Heinrich Gerhard Lambrecht

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Heinrich Gerhard Lambrecht , pseudonym Ralph Lambrecht (born November 16, 1812 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ; † March 29, 1898 ibid) was a German writer and head of the “preservation and care institution” in the former Blankenburg monastery .

Life

Lambrecht was the son of the Oldenburg businessman Diedrich Lambrecht (1780–1839) and his wife Pauline Gerhardine nee. Pletzky (1785-1838). After attending the old grammar school in Oldenburg , he entered the Oldenburg military service as a soldier at the age of 16 in April 1829 and soon afterwards became a non-commissioned officer . However, he was dissatisfied with this socially subordinate position and tried, as a talented and ambitious self-taught writer, to achieve social advancement into the class of the Oldenburg educated middle class. In the librarian Christian Friedrich Strackerjan, who published most of the newspapers and magazines that appeared in Oldenburg at the time, he found a sponsor who gave him the opportunity to publish. Since the mid-1830s, Lambrecht therefore wrote numerous articles for magazines, poems, travelogues, theater reviews and plays. Of his works, the comedy The Three Paletots and the play The Ravens of Marseille were performed in 1846 and 1847 at the Oldenburg Court Theater . In addition, he published a collection of Oldenburg legends and from 1849 to 1852 edited the conservative journal Volksfreund , the successor to the communications from Oldenburg previously published by Strackerjan.

Lambrecht tried very hard to join the academic educated middle class of the royal seat of Oldenburg, which he enviously admired. Despite his efforts, he was denied access to the leading center, the literary and sociable association, and as a non-commissioned officer he remained an outsider. The inferiority complex that developed from this led to an increasing opposition to Lambrecht's leading intellectuals in Oldenburg. It expressed itself in 1843/44 in sharp attacks against the theater reviews of Adolf Stahr and especially in 1844/45 in his work Secrets of Oldenburg , the title of which was a deliberate reference to the recently published popular feature novel Les mystères de Paris by the French writer Eugène Sue . Just like Sue in his work, Lambrecht dealt with alleged and actual opponents with a sarcastic all-round blow and described the social conditions in Oldenburg in an ironic and critical way. Since, as an outsider, he pointed out the weaknesses of the Oldenburg bourgeoisie with a keen eye, his work caused a sensation and a storm of indignation. Presumably, Lambrecht therefore initially did not publish any further writings in the following years.

Since Lambrecht was denied literary reputation, he concentrated on his professional advancement, which satisfied his ambition and still gave him the longed-for social recognition. After the outbreak of the German Revolution , the chances of promotion for team ranks improved and Lambrecht was promoted to lieutenant in April 1848 . As part of the Oldenburg contingent, he took part in the campaign against Denmark as part of the Schleswig-Holstein survey and then founded his own household. On December 14, 1848, he married Henrike Helene Gesine Boltes (1817-1896), the daughter of an innkeeper, in Oldenburg. In October 1856 Lambrecht was dismissed at his own request with the character of a first lieutenant and took over the administration of the mental hospital in the former Blankenburg monastery. In the 1850s there were inhumane conditions there and Lambrecht vigorously campaigned for the creation of bearable conditions. Through his efforts he gradually improved the accommodation and care of the sick. In May 1883, at the age of 71, he retired.

His writings were soon forgotten, and rightly so, only the secrets of Oldenburg are still considered to be a clear source of the pre-March social and mental history.

Works

  • Wlaska or enemy of men. A drama in 5 acts based on van der Velde. Mannheim. 1836.
  • Poems. Oldenburg. 1840.
  • The secrets of Oldenburg or descriptions of the conditions in Oldenburg. 4 booklets, Oldenburg. 1844–1845.
  • The pleasure trip to Helgoland on the iron steamship of Bremen Lake Koning Wilhelm II. Oldenburg. 1845.
  • Three paletots. Comedy. Oldenburg. 1846.
  • Legends and novellas from Oldenburg's past. Vol. 1 (no longer published), Oldenburg. 1845. Vol. 2, 1852.
  • The father's death (Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August) February 27, 1853. Oldenburg. 1853.

literature

Remarks

  • Heinrich Gerhard Lambrecht has two entries in the DNB - in addition to the number mentioned above, there is also the number 1046735896 .
personal data
SURNAME Lambrecht, Heinrich Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lambrecht, Ralph (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg (Oldb)
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1898
Place of death Oldenburg (Oldb)