Johann Sporschil

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Johann Chrysostomus Sporschil  (born January 23, 1800 in Brno , † December 16, 1863 in Vienna ) was an Austrian journalist and patriotic specialist writer.

Life

After attending grammar school in Brno, he studied at the University of Vienna . In 1823 he finished the course in legal and political studies. During this time he belonged to Beethoven's circle of friends , for whom he designed a libretto “The Apotheosis in the Temple of Jupiter Ammon”, which, however, was not set to music by the composer. In 1827 he moved to Leipzig , where he worked as a freelance writer and dealt with historical work and translations. He then worked as a journalist on the papers “Our Planet” and “Sachsen-Zeitung” and also wrote an English dictionary.

In 1832 he moved to Braunschweig , where he worked for Karl Heinrich Hermes , the editor of the "Deutsche National-Zeitung" and edited the weekly newspaper associated with it. The caprice of his publisher quickly ruined his work and he returned to Leipzig in 1833, where he continued his historical work. His contributions to the “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” testified to his deep patriotic feelings for his former homeland. At the suggestion of the Imperial and Royal Consul General in Leipzig, Josef Sebastian Ritter von Grüner, he wrote political pamphlets in the Kingdom of Saxony , which propagated the rule of the House of Habsburg. At the same time he wrote essays for "Rhein- und Moselzeitung", "Rheinische Volkshalle", "Deutsches Volksblatt" and "Karlsruher Zeitung". In 1856 his services were rewarded by the Emperor of Austria by awarding him the great gold medal for art and science.

As an enlightened Catholic, the German-Catholic current prevailing in Saxony became too much for him, so that in August 1858 he turned his back on Leipzig forever and moved back to Vienna. A decline in his strength led the stately and already difficult to move man to death in December 1863, he left a widow and an already married daughter. His legacy includes extensive historical works, several lexical and grammatical works, as well as several geographical writings, foreign travel works and also some artistic representations. His historical works, in the short and specific writing style of which he kept himself free from phrases and debauchery, were intended for a larger readership.

Fonts

  • The great chronicle. History of the war of the allied Europe against Napoleon Bonaparte in the years 1813, 1814 and 1815 (4 volumes in 9 sub-volumes). Westermann, Braunschweig 1840–1842.
    • Vol. 1: The campaign of 1813 (3 volumes). 1840-1841.
    • Vol. 2: The campaign of 1814 (2 volumes). 1841; Part II ( e-copy )
    • Vol. 3: The campaign of 1815 . 1841.
    • Vol. 4: Supplements
      • Volume 1: Campaign of the Austrians in Illyria and Italy in the years 1813 and 1814 . 1842.
      • Volume 2: Campaign of the English, Spanish and Portuguese against the French armies of the Pyrenees and Arragonia, in 1814 . 1842.
      • Volume 3: Campaign of the Austrians against Joachim Murat, in 1815 . 1842.
  • The Austrian campaign in Lombardy under Field Marshal Count Radetzky in 1848 . Stuttgart 1848.
  • History of the emergence, growth and size of the Austrian monarchy (8 volumes). Leipzig 1846.
  • The Thirty Years War . Westermann, Braunschweig 1855.
  • The wars of freedom of the Germans in the years 1813, 1814, 1815 (9 volumes). Westermann, Braunschweig 1859.
  • The history of the Germans from the oldest times up to our day (5 volumes). Manz, Regensburg 1849-1854.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Sporschil, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sporschil, Johann Chrysostomus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and specialist writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1863
Place of death Vienna