Joachim Gottfried Wilhelm Scheerer
Joachim Gottfried Wilhelm Scheerer (born November 19, 1772 in Treptow , † October 1, 1826 in Berlin ) was a German writer .
Life
Wilhelm Scheerer was a trained pharmacist and later traveled before settling in Berlin as a writer. He wrote several plays and political writings.
Scheerer, along with Franz Daniel Friedrich Wadzeck, criticized the burgeoning liberal movements and their representatives, such as Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and the Turner movement . He accused the gymnasts of “republicanism, rudeness, immorality and military uselessness”.
Scheerer's works were symbolically burned at the Wartburg Festival in 1817 .
Works (selection)
- Journey to the Fatherland, play in two acts , 1797
- The gymnastics feud, or: who is right? , 1818
- Germany's triumph, or the de-yoked Europe , 1814/1815
literature
- Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1906, vol. 6, p. 443 .
- Karl-Heinz Schodrok: Prussian turn policy: Prussian turn policy with a view to Westphalia , u. a. Pp. 60-67
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| SURNAME | Scheerer, Joachim Gottfried Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Treptow |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1826 |
| Place of death | Berlin |