Johann Georg Krauer

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Johann Georg Krauer (born April 3, 1792 in Kriens ; † October 3, 1845 in Altwis ) was a Swiss scientist , doctor and poet .

Life

After attending school in Lucerne , Johann Georg Krauer studied natural sciences and medicine in Zurich , Freiburg im Breisgau and Geneva . During his studies he became a member of the Old Freiburg Burschenschaft / Harmonie and in 1816 of the Corps Helvetia Freiburg . He was the founder of the Freiburg Zofinger Association . He did his doctorate in Göttingen and then worked as a professor of natural history at the Lyceum in Lucerne. Because of his political views, he was dismissed and then worked as a country doctor in various Lucerne rural communities.

plant

In 1824 Johann Georg Krauer published a directory of wild plants in the canton of Lucerne ( Prodromus florae Lucernensis, sive stirpium phancrogamarum in agro Lucernensi et proximis ejus confiniis sponte nascendum catalogus ). In addition, he wrote patriotic poems, of which the most famous is the Rütlilied (1820) set to music by Franz Josef Greith (" Greetings from far away, you quiet area by the lake")

literature

  • GA Pritzel: Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicum. Leipzig 1877.
  • The history friend: Announcements from the historical association of the five towns of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, Volume LXI, Stans 1906, p. 54
  • Friedrich Fiala:  Krauer, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 64.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 420-421.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 5. pdf

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personal data
SURNAME Krauer, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss scientist, doctor and poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Kriens
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1845
Place of death Altwis