Johann Gottfried Kumpf

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Johann Gottfried Kumpf (born December 9, 1781 in Klagenfurt ; † February 21, 1862 ) was a Carinthian doctor and publicist. He was editor-in-chief of the Carinthia magazine and founder of the Kärntnerische Zeitung .

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Kumpf was born in Klagenfurt as the son of a servant and a maid, both parents came from the Upper Palatinate. Johann Gottfried was able to attend grammar school and studied medicine in Vienna from 1799. In 1804 he received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Pest. In 1805 he opened a medical practice in Trieste . In the autumn of 1811 he returned to Klagenfurt. Here he became city ​​physician and primary physician over the years .

However, Kumpf's importance lay in his role as a cultural worker in Klagenfurt. Shortly after his return, in 1811, he became editor of the newly founded magazine Carinthia, which he published as a supplement to the Klagenfurter Zeitung until the end of 1813. In 1817 Kumpf was among the founders of the Society for Social Entertainment; In 1818 he founded the Kärntnerische Zeitung. Kumpf built up a collection of Roman stones that he left to the Carinthian History Association .

As a writer, Kumpf was primarily active as a poet. He published his poems in Castellis Selam , in Aglaja and under the pseudonym Ermin in Carinthia. Topics are natural moods, pious contemplations, love poems and poems in praise of Carinthia.

As a doctor, he founded an association to care for the poor and the sick. He was provincial examination commissioner at the medical and surgical training institute in Klagenfurt.

Johann Gottfried Kumpf was married to Caroline von Strohlendorf (1797–1845) in his first marriage from 1814, and his second marriage from 1852 to Ernestine Edle von Findeigg (1823–1894). There were three children from his first marriage who died while he was still alive. Kumpf celebrated his 50th anniversary as a doctor in 1854. He died on February 21, 1862 and was buried in St. Ruprecht .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Anton Kreuzer: Carinthian Biographical Sketches. 14.-20. Century . Kärntner Druck und Verlagsgesellschaft, Klagenfurt 1999, ISBN 3-85391-166-8 , pp. 83-85.
  2. ↑ Erich Nussbaumer: Spiritual Carinthia. Literary and intellectual history of the country . Verlag Ferd. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt 1956 (without ISBN), pp. 318-320.
personal data
SURNAME Kumpf, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Carinthian doctor and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1862