Gotthilf August von Maltitz

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Baron Gotthilf August von Maltitz (born July 9, 1794 in Raudischken , † June 7, 1837 in Dresden ) was a German writer.

Life

Gotthilf August von Maltitz was born as the son of Georg Sigismund von Maltitz (* October 24, 1743 in Falkenberg near Beeskow ; † April 9, 1810 in Königsberg ) and his wife Luise Charlotte (* June 20, 1755 in Groß Klitten , East Prussia ; † 17 June 1807 in Königsberg), a daughter of Friedrich Sigismund von der Groeben (1721–1779), born. Of his twelve siblings are known by name:

  • Otto Friedrich Sigismund von Maltitz (born November 17, 1777 in Markehnen ; † December 20, 1834 in Goldap ), married to Amalie Friederike Helene Luise von Laurens (born February 10, 1783 in Königsberg; † July 2, 1854 there);
  • Johanna Karolina von Maltitz (born March 25, 1779 in Schonglitten, † November 28, 1812 in Oletzko ), married to Karl Heinrich von Morstein (born December 16, 1758, † November 1, 1842 in Kowahlen ), district administrator in Oletzko and Herr auf Kowahlen;
  • Henriette Amalie von Maltitz (* April 28, 1780 in Schonglitten; † July 31, 1825 in Loblaken), married to Mathias Friedrich von Wnuck (* unknown; † 1811 in Pillau );
  • Wilhelmine Dorothea von Maltitz (born November 4, 1785 in Königsberg, † January 7, 1871 in Klein-Artrawaschken), married to Friedrich von Steinwehr (* unknown, † 1851 in Artrawaschken);
  • Lisette Emilie von Maltitz (born January 1, 1789 in Königsberg; † November 29, 1826 there), married to John Friedrich Wilhelm von Ketelhodt (* unknown; † February 6, 1826 in Königsberg);
  • Juliane Auguste von Maltitz (* July 15, 1790 in Raudischken; † May 20, 1869 in Königsberg), married in 1st marriage to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (* 1776 - March 11, 1813 in Tilsit ), who died in 1794 during the storm von Warsaw received the gold medal of merit and died as captain and commander of Tilsit as a result of illnesses which the withdrawal of the French army from Russia brought with it. In her second marriage she was married to her brother-in-law Karl Heinrich von Morstein ;
  • Mathilde Sofie von Maltitz (* May 8, 1798 in Königsberg; † January 9, 1879 ibid), married to Ludwig August von Scheffer (* unknown; † March 22, 1840 in Königsberg).

Although Gotthilf August von Maltitz was physically impaired, his parents intended him to train in forest science, so that he studied at the Tharandt Forestry University in the Kingdom of Saxony , and later he expanded his practical knowledge in the area around Königsberg. During his stay at the university, he suggested an expansion of the path system in the park-like area, the Holy Halls , in the bathing valley of the forest town of Tharandt .

In the war of liberation against France , despite his physical impairment, he volunteered for the Silesian hussars in 1813 and later said:

" In this unfortunate war Prussia raised and achieved tremendous things, but I did more than all of them: for I made a fool of myself and became a hussar ."

After the end of the war, he finished his military service and returned to hunting. In 1821 he was appointed chief forester as a forest overseer ; a transferred forest taxation led to a dispute with his superiors, which led to his anonymously publishing a satire on them. Because this reduced his chances of a promotion, he resigned in 1822 and then went on a trip to Italy . In Naples he made the acquaintance of the painter Karl Georg Enslen .

After returning to Germany, he lived in Berlin for a few years , where he met Heinrich Heine , whom he did not, however, appreciate. His play Hans Kohlhas was performed in the Berlin theater and he wrote his dramatic attempt The Old Student , which glorified the Polish aspirations for freedom and contained passages that objected to the censorship and which resulted in his being expelled from Berlin in 1826; From then on he avoided staying in Prussia until the end of his life.

He moved to the free city of Hamburg , to which not only the city name but also his publisher Julius Campe drew him; there he published the North German Courier for some time . His own contributions, which he published in the Norddeutschen Courier , were later published collectively under the title Pfefferkörner .

In 1830 he went to Paris on the occasion of the July Revolution and made the acquaintance of the journalist and literary and theater critic Ludwig Börne . In Paris, however, he only stayed for a short time due to a lack of language skills and in 1832 he moved to Karlsruhe , then to Stuttgart and finally to Dresden, where he was trained by the general practitioners Carl Friedrich Ernst Allmer (1794–1837) and Ernst after a long period of health problems August Pech (1788–1863) recovered, but fell ill again shortly afterwards and died eight days later.

He was not married in his life and when he died his line of those of Maltitz died out.

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Gotthilf August von Maltitz also published his works under the pseudonym Hermann v. M.

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SURNAME Maltitz, Gotthilf August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maltitz, Gotthilf August v .; Maltitz, GA; Maltitz, GA v .; Maltitz, GA from; Maltiss, GA v.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Raudischken
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1837
Place of death Dresden