von Kurland in nearby Löbichau .
Georg Friedrich Müller lived in Weimar from 1810 , where he became an assessor for the state government. In 1812 he was appointed a councilor and in 1813 he was secret archivist in the State Archives in Weimar. In that year he moved into the house of the writer Johanna Schopenhauer (1766-1838) on Theaterplatz. Their son Arthur fell out completely in 1814 because of this relationship with his mother.
In 1814 Georg Friedrich Müller was adopted by his maternal uncle Conrad Ludwig von Gerstenbergk zu Camburg and accepted his title of nobility. In 1818 he went on a trip to Switzerland with Johanna Schopenhauer. That year he was appointed a secret councilor.
In 1825 Gerstenbergk married Amalie von Häseler (1797 – after 1838). In 1829 he became Vice Chancellor of the state government in Weimar and in the same year Chancellor in Eisenach.
In 1836 he retired and died on February 14, 1838 at noon on his family estate in Rautenberg.
Texts
As Friedrich Müller , he wrote novels and poems , as well as reviews and numerous legal publications.
- Caledonian Tales , 1912
- some texts in Das Buch der Lieder , 1866 (collection by various authors)
Some texts were set to music by composers
- Hippolits Lied , by Franz Schubert
- The girl to the first snowdrop , by Carl Maria von Weber
Georg Friedrich von Gerstenbergk was awarded the House Order of the White Falcon as Commander.
literature
- Otto Fiebiger: News about Friedrich Müller von Gerstenbergk. In: Yearbook of the Schopenhauer Society . Volume 12. 1923. pp. 64–95
- Karl Gräbner: The Grand Ducal Capital and Residence City of Weimar. Erfurt 1830. pp. 141f.
Web links
- Georg Friedrich von Gerstenbergk Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Works by and about Georg Friedrich von Gerstenbergk in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Fiebiger: News about Friedrich Müller von Gerstenbergk. In: Yearbook of the Schopenhauer Society . Year 12. 1925. pp. 64–95; then also David E. Cardwright: Schopenhauer. A biography. Cambridge University Press, 2010. pp. 188, 231-237
- ↑ Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung. Halle 1838. p. 265
- ^ Georg Friedrich Gerstenbergk Thuringian Literature Council, with bibliography
- ↑ Georg Friedrich Gersrenbergk lieder.net, with texts
- ↑ Six Lueder von Gerstenbergk German Digital Library, with notes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerstenbergk, Georg Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerstenbergk, Georg Friedrich Conrad Ludwig Müller von (full name); Müller, Georg Friedrich (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, writer and chancellor in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ronneburg , Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1838 |
| Place of death | Rautenberg , Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg |