Johann Friedrich Bahrdt (Author)

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Johann Friedrich Bahrdt

Johann Friedrich Bahrdt (born July 17, 1789 in Dargun ; † February 12, 1847 in Neustrelitz ) was a German writer.

Life

Johann Friedrich Bahrdt was the first of six children of the poor belt master (Michael) Eckardt Bahrdt and the forester's daughter Johanne Marie Beata born. Westphal to the world. He grew up with his maternal grandfather in neighboring Finkenthal , where he was tutored by the pastor. He resisted his father's job as a tailor and then trained with a pharmacist in Teterow . In 1813 he joined the Lützow Freikorps and took part in its campaigns. He then went to Neustrelitz, where he worked as a pharmacist's assistant until 1831. Since he did not have the necessary financial means to start his own business as a pharmacist, he gave up this profession to devote himself to writing. Together with Adolf Glaßbrenner he was the editor of the Wendischer Bote . In addition, he wrote some dramas that were performed in various theaters. In addition to poetry, occasional poems and dramas, Bahrdt also wrote a prize song on Mecklenburg-Strelitz . From 1833 to 1837 he was secretary to the Minister of State August von Oertzen (1777-1837). After that he lived on a small pension until his death in 1847.

From the marriage with the fisherman's daughter Albertine Maria Friedrike born in Teschendorf (Burg Stargard) on November 1, 1833 . Saefkow († 1834), had a daughter, Albertine (born October 4, 1834, † April 26, 1916 in Neustrelitz). She became a teacher at a girls' school [or at the Neustrelitz grammar school].

Works

  • Vandalia (anthem)
  • The Jews in Mecklenburg and their spokesmen before the judgment seat of public opinion . Neustrelitz 1828.
  • Joke and seriousness. A collection of poetic experiments with various contents . 2 volumes, Neustrelitz 1830 (including The Templars in Palestine. Romantic drama with choirs and songs in 4 acts ; Mixed poems ; Living pictures from Tombutku .)
  • The establishment of the resident city Neustrelitz. A poetic sketch for their first secular celebration on May 20, 1833 . Korb, Neustrelitz [1833].
  • Dramatic seals . Volume 1, Fleischer, Leipzig 1834 (no longer published, in it: Christmas Eve ; Die Lichtensteiner. Dramatic painting in 5 acts ; Die Grabesbraut, or Gustav Adolph in Munich. A dramatic painting in 5 acts and a prelude ).
  • Songs and chants for “Past. A scene from the German freedom struggle in 1814 ” . [Neubrandenburg], 1838.
  • Memories. A collection of casual poetry and dramatic pageants . Neustrelitz and Neubrandenburg 1840.
  • The Templars in Palestine. Historical drama from the times of the Crusades . Koffka & Blomberg, Leipzig 1846.

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Ludwig Goedeke : Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources . Volume 14, Akademie-Verlag and Ehlermann, Berlin and Düsseldorf 1959, pp. 19-20
  • Bruno Sauer:  Bahrdt, Johann Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 541 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . Volume 1, Kleinmayr [ua], Klagenfurt [ua] 1953, p. 68
  • German gender book . Volume 67, Starke, Görlitz 1929, pp. 68–70 (with portrait)
  • Friedrich Winkel: Johann Friedrich Bahrdt, a Mecklenburg poet of the last century . In: Mecklenburg-Strelitzer history sheets . Volume 3, 1927, pp. 279–301; Excerpts in: Heimatverein Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 1992 yearbook of the Heimatverein Mecklenburg-Strelitz eV Neustrelitz, 1992, pp. 65–73
  • Franz Brümmer : German poet lexicon. Addendum . Krüll, Eichstätt [et al.] 1877.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The date of birth July 17, 1789 can be found in: German Gender Book . Vol. 67, 1929, p. 68; New German biography . Volume 1, 1953, p. 541; Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1955–1959, vol. 14, p.  19http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3DGrundrissZurGeschichteDerDeutschenDichtungAusDenQuellen-2-14-1~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn26~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D19~PUR%3D  f .; Wilhelm Kosch: German Literature Lexicon . 3rd edition, Volume 1, Francke, Bern 1968; German Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, 1995, p. 270; Bruno Jahn: The German-language press . Volume 1, Saur, Munich 2005, p. 49.
    In some reference works, July 14, 1790 is given: u. a. Franz Brümmer: German poet lexicon . 1877; Rudolf Eckart : Lexicon of Lower Saxony writers from the oldest times to the present . Zickfeldt, Osterwieck 1891; Wilhelm Kosch: German Literature Lexicon . 2nd edition, Volume 1, Francke, Bern 1949; Wilhelm Kosch: German Theater Lexicon . 1953, p. 68.
    The date of birth is given as July 14, 1789 in: Carl Lüdtke: Bahrdt, Johann Friedrich . In: German pharmacist biography . Volume 1, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1975, pp. 22-23, ISBN 3-8047-0518-9 . --- All of these deviating information are incorrect. (See the express comment in the personal norms of the Landesbibliographie MV ).
  2. ↑ The text How is the Gau called in the German state etc. is printed in: Deutsches Geschlechtbuch , Vol. 67, Starke, Görlitz 1929, pp. 499–500
personal data
SURNAME Bahrdt, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barba, Faverius (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Dargun
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1847
Place of death Neustrelitz