Heinrich Kielmann
Heinrich Kielmann (born January 31, 1581 in Vienna , † February 13, 1649 in Stettin ) was a German lawyer , classical philologist and playwright .
Kielmann was a Protestant denomination. He attended schools in Iglau and Meseritsch in Moravia . From 1600 he studied at the University of Leipzig , where he received his master's degree and doctorate . He then worked as an educator in Halle , where he also studied law at the University of Halle . He later continued his studies at the University of Jena . He became an adjunct and assessor at the philosophy faculty of the University of Leipzig and also worked as a lawyer .
In 1612 he moved to Stettin as vice principal and professor of Greek and poetry . Here he worked until his death in 1649.
In 1613, Kielmann wrote a Latin tragedy entitled "Venus". His comedy "Tetzelocramia", published in German in 1617 and already in its third edition in 1618, had great success. The comedy deals with the indulgence preacher Johann Tetzel . According to Wilhelm Scherer in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1882), the comedy is “very effective, lively and well motivated” and overall “perhaps the best dramatic treatment of the Reformation”.
Works
- Tetzelocramia . Szczecin 1617. ( Online )
literature
- Wilhelm Scherer : Kielmann, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 714.
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 275-276.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Kielmann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kielmann, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, classical philologist and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1581 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1649 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |