Gustav von der Lancken

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(Christoph Diederich) Gustav von der Lancken (born December 8, 1780 in Lanckensburg on Rügen ; † May 11, 1831 in Berlin ) was a German private scholar, writer and historian .

Life

He came from the von der Lancken noble family . His parents were chamberlain Friedrich Christian von der Lancken and his wife Maria Margarethe Antonie von Platen. After their early death, he was trained from 1787 by the Bergen superintendent Karl Ludwig Droysen , the pastor Dohrn in Barth and the vice-principal Andreas Christoph Niz in Wolgast . From 1798 he studied at the University of Greifswald , in the same year he moved to the University of Jena and returned to Greifswald in 1800 . After two years of traveling, he married a daughter of the Saxon Chancellor Brand von Lindau and settled in Gera. In 1805 he sold his father's estate Wostevitz on Rügen and moved to Berlin. The following year he acquired the Neukladow estate near Potsdam , where he lived until 1811. He then returned to the island of Rügen, where he took over his Varnkewitz estate .

Between 1817 and 1825 he lived in Greifswald and Cammin , where he conducted historical and geographical studies on Pomerania and Rügen. His story of Rügen was the first systematic account of the history of Rügen and the von Putbus family . He also wrote occasional publications as well as contributions to the magazine Harmonia , the General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts and the learned Germany by Johann Georg Meusel . He wrote reviews for the Hallische Literaturzeitung . His words to his dear compatriots , published in 1830 on the anniversary of the Augsburg Confession , earned him the benevolence of the Upper President Johann August Sack and the Prussian Minister of Education, Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein , who took into account his suggestions for improving the church and school system in their orders.

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  • Rügen story. An attempt by CD Gustav vd Lancken. First part . Mauritius, Greifswald 1819.
  • Flowers of leisure . Part 1, Mauritius, Greifswald 1819.
  • Also a few words about the upcoming celebration d. June 24th and 25th, 1830: to his dear countrymen, the Pomeranians . Kunike, Greifswald 1830.

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SURNAME Lancken, Gustav von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lancken, Christoph Diederich Gustav von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German private scholar, writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Lanckensburg on Rügen
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1831
Place of death Berlin