Georg Thudichum

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Pencil drawing 1843: Georg Thudichum
at the age of 49

Georg Thudichum (born March 29, 1794 in Eudorf near Alsfeld , † December 27, 1873 in Darmstadt ) was a German Protestant theologian and classical philologist . He translated Sophocles and Greek poets and elegists . He was director of the high school in Büdingen and as a liberal he was also politically active.

Life

The Thudichum family comes from Marbach am Neckar . Friedrich Valentin Thudichum (born March 19, 1754 in Marbach; † June 28, 1818 in Nidda), friends with the Schiller family and distantly related to him through his mother, emigrated from Württemberg in 1778 because he received a frank text about the revelation of Johannes had blocked access to the Württemberg church service. He was first pastor in Eudorf and then inspector ( dean ) in Nidda . Friedrich was married to Magdalena Marie, b. Löber (May 3, 1767 in Sellnrod; † January 4, 1813 in Nidda). The marriage concluded in Eudorf on October 31, 1784 resulted in eight children, including Georg and his brother, who later became a member of the state parliament, Ludwig Thudichum .

Son Georg became a pupil of Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker , devoted himself to theology and philology and in 1814 took part in the wars of liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte as a volunteer hunter . During his studies he became a member of the Teutsche Reading Society (1815) and the Germanic Association . After completing his studies in 1818, he became the third pastor of the United Parish in Büdingen and at the same time a teacher at the local grammar school. In 1839 he became director of the grammar school and in 1842 a member of the Oberstudienrath in Darmstadt . His students included the dramatist and important rhetorician Adolf Calmberg and the later SDAP co-founder Samuel Spier . In 1863 he retired and lived for the last few years in Darmstadt, where he died on December 27, 1873 at the age of 80.

On October 31, 1828 married Thudichum in Grünberg born, the 23-year-old Frederike Baist (March 14, 1805 - April 23, 1879). The marriage resulted in three sons and three daughters: Karl, Friedrich Wolfgang Karl von Thudichum , a respected legal scholar and Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, who is considered the founder of brain chemistry, as well as Luise, Marie and Ottilie. His daughter Ottilie married Hermann Weber , who later became President of the State Parliament .

Georg Thudichum 1 Friederike , b. Baist
* March 29, 1794 in Eudorf;
† December 27, 1873 in Darmstadt 		⚭ October 31, 1828 in Grünberg * March 14, 1805 in Wenings;
† April 23, 1879 in Darmstadt
Children:
1 Ludwig Johann Wilhelm * August 27, 1829 in Büdingen † September 6, 1901 in London
2 Friedrich Wolfgang Karl * November 18, 1831 in Büdingen † March 17, 1913 in Wildbad
3 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm * July 3, 1833 in Büdingen † February 22, 1914 in Geneva
4th Marie Charlotte Luise Wilhelmine * March 9, 1835 in Büdingen † January 23, 1919 in Darmstadt
5 Ottilie Emma Hilda * December 18, 1836 in Büdingen † January 15, 1918 in Darmstadt
6th Luise Amalie * November 19, 1838 in Büdingen † February 10, 1919 in Gugging near Vienna
1 Dr. philos., pastor, high school director and senior student council in Büdingen in the Grand Duchy of Hesse

Works

Thudichum on the 24th birthday of Frederike

O take, you beloved being,
you of my soul's purest air
,
whom your faithfulness will choose to you, the happy one on your breast.

Only a wreath to adorn your head,
I only offer a stammering word,
For I am unable to express
what moves me wonderfully.

Thoughts willingly
do not follow the art law of rhyme,
my mind indulges itself without barriers,
my whole heart is a poem.

  • The tragedies of Sophocles. I. Part. EW Leske, Leipzig, and Darmstadt and A. Markus, Bonn 1827.
  • The doctrinal sayings of Theognis. In a metric translation with brief explanations. Heller, Büdingen 1828.
  • History of the high school in Büdingen. Büdingen 1832.
  • The tragedies of Sophocles. II. Part. 1838.
  • Appendix to the Büdinger Gesangbuch Heller, Büdingen around 1841 (200 songs and 165 pages.)
  • About the Church Movements of Our Time. Büdingen 1845.
  • History of the high school in Büdingen. Continuation. From the years 1832-1847 Heller, Büdingen 1847.
  • The Biblical Story. A reading book for school and home. Heller, Büdingen 1847.
  • Brief epitome of biblical Christian truths. An Appendix to Biblical History for School and Home. Heller, Büdingen 1852.
  • Sophocles. Translated. New processing. EW Leske, Darmstadt 1855.
  • Grape and Wine in Cultural History. Laupp, Tübingen 1881.

literature

  • Friedrich Thudichum: History of the Thudichum family. First part 1716-1848. Tübingen 1893.
  • Volkmar Stein, Sven Teschke, Peter Zinnkann: Exhibition catalog: Georg Thudichum and his important sons . Ed .: Magistrate of the City of Büdingen / City Archives. 1st edition. Büdingen November 27, 2008, p. 52 .
  • Karl August Helfenbein: The Lauterbach family Calmberg-Fink. A contribution to the creation of the world and the transfiguration of the world (= Lauterbach Collections No. 78, 1993 edition). Lauterbach 1994.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, A. Teutsche Lesegesellschaft (Teutonia). No. 43.
  2. ^ Friedrich Thudichum: History of the Thudichum family. First part 1716-1848. Tübingen 1893, pp. 85-86.
personal data
SURNAME Thudichum, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Eudorf near Alsfeld
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1873
Place of death Darmstadt