Julius Wilhelm Zincgref

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Julius Wilhelm Zincgref , occasionally also Zinkref and Zengravius , (born June 3, 1591 in Heidelberg , † November 12, 1635 in St. Goar ) was a German poet, poet and editor.

Life

Born as the son of an electoral councilor, Zincgref studied philosophy, philology and law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg since 1607 . He then went on a study trip through Switzerland , France , England and the Netherlands from 1611 to 1616 . After his return in 1619 he received his doctorate in Heidelberg for Dr. iur.

Here in Heidelberg he also joined the Heidelberg circle of poets . When the imperial troops conquered Heidelberg in 1622 during the Thirty Years' War , Zincgref lost his property and fled to Frankfurt am Main , and later to Strasbourg . During this time the group of poets went out because all members had to get to safety because of the war.

In 1624 Zincgref acted as editor for Martin Opitz and his Teutsche Poemata . As an appendix, Zincgref published not only himself, but u. a. also Georg Rodolf Weckherlin and Paul Melissus .

After stays in Stuttgart and Worms , he became a land clerk in Kreuznach in 1632 and later in Alzey . After the battle of Nördlingen he fled to St. Goar am Rhein. At the age of 44, Julius Wilhelm Zincgref died of the plague on November 12, 1635 in St. Goar .

Zincgref's main works are the Apophthegmata, the Teutschen sharp-witted clever Sprüch (1626–1631), a collection of stories, sayings, anecdotes and puns that inspired many subsequent authors. In his works he turned against the typically baroque playfulness of language. In addition to his literary work, Zincgref mostly appeared as the author and editor of pamphlets , with which he commented on and criticized current politics. A pamphlet published under the pseudonym Laurentiades Primnicius is also credited to him .

Works (selection)

  • Facetiae Pennalium, that is all the merry school bosses , 1618
  • Emblemata . Frankfurt / M. 1619.
  • Sapientia Picta, that is, artificial meaningful portraits and figures , Frankfurt / M. 1624
  • Apophthegmata German . Edited by Theodor Verweyen / Dieter Mertens / Werner Wilhelm Schnabel. Vol. I: Text . Vol. II: Explanations and identifications , with an introduction by Theodor Verweyen and Dieter Mertens (= Collected Writings IV / 1-2). Berlin, Boston 2011 (reprints of German literary works, NF 57–58).
  • as editor: Auserlesene Gedichte Deutscher Poeten collected by Julius Wilhelm Zinkgref, 1624 (= reprints of German literature from the 16th and 17th centuries , volume 15), re-edited by Wilhelm Braune, Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1879.
  • Collected writings , ed. Dieter Mertens and Theodor Verweyen. Vol. 1 ff. Tübingen 1978 ff. (Reprints of German literary works, NF vol. 28 ff.)

literature

  • Rudolf Graupner: Julius Wilhelm Zincgref and his "Apophthegmata" , in: Yearbook of the Philosophical Faculty , University of Leipzig 1923, DNB 363940138 (Dissertation University of Leipzig, Philosophical Faculty, 1922, 23 pages).
  • Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld: Julius Wilhelm Zincgrefs life and writings. In: Archiv für Litteraturgeschichte 8. 1879, pp. 1–58, 446–490.
  • Theodor Verweyen: Apophthegmata and joke speech. Bad Homburg 1970 (= Linguistica et Litteraria 5).
  • Theodor Verweyen, Werner Wilhelm Schnabel: Applied Emblematics and Studbook. Interpretation problems using the example of processed "Emblemata Zincgrefiana" . In: Hans-Peter Ecker (Ed.): Methodically reflected interpretation. Festschrift for Hartmut Laufhütte on the occasion of his 60th birthday . Passau 1997, pp. 117-155.
  • Wilhelm Kühlmann, Hermann Wiegand (Hrsg.): Julius Wilhelm Zincgref and Heidelberg late humanism. During the heyday and struggle of the Calvinist Electoral Palatinate (= Mannheim historical writings , volume 5). Mannheim 2011.

List of works and references

Web links

Wikiquote: Julius Wilhelm Zincgref  - Quotes
Wikisource: Julius Wilhelm Zincgref  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Verweyen / Werner Wilhelm Schnabel: Applied Emblematics and Studbook. Interpretation problems using the example of processed "Emblemata Zincgrefiana" . In: Hans-Peter Ecker (ed.): Methodically reflected interpretation. Festschrift for Hartmut Laufhütte on the occasion of his 60th birthday . Passau 1997, pp. 117-155.
  2. ↑ digitized version
personal data
SURNAME Zincgref, Julius Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zinkref, Julius Wilhelm; Zincgrefius, Iulius Guilhelmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyric poet, poet and editor
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1591
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1635
Place of death St. Goar