Hans Caspar Hirzel (writer)
Hans Caspar Hirzel, painting by Johann Heinrich Werdmüller after Friedrich Rehberg, 1787, Gleimhaus Halberstadt
Hans Caspar Hirzel , also Johann Kaspar (born March 21, 1725 in Kappel am Albis , † February 18, 1803 in Zurich ) was a Swiss doctor and writer.
He was a senior town doctor and a member of the Grand Council in Zurich, traveled with Johann Georg Sulzer to Switzerland and Germany and met the luminaries of German literature at the time in Berlin . Ewald Christian von Kleist lived with him for a few weeks, and Hirzel directed the boat trip on Lake Zurich , sung about by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock in one of his odes . In 1762 he was a co-founder and first head of the Helvetic Society .
Works
- The economy of a philosophical farmer , Zurich 1761 (via Jakob Gujer )
- The picture of a true patriot , Zurich 1767
- Exquisite writings on the promotion of agriculture , Zurich 1792
- Monument to Doctor Laurenz Zellweger von Trogen in the Appenzell region erected by the Helvetic Society. David Gessner, Zurich 1765.
- Doctor Zellweger's patriotic farewell to the Helvetic Society. Heidegger and Compagnie, Zurich 1765. ( doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-14399 )
literature
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Hirzel, Hans Kaspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 485-488.
- Werner Ganz : Hirzel, Hans Caspar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 244 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Caspar Hirzel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christoph Mörgeli : Hirzel, Hans Caspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirzel, Hans Caspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hirzel, Johann Kaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kappel am Albis |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1803 |
| Place of death | Zurich |