Karl Gottlieb Prätzel

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In memory of Karl Gottlieb Prätzel at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

Karl Gottlieb Prätzel (born April 2, 1785 in Halbau , today Iłowa , Poland , † January 13, 1861 in Hamburg ) was a German poet, writer and journalist.

Life

Karl Gottlieb Prätzel's father was an electoral palace gardener in Halbau in Lausitz . After graduating from the grammar school in Sorau (today Żary ), he came to Leipzig University in 1804 to study theology. Since the family resources were ultimately no longer sufficient, he accepted a position as a private tutor in Hamburg with a Meyer family, with whom he remained closely connected until his death. With this family he moved to Oldesloe in Holstein in 1820 and returned to Hamburg a few years later. He spent the rest of his life there and died unmarried on June 18, 1861.

Prätzel lived as a private scholar and was a very keen writer of fiction. The literary historian Rudolf von Gottschall (1823-1909) ranked him among those poets who, in contrast to Emanuel Geibel's (1815-1884) serious works, described the joy of life and especially popular life in a cheerful and carefree manner. Many contributions to contemporary paperbacks and magazines also came from Prätzel. He published two weekly papers, the childhood friend in 1816 and 1817 and the house friend in 1829. From 1847 on, Prätzel worked for theater reviews at the Hamburg correspondent . A collection of 535 of his works are in the State and University Library Hamburg .

Works (excerpt)

Poems:

Poetic stories and dramas:

  • General potions . A funny poem in 6 songs. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1815. ( digitized version )
  • Field roses . Hinrich, Leipzig 1819. ( digitized version )
  • The Schlossmamsell . Lechner, Vienna 1827. ( digitized version )
  • Hildrian, a summer fairy tale in 6 songs. Nestler & Melle, Hamburg 1831.
  • 40th birthday (1834)

Novel:

Edited volumes:

  • Cheap edition in 4 volumes (1822) and 8 volumes (1833)
  • Novellas and short stories . 2 volumes. Schüppel, Berlin 1829.
  • Spring gifts. Short stories and poems. Campe, Hamburg 1828. ( digitized version )
  • Stories in 2 volumes (1832)
  • Collected little novels and stories. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1833. ( Digitized Volume 1) , ( Volume 3 ), ( Volume 5 ), ( Volume 7 )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mason poems for and about Freemasonry [1]
  2. ↑ The Schlossmamsell was by Johann Nestroy as a literary model for its extravaganza The engagement party in Feenreiche used
  3. ↑ Die Getäuschten, Book impression of the second volume in Classische Cabinett-Bibliothek , Vienna 1827
personal data
SURNAME Prätzel, Karl Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Halbau, today Iłowa
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1861
Place of death Hamburg