Hans Adam von Studnitz

Hans Adam Friedrich Freiherr von Studnitz (born March 25, 1711 in Jeroltschütz , † October 16, 1788 in Kehl ) was a Prussian nobleman, Oberhofmarschall of the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and director of the Gotha Ekhof-Theater .

Von Studnitz came to the Gotha court under Ernst II . In 1747 he bought a country estate in Wechmar and had it expanded into a two-wing summer residence, the still existing Landhaus Studnitz .

In 1775 the Gotha Court Theater was founded in Friedenstein Castle under his direction .

Von Studnitz died single and childless in 1788. His final resting place is the funerary pyramid created in 1770 by the sculptor Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Döll in his garden in Gotha, which is now known as the Studnitz pyramid .

Individual evidence

↑ Alois Schmid (Ed.): The reports of the diplomatic representatives of the Imperial Court from Munich to the State Chancellery in Vienna during the reign of Elector Max III. Joseph . 1. Volume: 1745–1746 (Sources on the Modern History of Bavaria 2), Munich 2000.
^ Vehse, Eduard: History of the German courts since the Reformation. First section: History of the Prussian court and nobility and Prussian diplomacy. Third part. Hamburg, Hoffmann u. Campe, 1851.
^ Fritz, Bärbel; Brigitte Schultze, Horst Turk (Hrsg.): Theater institution and cultural transfer I. Foreign language repertoire at the Burgtheater and on other European stages. Tübingen: Narr 1997. (= Forum modern theater. 21.)

personal data
SURNAME	Studnitz, Hans Adam from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Studnitz, Hans Adam Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater director and court marshal of the Duke of Gotha
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jeroltschütz
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 1788
Place of death	Throat

[1] Alois Schmid (Ed.): The reports of the diplomatic representatives of the Imperial Court from Munich to the State Chancellery in Vienna during the reign of Elector Max III. Joseph . 1. Volume: 1745–1746 (Sources on the Modern History of Bavaria 2), Munich 2000.

[2] Vehse, Eduard: History of the German courts since the Reformation. First section: History of the Prussian court and nobility and Prussian diplomacy. Third part. Hamburg, Hoffmann u. Campe, 1851.

[3] Fritz, Bärbel; Brigitte Schultze, Horst Turk (Hrsg.): Theater institution and cultural transfer I. Foreign language repertoire at the Burgtheater and on other European stages. Tübingen: Narr 1997. (= Forum modern theater. 21.)