Johannes Bürkli
Johannes Bürkli (born October 26, 1745 in Zurich ; died September 2, 1804 there ) was a Swiss statesman , poet and editor .
life and work
Bürkli was the son of Salomon Bürkli from an old patrician family from Zurich and accordingly held various political offices in the course of his life. From 1773 to 1780 he was city judge , from 1783 to 1798 guild master ( Baptistalrat ), i.e. member of the small council of the Zurich city government, from 1783 to 1784 he was Obervogt von Rümlang and from 1784 to 1794 Obervogt von Erlenbach . After the French invasion of 1798, he fled to Bern . As a result, he devoted himself to philanthropic activities to alleviate material misery, especially in collaboration with the “Zürcher Aid Society” founded by Hans Caspar Hirzel . The collection he organized in the summer of 1800 with the collection of Bürklin's poems for the best of the Swiss who died in the accident raised a sum of over 16,000 francs.
As a poet, he succeeds Johann Jakob Bodmer . His literary endeavors went beyond the occasional muse sacrifice appropriate to his class, as he hoped that they would alleviate his melancholy. He wrote poems, sketches and anecdotes and edited several anthologies. As with his role model and friend Lavater , his themes were love, friendship and fatherland.
He was married to Ursula Schulthess since 1768.
Works
- Cupid's travels along with a few fragments, taken from his diary. Bern 1776, digitized .
- Whimsical stories and games. Paris 1776, digitized .
- My fantasies and rhapsodies. Zurich 1785, digitized .
- Tropheen of the fair sex. Anecdotes. Tübingen 1791 (published anonymously), digitized .
- Funny trips of a little cupid. Zurich 1792, digitized .
- Anecdotes of great and famous women who did honor to their sex in ancient and modern times. Tuebingen 1793.
- Bürklin's exquisite poems for the good of the Swiss who died in an accident. Bern 1800, digitized .
- All the poems. Bern 1802.
Editor:
- Poems about Switzerland and the Swiss. 2 volumes. Bern 1793, digitized volume 1 , 2 .
- Swiss flower harvest. 3 volumes. Zurich & Winterthur 1793, digitized volumes 1 , 2 , 3 .
- New Swiss flower harvest. St. Gallen 1798.
literature
- Michael Gamper : Bürkli, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Bürkli, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 626 f.
- Hermann Schollenberger: Outline for the history of German-Swiss poetry. Vol. 1: 1789-1830. Ehlermann / Francke, Dresden / Bern 1919, p. 25 f. (with catalog raisonné).
- Christoph Siegrist : Bürkli, Johannes. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2nd, completely revised edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, vol. 2, p. 285.
Web links
- Publications by and about Johannes Bürkli in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ A modest little flower on Lavater's grave. In his friends' wreath of flowers. Zurich 1801.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bürkli, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bürkli, Johann; Bürkli, Johann Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss statesman, poet and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1804 |
| Place of death | Zurich |