Heinrich Mühlpfort

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Heinrich Mühlpfort (born July 10, 1639 in Breslau ; † July 1, 1681 there ) was a German and Latin poet of the Baroque era .

Life

Heinrich Mühlpfort attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau , where he was friends with Daniel Caspar von Lohenstein .

After studying in Leipzig and Promotion (1662) in Wittenberg as a doctor of jurisprudence Mühlpfort worked as a tutor for various Saxon nobles. Eventually, however, he got a job in the judiciary as registrar at the Guardianship Court in Wroclaw.

Mühlpfort's work as a poet is divided into two phases. The early work is determined by the student lyric, while later he wrote in a strongly stylized style typical of the Baroque period. He published numerous occasional poems in German and Latin, of which more than 200 can still be found in individual prints. After a collection campaign among Mühlpfort's friends, part of the same was published in 1686 in 2 collective editions.

His grave inscription reads:

Nine words and no more
should have this tomb:
Here under this stone
thirst and gout are buried.

Works (selection)

  • German poems. Steckh, Breslau and Frankfurt / M. 1686. Digitized and full text in the German text archive
  • Poemata (Texts of the Early Modern Age; Vol. 7). Keip, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-8051-0807-9 (reprint of the Frankfurt / M. 1686 edition).
  • German poems. Poetic poems. Other part . (Texts from the early modern period; 8) Keip, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-8051-0806-0 (reprint of the Frankfurt / M. 1686 edition).

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SURNAME Mühlpfort, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1681
Place of death Wroclaw