Heinrich von Maltzan
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Heinrich Karl Eckard Helmuth von Maltzan , also: Heinrich Eckhard Carl Helmuth von Maltzan (born September 6, 1826 in Dresden , † February 22, 1874 in Pisa ), Baron of Wartenberg and Penzlin, was a German writer and orientalist .
Life
Heinrich Freiherr von Maltzan (No. 670 of the gender census ) came from the Tarnow branch of the old, originally Mecklenburg, noble family of the Maltzahn . His father, Heinrich Karl Franz Adolf Freiherr von Maltzan (1793-1851), was a Bavarian chamberlain and major of the cavalry. After the early death of his mother, Julie Poulott-Thomson of Waverley († 1834), Heinrich grew up partly in England and partly in different places in Germany. From 1846 to 1850 he studied law and oriental languages in Munich , Heidelberg and Erlangen and initially entered the administrative service of the Kingdom of Saxony for a short time . Financially independent from his father's rich inheritance from 1851, he led the life of a private scholar and explorer in various oriental countries.
In 1860 he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim . A passport, which Maltzan had obtained by bribing an Algerian Arab, served as camouflage. This procedure was necessary because visiting the holiest city of Islam was and is forbidden for non-Muslims with the death penalty. It was only after the death of the official passport holder that Maltzan published his report on this trip in 1865.
His descriptions of Phoenician and Punic inscriptions were also of importance for oriental research , especially in the report on a trip to the former reigns of Tunis and Tripoli . Incidentally, he was one of the first to bring knowledge of the Mehri to Europe.
He died of suicide after a serious illness .
Works (selection)
- Three years in the north west of Africa. Travels in Algeria and Morocco . 4 volumes. Dürr, Leipzig 1863.
- My pilgrimage to Mecca. Travel in the coastal area and in the interior of Hejaz . 2 volumes. Dyk, Leipzig 1865 (several new editions, most recently reprinted by Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2004 ISBN 3-487-12619-2 ).
- Volume 1 ( digitized version )
- Volume 2 ( digitized version )
- Trip to the island of Sardinia . In addition to an appendix: About the Phoenician inscriptions of Sardinia . Dyk, Leipzig 1869 (newly published on demand by A. Stieglitz, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-8311-3565-7 ).
- Morals from Tunis and Algeria. Dyk, Leipzig 1869.
- Travel to the reigns of Tunis and Tripoli . 3 volumes. Dyk, Leipzig 1870.
- Journey to southern Arabia and geographic research in and over the south-western part of Arabia . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1873 ( hathitrust.org - reprint: Olms, Hildesheim 2004 ISBN 3-487-12622-2 ).
literature
- Friedrich Ratzel : Maltzan, Heinrich Karl Eckard Helmuth . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 153 f.
- Uta Lindgren : Maltzan, Heinrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 743 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich von Maltzan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Heinrich von Maltzan in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Heinrich von Maltzan in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Heinrich von Maltzan in the Internet Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ No. 662 of the gender census
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maltzan, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maltzan, Heinrich Karl Eckard Helmuth von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial Baron von Wartenberg and Penzlin, German writer and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1874 |
| Place of death | Pisa |