Gotthold Staudlin

Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin (born October 15, 1758 in Stuttgart , † between September 11 and 13, 1796 in Strasbourg ) was a German poet of the Swabian pre-classical period, a publicist and lawyer. Stäudlin discovered and promoted, among others, the well-known lyric poet Friedrich Hölderlin .

Live and act

Stäudlin's father was a councilor in Stuttgart, his mother was the daughter of Philipp Friedrich Jäger, who was also a councilor and court judge. Stäudlin had at least seven siblings, including the theologian Karl Friedrich Stäudlin . The Stäudlin family belonged to the old, Swabian civil servant families and were part of the Württemberg honors. Because of this, the family tree is easy to trace.

As early as 1775, Stäudlin's first poems were printed in the Mannheim “writing board” and in the “Swabian magazine for learned things”. In the following year, the poem "Lied eines Teutschen Helden" was printed in Schubart's " Teutscher Chronik ", which he later continued. In the same year he received the laurel wreath from his school, the Stuttgart high school illustre , for his extraordinary poetic talent. In addition, in 1776 he was enrolled in law studies in Tübingen, which he did not so much out of his own inclination, but more at the request of his father.

It is also known that Stäudlin was in correspondence with Johann Jakob Bodmer and Karl Friedrich Reinhard as well as Johann Kaspar Lavater . In 1780 he made the acquaintance of Karl Philipp Conz . In the meantime, Stäudlin published numerous works, including "Samples of a German Aeneid", which was critically reviewed by Schiller in 1781 . In the following year Schiller published the "anthology of the year 1782", through which a public debate between the two poets developed. From a letter from Bodmer to Hans Heinrich Schinz dated May 11, 1782, it can be inferred that this was not just about poetic supremacy in Württemberg, because in extracts it says: “His name is Schiller. It is said that he is taking a new path. He is Stäudlin's sworn critic and, they say, out of private passions. It seems that they are rivals not only in poetry, but in earthly love […]. ”The feud in the literary field continued for a long time. Satirical allusions to Schiller can be found, for example, in the poem "Das Kraftgenie". It was only when the rumor was circulating that Schiller had died that Stäudlin struck a conciliatory tone with the poem "To Schiller" in 1791.

Towards the end of 1782, Stäudlin published the collection "Swabian flower picking for 1783", in which he also published poems by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart , who had been imprisoned at Hohenasperg by Duke Karl Eugen since 1777 . It is also documented that he visited it in 1783. When Schubart was released in 1787 after ten years in prison, he worked with Stäudlin on the "patriotic chronicle".

Many of his publications are of a political nature, in which he speaks out more and more clearly in favor of the French Revolution, which not infrequently earned him punishments. He is often offended by his regularly published “Chronik”, which he has taken over since Schubart's death in October 1791, and had to serve three days of house arrest and a fine of ten Reichstalers. In the end, the publication of the “Chronik” was forbidden in 1793 by the Reichshofrat in Vienna.

On August 1, 1785, Stäudlin was appointed lawyer in Stuttgart. Otherwise very little is known about his work as a lawyer.

After Stäudlin's father died on May 21, 1794, his life got more and more out of hand, as his death made believers aware of him. This put him in an awkward position, so that he was forced to ask the duke for a moratorium, which was rejected. He tried again to come to an understanding with the creditors, but then traveled to the Black Forest and planned new publications. In December 1795 he applied to the Duke for a transfer of the completed senior offices, which was also rejected. In the following year, too, the search for employment - and with it the opportunity to gain a foothold again - did not succeed. On September 11th of that year, Stäudlin was so desperate that he announced his suicide to his aunt with the words: “At last, after a long and persistent struggle with my unfortunate fate, I succumb to it. If you, most venerable woman aunt! received this sheet, I am no longer, and buried my many deserved and undeserved ailments in the river Rhine […]. ”On September 17th, an entry was published in the death register of the registry office in Strasbourg, which deals with the discovery and identification Staudlins left.

Works (selection)

Independent writings

• Albrecht von Haller. A poem in three songs. JF Heerbrandt, Tübingen 1780.
• Rehearsals of a German Aeneid along with lyric poems. Chr. F. Cotta, Stuttgart 1781.
• Mixed poetic pieces. JF Cotta, 1782.
• Wallberg's letters to his friend Ferdinand. Truth or Poetry as you will. First collection. SL Crusius, Leipzig 1783.
• In memory of his highness the immortalized Duke Leopold of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. - Non sibi, sed toti gentium se credere mundo. Lucan. Chr. F. Cotta, Stuttgart 1785.
• Poems. First volume. Gebr. Mänler, Stuttgart 1788. (At the expense of the author).
• Poems. Second volume. Gebr. Mäntler, Stuttgart 1791. (At the expense of the author).
• Sensations at the news of Robespierre's fall and death. JH Geiger, Seelbach 1795.
• Mixed poems by the siblings Gottlieb Friedrich and Charlotte Stäudlin. Edited by a friend of the family. Volume 1 and 2. CA Sonnewald, Stuttgart 1827.

2. Dependent prints

• The swan and the crows. In: Swabian magazine of learned things to the year 1775. 5th piece, p. 431f.
• Song of a German hero. In: Teutsche Chronik. to the year 1776. von Schubart. 3rd year, 1st item, January 1, 1776, p. 7f.
• Peter the big one. A lyric poem. In: Swabian magazine of learned things to the year 1776. 4th piece, pp. 260–263. - See No. III, 13.
• The blind old man, in spring. In: General flower harvest of the Germans. Fourth part. Songs. Orell, Geßner, Füßli and Comp., Zurich 1784, pp. 42–45.
• Fragment to Gaul. In: Chronicle. Part 50, June 22, 1792, pp. 405f.
• Neckarweinlied. In: Pocket book for friends of the song. Stuttgart 1795, p. 14f.

Issued

• Swabian musenalmanac to the year 1782. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1781).
• Swabian flower harvest to the year 1783. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1782).
• Swabian muse almanac to the year 1784. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1783).
• Swabian flower harvest for 1785. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1785).
• Swabian flower harvest for 1786. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1786).
• Swabian muses almanac for the year 1787. JG Cotta, Tübingen (1787).
• Timeline. 1791. - Schubart's chronicle continued for 1792 (and 1793). Kaiserl. Imperial Post Office, Stuttgart 1791–1793.
• Museum almanac for the year 1792. Academic book printing, Stuttgart (1791).
• Poetic flower harvest for 1793. Gebr. Mäntler, Stuttgart (1793).

literature

• Hermann Fischer :  Stäudlin, Gotthold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 514-516.
• Ernst Plank: The lyricists of Swabian classicism (Stäudlin; Conz; Neuffer; Hölderlin's youth poetry). Stuttgart 1896. Stäudlin pp. 7-18.
• Werner Volke: Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin. Lawyer, poet and publicist. In: Life pictures from Swabia and Franconia. Volume 13, 1977, pp. 114-143.
• Werner Volke (Ed.): "... Truly a wonderful man ...", Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin, life documents and letters. Stuttgart 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Matthias Luserke-Jaqui : Schiller's Guide: Life - Work - effect . Springer-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-476-05283-4 ( google.de [accessed on July 2, 2018]).
2. ^ Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin, Werner Volke: Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin . JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachhaben, 1999, ISBN 978-3-7681-9924-7 ( google.de [accessed on July 2, 2018]).
3. ^ Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin, Werner Volke: Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin . JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachhaben, 1999, ISBN 978-3-7681-9924-7 ( google.de [accessed on July 2, 2018]).
4. ^ Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin, Werner Volke: Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin . JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachhaben, 1999, ISBN 978-3-7681-9924-7 ( google.de [accessed on July 2, 2018]).

Web links

Wikisource: Gotthold Friedrich Stäudlin  - Sources and full texts

• Works by Gotthold Stäudlin at Zeno.org .
• Portrait at LEO-BW