Karl Bernhardi

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Karl Bernhardi

Karl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (born October 5, 1799 in Ottrau , Hesse , † August 1, 1874 in Kassel ) was a German writer , librarian , publicist and politician .

Life

As the son of the preacher Johann Christian Bernhardi (born April 8, 1767 in Bacharach ; † July 11, 1837 in Zierenberg ) and his wife Sabine, née Claudi (born September 11, 1769 in Wetter near Marburg ; † July 13, 1836 in Zierenberg) , Karl Bernhardi studied Protestant theology and philology at Philipps University . In 1816 he became active in the Corps Hassia Marburg . In 1817 he joined the old Marburg fraternity Germania . From 1819 to 1823 he was a tutor in Brussels , then continued his studies of philology at the State University of Leuven continued where it 1826 Dr. phil. PhD and librarian . In 1829 he was appointed the first librarian at the Kurhessische Bibliothek .

The Hessian constitution of 1831 found in him one of its most active champions. In 1831 he was co-founder and editor of the newspaper “ Der Verfassungsfreund ” and in 1833 belonged to the Electoral Hessian Estates Assembly . In 1834 he founded the “Institute for the Education of Poor and Neglected Boys” in Kassel. He was a member of the city council of Kassel and head of the citizens' committee from 1835 to 1841.

From May 18, 1848 to May 21, 1849 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for the 2nd electoral district of Eschwege in Hesse . He belonged to Heinrich von Gagern's casino faction and issued the leaflets from the National Assembly from June to October 1848 . After the dissolution of the National Assembly, he took part in the Gotha post-parliament .

From 1859 to 1874 he was the director of the Kurhessische Landesbibliothek as one of the successors of Jacob Grimm . In the same year he became a board member of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies , which he had co-founded in 1834 and of which he was a board member until his death.

As a member of the National Liberal Party , he sat in the Prussian House of Representatives from 1867 to October 1868 and in the Reichstag (North German Confederation) from 1867 to 1870 .

See also

family

Karl Bernhardi was since 1838 with Ida Engelhard (born October 3, 1811 in Kassel; † October 1, 1866 ibid), daughter of Kassel High Court Director Wilhelm Gotthelf Engelhard and his first wife Karoline Heym (1795-1821), married. Both son was the Reich judge Heinrich Bernhardi .

Honors

Bernhardi's grave of honor in the main cemetery in Kassel

Incomplete list

Works

In addition to many essays and pamphlets, he published

  • De excidio regni judaici. Löwen 1824 (crowned award script).
  • Translation by Marie Degérandos : Advances in industry. Kassel 1842.
  • Karl Schomburg's estate and correspondence. Kassel 1843.
  • Language map of Germany. Kassel 1843, 1849.
  • Guide through the popular and youth classes. Leipzig 1852.
  • The language border between Germany and France. Kassel 1871.

literature

  • Carl Altmüller :  Bernhardi, Karl Christian Sigismund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 460 f.
  • Stefan Arend : Karl Bernhardi and the first language map of the German language area from 1843. With a reproduction of the map from 1843 . Kassel 2003, ISBN 3-00-012590-6 .
  • Stefan Arend: The limits of the tongues. Dr. Karl Bernhardi (1799–1874) and the first German language card - a cultural masterpiece from Kassel . In: KulturMagazin (Kassel) No. 102, July / August 2004, p. 24.
  • Stefan Arend: Searching for the land of the Germans with the language. Politics through German studies: How Karl Bernhardi wanted to define the borders of the empire through philology . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 206 of September 5, 2003, p. 40 (same content as Dingeldein without citing the source).
  • Heinrich J. Dingeldein : Karl Bernhardi and the language borders in German. A contribution to the history of German linguistics in the 19th century. In: Angelika Braun (Ed.): Contributions to linguistics and phonetics. Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, pp. 161-175.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 1: A-E. Winter, Heidelberg 1996, ISBN 3-8253-0339-X , pp. 88-89.
  • Ewald Grothe (ed.): The members of the Electoral Hessian Estates Assemblies 1830–1866. (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 13 = Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse . Vol. 43). Historical Commission for Hesse, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-942225-33-5 , No. KSV-038.
  • W. [ilhelm] Hopf: Bernhardi, Karl. In: Ingeborg Schnack (Ed.): Life pictures from Kurhessen and Waldeck 1830–1930 . First volume. Marburg 1939, pp. 23-26.
  • Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 72.
  • Norbert Nail: A political chronicler. A prize riddle for corporates who left their mark . In: Studenten-Kurier 3/2012, pp. 20–21; 4/2012, p. 25.
  • Jakob Petmecky: Karl Bernhardi: a Kurhessischer pioneer of the German unity movement. Summer, Bad Ems 1929.

Web links

Commons : Karl Bernhardi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Karl Bernhardi  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 160 , 74.
  2. ^ Peter Kaupp: Fraternity members in the Paulskirche , Dieburg 2005.
  3. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 63.
  4. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 67, short biography p. 376–377.
  5. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd Edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag , Berlin 1904, p. 149.
personal data
SURNAME Bernhardi, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernhardi, Karl Christian Sigismund; Bernhardi, Carl Christian Sigismund; Bernhardi, Carl; Bernhardi, Carolus Christianus Sigismundus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottrau
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1874
Place of death kassel