Karl Gautsch

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Karl Friedrich Constantin Gautsch (born June 27, 1810 in Simselwitz bei Döbeln , † December 12, 1879 in Dresden ) was a Saxon local researcher , politician and lawyer .

life and work

At the end of the 1830s, Gautsch lived in Roßwein , where in 1838 he was appointed court director for the Counts of Einsiedel on the manors Gersdorf and Böhrigen .

In addition to his work as a lawyer, he dealt with local history research at an early stage. In 1842 he published an "invitation to sign a new journal for Saxon history and antiquity". The following year the magazine appeared under the title Archive for Saxon History and Archeology . However, it had to be discontinued in the same year after only five issues, because "the sale of some 50 copies" at a price of 2 Thalers did not even come close to covering the costs. It was not until 1863 that such a journal was established with the Archive for Saxon History (since 1880 the New Archive for Saxon History and Archeology ), in which he also published several articles.

Gautsch was also politically active. In 1849 he sat for the 29th, 30th and 32nd district in the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament . Since he took part in the Dresden May uprising in 1849 , he was arrested in May for high treason . Initially sentenced to death, he was finally given 20 years in prison in Waldheim , of which he served five years and was released on March 1, 1856 after a petition for clemency. During this time, with the permission of the Saxon Ministry of the Interior, he was allowed to do research and have books from the royal secondary school library sent free of charge. In the same month he was allowed to practice his profession again.

He then settled in Dresden, where he lived first in Seevorstadt Am See 26 and later in Kreuzgasse 11. From this point on he was very active as a writer and published source-related studies and the like. a. on heraldry , castle research and Saxon Switzerland , which he published in particular in the archive for Saxon history and in the messages of the Freiberg Antiquities Association .

Gautsch was a member of the Mountain Association for Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland , the Association for the History and Topography of Dresden, the Association of German Heralds , an honorary member of the Freiberg Antiquities Association and the Section des sciences historiques in Luxembourg and a corresponding member of the German Society in Leipzig .

Honors

In Dresden-Blasewitz the Gautschweg was named after him on June 1, 1926 .

For his commitment to Saxon Switzerland, a rock formation in the Polenz Valley near Hohnstein, the Gautsch grotto , was named after him by the Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland in 1881 and a memorial plaque (renewed in 2018) was installed.

Trivia

The children's book author Hannelore Jost put Gautsch at the center of the plot in her first historical novel In denzeichen der Zeit .

Works (selection)

  • Archive for Saxon History and Archeology. Grimma: Gebhardt, 1843, first year, issue 1–5 ( digitized version ).
  • The oldest history of Saxon Switzerland along with the earliest topographical information. Dresden: Axt, 1880, 123 pp.
  • The Augustusbad near Radeberg. A brief description of the origins, the effects of the surroundings and the current establishment of this mineral bath and spa for use by bathing guests and visitors. With a tarpaulin of the area. Dresden: Weiske, 1873.
  • The foundation and development of Friedrichstadt: according to documents and archival sources for the celebration of the city's 200th anniversary on July 25, 1870. Dresden: Petzold, 1870.
  • About the task and establishment of local history and antiquity associations. In: Messages from the Freiberg Antiquities Association. 1865, No. 4, pp. 321-324.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Footnote to his posthumously published article on the history of the Freiberg Jungfrauenkloster and its abolition. In: Messages from the Freiberg Antiquities Association. Issue 17 (1880), 1881, p. 33. ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ Miscelles . In: Journal for the administration of justice and administration initially for the Kingdom of Saxony . tape 1 . Tauchnitz jun., Leipzig 1838 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Karl Gautsch: Invitation to sign a new journal for Saxon history and antiquity . Roßwein July 1842 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ Archives for Saxon History and Archeology, concluding remarks .
  5. ^ History of the Dresden uprising. Horse wine . In: Royal. Saxon licensed ant calendar to the year 1850 . Grimma 1850 ( digitized ).
  6. ↑ Freiberg, May 21 . In: Leipziger Zeitung . No. 144 , May 24, 1849 ( digitized version ).
  7. ^ Arrest of Carl Friedrich Constantin Gautsch, court director in Gersdorf, on suspicion of high treason (Sächsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig, 20391 Rittergut Gersdorf bei Roßwein with Böhrigen, No. 221). Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  8. ^ A b The Prince Secondary Library of Dresden under King John of Saxony . In: Scientific supplement to the Leipziger Zeitung . No. 85 , October 23, 1881 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ Franconian courier. Nuremberg, March 20, 1856, Br. 80, Bl. 2 ( digitized version )
  10. ^ Dresden, March 18 . In: Constitutionelle Zeitung . No. 65 , March 19, 1856 ( digitized version ).
  11. ↑ Historical address books. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  12. ^ Streets and squares in Blasewitz. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Gautschweg (Stadtwiki Dresden). Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  14. ↑ After four children's books, Roßweinerin presents her first historical novel. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. July 12, 2016, accessed December 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Gautsch, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gautsch, Karl Friedrich Constantin (full name); Gautzsch, Carl (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher, politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Simselwitz
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1879
Place of death Dresden