Karl August Koberstein
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Karl August Koberstein (born January 10, 1797 in Rügenwalde in Western Pomerania , † March 8, 1870 in Kösen ) was a German literary historian.
Life
Karl August Koberstein was born in Markt 56 in Rügenwalde. He attended the Kadettenanstalten zu Stolp and Potsdam , from 1812 the Friedrich Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Berlin , studied philology at the university there from 1816, received an adjunct position in the state school Pforta in 1820 , where he worked - from 1824 as a professor - until his death . Among other things, Friedrich Nietzsche was his student there.
He began his literary career with the treatise On the Probable Age and the Meaning of the Poem from the Wartburg War (Naumburg 1823), which was followed by several programs on the Austrian poet Peter Suchewirt (1828–52, three parts).
From his teaching activities his phonology and inflection theory of Middle High German and New High German (Halle 1862) emerged.
His main work, the Outline of the History of German National Literature , designed in the first edition (Leipzig 1827) only as a guideline for grammar school lessons, became a comprehensive manual on the history of German national literature in the fourth edition (there 1847–1866) sets out the literary development of the German nation in all directions and bears testimony to both an extraordinary literacy and a particular conscientiousness and thoroughness of research. After Koberstein's death, the 5th edition was published by Karl Bartsch (Leipzig 1872–75, five volumes), who also published the 6th edition (1884 ff.).
Koberstein was editor of the anthology Heinrich von Kleist . Letters to his sister (Berlin 1860). He also acted as editor of the third volume of Johann Wilhelm Löbell's work Development of German Poetry (Braunschweig 1865).
As one of the most important German scholars of his time, August Koberstein was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Breslau in 1857 . In 1870 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Göttingen Society of Sciences .
Koberstein got involved in the conservative camp in 1848 and was chairman of the constitutional association in Naumburg. As conference president, he led the people's assembly in Kösen in July 1848 and was the focus of the Kösener bird pastures .
progeny
Koberstein's son Carl Ferdinand Koberstein (born February 15, 1836 in Schulpforta, † 1899) was a member of the court theater in Dresden from 1862 to 1883. He is the author of the tragedies Florian Geyer (Dresden 1863) and King Erich XIV (1869) as well as the comedy What God brings together, man should not divide (1872). Karl Koberstein was married to Bertha Lessing (1844–1914), the daughter of the history painter Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880). One of the sons, Hans Koberstein (1864–1945), trained with his uncle, the sculptor, craftsman and painter Otto Lessing (1846–1912) in Berlin, became a painter and graphic artist.
Koberstein's daughter Caroline Koberstein was the mother of the spa doctor Georg Groddeck .
Works (selection)
- About the probable age and meaning of the poem from the Wartburg war , Naumburg 1823 ( online ).
- Outline of the history of German national literature , 1st edition: Leipzig 1827, 6th edition: 1884, PDF (4th edition 1847).
- Mixed essays on the history of literature and aesthetics , Leipzig 1858 ( online ).
- Phonology and inflection theory of the Middle High German and the New High German language in their basic features. For use in high schools . 1st edition: Pforte 1862, 2nd edition: Halle 1867 ( online ).
- As editor: Heinrich von Kleist - Letters to his sister Ulrike , Berlin 1860 ( online ).
literature
- Karl Bartsch: Three German literary historians . In: Germania 16 (1871), pp. 109–120 (obituary to Koberstein pp. 109–112)
- Elisabeth Frenzel : Koberstein, August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 246 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Jörg Kuhn : Hans Koberstein "My Uncle Otto". The unknown biography of a sculptor in imperial Berlin , in: Yearbook 1994 of the Association for the History of Berlin , Vol. LXIII, 1994, pp. 105–124.
- Erich Schmidt : Koberstein, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 360-363.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl August Koberstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- portrait
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koberstein, Karl August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koberstein, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German schoolboy and Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruegenwalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1870 |
| Place of death | Kosen |