Julius Rodenberg

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Julius Rodenberg, 1889

Julius Rodenberg (born June 26, 1831 in Rodenberg ; † July 11, 1914 in Berlin ; actually Julius Levy ) was a German journalist and writer .

Life

Rodenberg was the eldest of six children of the Jewish businessman Simon Gumbert Levy and his wife Amalia nee. Coppel in Kurhessian Rodenberg at Hannover born. One of his sisters was Bertha Markheim . After his first lessons at the private Schröder teaching institute, he was educated by private tutors from 1841 onwards. In 1845 Rodenberg attended the higher middle school in Hanover and switched to the Ernestinum grammar school in Rinteln the following year . There he made friends with Franz von Dingelstedt and Friedrich Oetker . At the age of 20 he passed his Abitur and then studied law in Heidelberg . He continued his studies in Marburg and Berlin . During his studies he became a member of the Teutonia Heidelberg fraternity in the winter semester of 1851/52 and later also of the Saxonia Marburg fraternity .

In 1854 Rodenberg returned to the University of Marburg. In the same year, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense advised a name change and conversion to Christianity . A year later, the name change was permitted by its sovereign, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel . However, Rodenberg could not make up his mind to convert.

In 1856 Rodenberg completed his studies with a doctorate on the Regredienterbschaft . He then went on a trip to Great Britain , where he got to know the composer Johanna Kinkel and her husband Gottfried Kinkel , whose cockchafer association was still unforgotten. After his return Rodenberg settled in Berlin in 1859 and wrote as a freelancer a. a. for the National-Zeitung , the Neue Preußische Zeitung and the Breslauer Zeitung . In Hamburg he was accepted into the Masonic lodge Zur Brudertreue on the Elbe in 1858 .

He lived in Berlin a. a. in the Französische Straße 52 and later until his death near the Tiergarten in the then Margarethenstraße 1 (today: Scharounstraße). In 1863 he married the Catholic Justina Schiff (1837-1923), with whom he had a daughter, Alice (born 1864).

The Salon for Literature, Art and Society , title page of issue 1, 1867

Since the 1860s, Rodenberg lived from journalism and his writing work. From 1861 to 1863 he published his first entertainment magazine in Berlin under the title Deutsches Magazin , edited the literary supplement to the illustrated fashion newspaper Der Bazar for two years from 1865 and, in 1867, together with journalist Ernst Dohm called the magazine Der Salon für Literatur, Art and society into life, on which numerous prominent authors such as Berthold Auerbach , Theodor Fontane , Karl Gutzkow , Paul Heyse , Theodor Storm and Iwan Turgenjew collaborated. When Dohm retired from the editorial office in 1871, Rodenberg was solely responsible for the paper from 1872 to 1874. The salon passed to Franz Hirsch in 1875 and was published until 1890. In 1874, Rodenberg founded the Deutsche Rundschau , which was published monthly and became the leading German cultural magazine in the last third of the 19th century. He was actively encouraged and supported by Gustav Heinrich von und zu Putlitz and Berthold Auerbach.

In 1879 Rodenberg got involved in a Goethe National Museum in Weimar and occasionally also for the German Schiller Foundation . 1885 was one of the co-founders of the Goethe Society .

He belonged to the group of authors and writers who, on behalf of the Cologne chocolate producer Ludwig Stollwerck, worked on the literary design of the Stollwerck collector's pictures and scrapbooks. Other authors were the poet “T. Resa "alias Theresa Gröhe, geb. Pauli-Greiffenberg, the zoologist Prof. Paul Matschie , the writer Hans Eschelbach , the writer Joseph von Lauff , the poet Carl Hermann Busse , the novelist Gustav Falke , the poet Anna Ritter a . v. a. m.

Julius Rodenberg died on July 11, 1914 at the age of 83 in Berlin. He was buried in the Central-Friedhof Friedrichsfelde . The sandstone grave stele was created by the sculptor Hugo Lederer .

In the 1980s, the Berlin columnist Heinz Knobloch (best known for his columns in the Wochenpost ) rediscovered Julius Rodenberg for a wider public and wrote, among other things. a. an essay as an epilogue to a new edition of the pictures from Berlin life initiated by him .

On the occasion of Julius Rodenberg's 150th birthday, the Rodenberg branch of the Heimatbund Grafschaft Schaumburg published a memorial. A primary school in Rodenberg and a grammar school in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg have been called Julius Rodenberg since the beginning of the 21st century .

In his hometown of Rodenberg , district of Schaumburg, the life and work of Julius Rodenberg are part of the permanent exhibition of the Rodenberg museum landscape. In addition to manuscripts, photos and books, all 160 volumes of the Deutsche Rundschau volumes published under Julius Rodenberg are on permanent display there.

In the north of the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg , a street is named after Julius Rodenberg.

orientation

In his first poems, Rodenberg based himself on the poetry of Emanuel Geibel.

Awards and honors

Foundation, endowment

In 2016, a charitable foundation was set up in honor of Julius Rodenberg. Founded by Norbert Jahn, it is a trust foundation of the Schaumburg community foundation and a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations. The focus is on promoting young people in the Schaumburg district and the neighboring communities. The aim is to honor young people who are particularly socially involved in the church, sports or other clubs or organizations. With a grant for cultural, social and training-related further education, the Rodenberg Foundation would like to support socially needy people in particular. The founder also had the rights to the name Julius Rodenberg protected by the German Patent and Trademark Office.

Works (chronological)

  • Flying summer. An autumn gift. Schlodtmann, Bremen 1851.
  • Sleeping Beauty. : Schlodtmann, Bremen 1852.
  • The majesties rock beer and Rhine wine amusing war history. Rümpler, Hanover 1853.
  • Musical sonnet wreath. Rümpler, Hanover 1855.
  • The inheritance of the regrede. Elwert, Marburg 1856 (legal dissertation)
  • Parisian picture book. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1856.
  • For Schleswig-Holstein! Hoffmann et al. Campe, Hamburg 1856.
  • Dramatic idylls (Waldmüller's Margret. - Marriages are made in heaven. - Alfieri). Bertram, Cassel 1858.
  • Small hiking chronicle. Rümpler, Hanover 1858.
  • An autumn in Wales. Country and people, fairy tales and songs. Rümpler, Hanover 1858.
  • German answer to the Welsche question. Rümpler, Hanover 1859.
  • Everyday life in London. Springer, Berlin 1860.
  • Lost islands. Sand and lake pictures. Springer, Berlin 1861.
  • Still life on Sylt. Springer, Berlin 1861 [3rd, presumably edition 1876].
  • Erin's harp. Fairy Tales and Seal in Ireland. Grunow, Leipzig 1861.
  • Day and night in London. A sketchbook for the world exhibition. Seehagen, Berlin 1862. (Re-edited by Stefan Neuhaus. Wehrhahn, Hanover 2007, ISBN 978-3-86525-302-6 )
  • Feramors. Lyric opera in three acts. Poetry based on Thomas Moore . Music by Anton Rubinstein . Dresden 1863.
  • The street singer of London. A novel in three books. Seehagen, Berlin 1863.
  • The island of the saints. A pilgrimage through Ireland's cities, villages and ruins. Janke, Berlin 1864.
  • The new deluge. A novel from the previous century. Derschel, Berlin 1865.
  • The Myrtle of Killarney. A modern idyll. Grote, Berlin 1867.
  • A Danish seaside resort. Four weeks in Elsinore. Gerschel, Berlin 1867.
  • Songs of war and peace. Lipperheide, Berlin 1870.
  • Study trips to England. Images from the past and present. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1872.
  • In Germany. Sketches and vacation trips. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1874.
  • Viennese summer days. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1875. (Reissued and with an afterword by Peter Payer. Czernin, Vienna 2009).
  • Vacation in England. Pactel, Berlin 1876.
  • The grandidiers. A novel from the French colony. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1878.
  • Belgium and the Belgians. Studies and experiences during the independence celebrations in the summer of 1880. Paetel , Berlin et al. 1881.
  • Home memories of Franz Dingelstedt and Friedrich Oetker. Paetel, Berlin 1882.
  • Songs . Gesenius, Halle a, p. 1885.
  • Mr. Schellbogen's adventure. A little piece from old Berlin. Paetel, Berlin 1890.
  • Klostermann's property, along with a few other incidents that happened in its neighborhood. Paetel, Berlin 1891. (Newly published by Rudolf Zerries. Rodenberg Verlag, Rodenberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050887-5 )
  • A spring trip to Malta. With excursions in Sicily. Paetel, Berlin 1893.
  • Pictures from Berlin life . 3 volumes. Paetel, Berlin 1885–1887.
  • Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. For his eightieth birthday. Paetel, Berlin 1898.
  • The reason for the "Deutsche Rundschau". A review. Paetel, Berlin 1899.
  • Memories from my youth . Autobiography. Paetel, Berlin 1899.
  • Epilogue for the performance of "Tasso" on the Goethetage in the Grand Ducal Court Theater in Weimar June 9, 1906. Hof Buchdruckerei, Weimar 1906.
  • From childhood. Reminder sheets. Paetel, Berlin 1907. (Newly published by Rudolf Zerries. Rodenberg Verlag, Rodenberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-9818134-0-1 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlef Lorenz: Advertising art around 1900. Artist lexicon for collecting pictures. Reimer-Verlag, 2000.
  2. ^ Address of the Rodenberg school; Retrieved November 26, 2009
  3. ^ Address and location of the Julius-Rodenberg-Oberschule ( Memento from January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Exhibition on Julius Rodenberg at the Rodenberg Museum Landscape
  5. ↑ Jörg Schönert: Poetry as a flattering mirror in a woman's hands. To Julius Rodenberg's poem The Pure Women. In: Günter Häntzschel (Ed.): Poems and interpretations. Volume 4: From Biedermeier to Bourgeois Realism (= RUB. No. 7893). Reclam, Stuttgart 2011 [first 1983], ISBN 978-3-15-007893-8 , pp. 324-333.
  6. ^ Website of the Rodenberg Foundation
  7. ↑ Julius Rodenberg Medal: Lawyer should check naming rights. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .

literature

  • Heinrich Spiero : Julius Rodenberg. His life and works . Paetel , Berlin 1921.
  • Wilmont Haacke : Julius Rodenberg and the German Rundschau. A study on the journalism of German liberalism 1870–1918 . Vonwinckel, Heidelberg 1950.
  • Heinz Knobloch : Epilogue to the new edition of pictures from Berlin life . Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-352-00072-7 , pp. 355-374.
  • Eva Rademacher: Julius Rodenberg (1831-1914). In: The Bear of Berlin. 1989/1990 yearbook of the Association for the History of Berlin. Thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth episodes, 1989/1990. Edited by Gerhard Kutzsch. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin / Bonn 1990, pp. 51-76.
  • Roland Berbig, Josefine Kitzbichler (eds.): The Rundschau Debate 1877. Paul Lindau's magazine “North and South” and Julius Rodenberg's “Deutsche Rundschau”. Documentation . Lang, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-906759-51-2 .
  • Christoph Grubitz: Julius Rodenberg (Julius Levy). In: Andreas B. Kilcher (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon of German-Jewish Literature. Jewish authors in the German language from the Enlightenment to the present. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-476-01682-X , pp. 486-488.
  • Sina Farzin:  Rodenberg, Julius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 694 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Peter Payer: Departure for a cosmopolitan city. Julius Rodenberg and his book "Wiener Sommertage" ( 1875). In: Viennese history sheets. Issue 2/2009, pp. 29-59.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 585-586.

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personal data
SURNAME Rodenberg, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levy, Julius (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Rodenberg
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1914
Place of death Berlin