Heinrich Lindenborn

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Heinrich Lindenborn (baptized July 27, 1706 in Cologne , † May 21, 1750 in Bonn ) was a Rhenish journalist , satirist and hymn poet.

Life

Cologne

Heinrich Lindenborn was probably born on July 25 or 26, 1706 in Cologne as the son of the wool weaver Hermann Lindenborn. He attended the Jesuit grammar school in Marzellenstrasse in Cologne and entered the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne at the age of 17 and, after receiving his baccalaureate, studied at the Faculty of Law, where he obtained the degree of Licentiate in Both Rights (juris utriusque Licentiatus). Although he often calls himself the Notary Apostolico-Caesareus , he does not seem to have practiced the profession of notary .

Occasional poetry, satires, work as a journalist

Rather, he kept himself afloat as an occasional poet with commissioned works, for example for the celebrations on the occasion of Charles VII's accession to the throne . From 1738 to 1742 he was editor of the weekly newspaper Eilfertiger Welt- und Staats-Bothe founded by the publisher and printer Balthasar Wilms , the first edition of which was on Published October 29, 1738. His sharp satirical pen often brought him into conflict with the authorities. From 1740 to 1742 he published his main satirical work “The Cöllnian Diogenes illuminating the world” every week, which caricatured current events in allegorical form and also brought him several lawsuits for defamation. In 1743 he followed up on the “Cöllnischen Diogenes” with the series Des Diogenes Strange Apparitions in the Realm of Fools , which appeared a total of 17 times. In 1746 the Düsseldorf magistrate asked him to design the inscriptions for the decoration of the city on the occasion of the festive entry of Elector Karl Theodor , Duke of Jülich, Kleve and Berg, on October 15, 1746. He declined the position of electoral secretary offered to him because of the successful execution of this task.

Hymns

Title page of the daughter Sion , 2nd edition 1755

1741 he published his influential in the aftermath Kirchengesangbuch daughter Sion , which is primarily the time in Rhineland common clergy Psälterlein the Jesuits should compete. While the song texts all come from Lindenborn's own pen, he hired various composers for the setting. The work went through several editions (see works below ), and some of its songs were included in other hymnbooks. In the praise of God there are still the melodies Komm, Schöpfer, Geist (No. 351, with a text by Heinrich Bone , 1847) and Earth, singe (No. 411, with a text by Johannes von Geissel ), which go back to the daughter Sion . Some of his texts also found their way into English-language hymn books, e.g. B. Cedant justi signa luctus as No. 501 Far be sorrow, tears, and sighing and Almum flamen, vita mundi as No. 507 'Bounteous Spirit, ever shedding' in the Anglican hymn book Hymns Ancient and Modern .

Bonn years

In 1748 Lindenborn moved with his family to Bonn and came into contact with the elector and archbishop Clemens August . On his behalf he translated the opera libretto Artaxerxes by the Italian Pietro Metastasio into German for a setting by the conductor Francesco Zoppis . In 1748 or 1749 he published another satirical work, Morpheana or Dream-Faces In dem Reiche der Thieren, which had a total of 14 numbers and then suddenly broke off. The third act of the comedy Ulysses auf Monte Circello, Comedietta in three acts, is missing. Both here and in Diogenes , Lindenborn had Ripuarian-speaking characters appear, which makes his work interesting for exploring the older stages of Ripuarian . In 1749 Lindenborn fell ill with tuberculosis . His last satirical weekly paper was Two and Fifty Nights of Dreaming Mortality, of which 12 issues appeared. He died on May 21, 1750. Lindenbornstrasse in Cologne is named after him.

Works

  • 1740/1741. The cöllnian Diogenes illuminating the world. Cölln, by Gereon Arnold Schauberg. (2nd edition 1742)
  • 1741. New church and house chant, sanctified to God and the Lamb [church and house chant] of the daughter Sion, who wandered on the threefold path of perfection to the heavenly Jerusalem. - Relocated to truck for the first time. Cölln a. Rh .: Show mountain. (Further editions: 1755, 68, 71, 78, 81, 90. 1800: Lindenborn, Heinrich. Excerpts of sacred songs from the daughter Sion for use in Catholic services. [Krefeld].)
  • 1742. The Teutsche Treu, blessed by heaven, in the most luminous, most powerful, and most insurmountable prince and lord, Mr. Carl the Seventh, Roman Käyser etc. etc. etc. etc. Bey der In der Freyen Reichs -statt Cölln am Rhein on August 27th and 28th 1742. Celebration of homage presented in a numerous music choir. Made in JACH Lindeborne. Sl
  • 1743. Strange apparitions of Diogenes in the realm of fools. Cölln: Wilms. From publication 8 published in Verl. Lindeborne, Cölln. Published: Publication 1–17 ( digitized version from the University and City Library of Cologne ).
  • 1747. The love and reverence burning in an extraordinary light As our sun, which seemed to be hiding for so long, The head of the mountains shines through its presence, That is: As ... Carl Theodor Palatinate Count by the Rhine ... With the ... women consorts, Fr. Maria Elisabeth Augusta, ... Mr. Friderich, Pfaltz-Grafen bey Rhein ... And ... women consorts Fr. Francisca Dorothea ... By Höchst-Deroselbe on October 15, 1746 Happy arrival The main and resident city of Düsseldorff pleased by the same main and resident city submissive magistrate, as well as all loyal citizens presented, and by order of the magistrate, after the previous collection of the ... honor gates, as otherwise ... brought to the truck the attached meaning pictures and inscriptions. [Düsseldorf]: Printed by Tilmann Libor. Stahl, Elector Hof-Buchtrucker ( digitized version of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ).
  • 1748. Morpheana or dream-faces in the animal kingdom according to the order Aesopi, in which the ridiculous qualities and follies of the world are, as it were, mirrored, so that everyone can recognize, contemplate and improve the original by his here and there perhaps seen Copey. Bonn: Bey Bernard Hilbertz next to the Capucinesses.
  • 1748. Metastasio, Pietro. Artaxerxes. From the Swiss to the German. v. JACH Lindeborne. Bonn: S. Hilbertz.
  • 1749. Two and fifty [fifty-two] nights of dreaming mortality. Bonn: Ehl.

literature

  • Karl Beckmann: Heinrich Lindenborn, Diogenes from Cologne. His life and his works; a contribution to the literary and cultural history of the Rhineland. Hanstein, Bonn 1908.
  • Birgit Boge: Clemens August and his time in the mirror of the magazines of the Cologne satirist Heinrich Lindenborn. In: Georg Mölich (Hrsg.): Cologne as a communication center: studies on early modern city history. (The crack in the sky; 4). Cologne 2000, ISBN 3770150082 , pp. 211-226.
  • Leonard Ennen: Time images from the recent history of the city of Cologne. Book trade, science and literature in Cologne <Ausz.>. 1857, pp. 40-51.
  • Walter Hoffmann: City Cologne in the 18th century? Notes on the history of language on texts by the "Coellnian Diogenes" Heinrich Lindenborn. In: José Cajot (Ed.): Lingua Theodisca. Volume 1. Münster [u. a.] 1995, ISBN 3825822796 , pp. [283] -290.
  • Silvia Niklarz: Heinrich Lindenborn and his satirical magazines. Master's thesis RWTH Aachen, 1981.
  • Anja Skorna, Hans Jürgen Skorna: Heinrich Lindenborns hymn book daughter Sion in the context of Friedrich Spees hymns. In: Spee-Jahrbuch 1 (1994), ISSN  0947-0735 , pp. 99-116.
  • Gertrud Wegener: Literary life in Cologne 1750-1850. 1st part 1750-1814. Contributions to Cologne history, language and character. Edited by the Heimatverein Alt-Köln. Vol. 74. Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7743-0322-3 .
  • Johann Jakob Merlo:  Lindenborn, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 689-691.
  • Martin Persch :  Heinrich Lindenborn. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 79-82.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

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  1. ↑ According to Beckmann, 1908, p. 9 footnote 1, the information to be found in various biographies on June 6, 1712 is based on a mistake with Lindenborn's brother Nikolaus.
  2. ↑ Beckmann, 1908, p. 9 fn. 1.
  3. ↑ Beckmann, 1908, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Helga Stoverock: The Poppelsdorf garden. Dissertation University of Bonn, 2001, p. 139, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 5-02427
  5. ↑ s. Hoffmann 1995 with further literature
  6. ↑ Beckmann, 1908, p. 39 with fn. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Lindenborn, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 27, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1750
Place of death Bonn