Karl Friedrich Müchler
Karl Friedrich Müchler (born September 2, 1763 in Stargard in Pomerania , † January 12, 1857 in Berlin ) was a German writer .
Life
Karl Friedrich Müchler was born as the son of the pedagogue and publicist Johann Georg Müchler in the town of Stargard in Western Pomerania . He had studied law in Berlin and began a career in the Prussian administration in 1785. In 1794 he was appointed to the council of war.
After the defeat of Prussia in 1806 in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte's armed forces , Müchler turned to writing. As a staunch Prussian patriot, he wrote poetry and prose for educational purposes . In Berlin he joined a Masonic lodge .
In 1814, Müchler was appointed police director at the Generalgouvernement of Dresden . In the same year he edited the magazine Das Awaken Europa . He wrote anecdotes, sayings and other writings with amusing and instructive content, which were addressed to women and young people, among others. He was married to the writer Karoline Woltmann from 1799–1804 .
Karl Friedrich Müchler died in Berlin in 1857 at the age of 93 and was buried in the Luisenstadt cemetery . His grave has not been preserved. A private school located in Dortmund, the Karl-Müchler-Schule, was named after Karl Friedrich Müchler.
Fonts (selection)
- Paperback for all German women , 1801.
- Poems laid down on the Altar of the Fatherland , 1813.
- Moral images in fables and stories for the young , 1829.
- (Karl Friedrich Müchler): Anecdote dictionary for readers with taste. 2 volumes, 1 supplement volume. Berlin: Siegismund Friedrich Hesse 1784/85.
- Crime stories. Pulled from court files . With an afterword ed. by Alexander Košenina. Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag 2011.
literature
- Franz Brümmer : Müchler, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 438 f.
- Ernst Weber: Müchler, Karl Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 261 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Müchler (KF) . In: Georg Christoph Hamberger, Georg Meusel (Ed.) The learned Teutschland - Lexicon of the German writers who are now living . Volume 18. Lemgo 1821, pp. 745-747 .
- Alexander Košenina: Criminal anecdote . Literary legal knowledge at Kleist, Meißner and Müchler . In: Michael Bies, Michael Gamper, Ingrid Kleeberg (Hrsg.): Gattungs-Wissen. Knowledge poetology and literary form . Göttingen 2013, 96-108.
- Alexander Košenina: Anthropological criminal case history. Karl Müchler's theft out of filial love and Goethe's Ferdinand story . In: Alexander Košenina, Carsten cell (ed.): Small anthropological prose forms of the Goethe time (1750-1830) . Hanover 2011, pp. 255–270.
Web links
- Works by and about Karl Friedrich Müchler in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Karl Friedrich Müchler in VD 18 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006, p. 81.
- ^ Karl Müchler School
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müchler, Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard in Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1857 |
| Place of death | Berlin |