Karl Gustav von Hille
Karl Gustav von Hille (* before 1590 in Zachan in Western Pomerania ; † September 1647 in Allersheim near Holzminden) was a court official and writer .
Life
In his childhood Hille served as a page at the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg's court in Brandenburg . With this he was later accepted into the Fruitful Society . At the age of 19 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on August 10, 1609 , and in January 1612 he moved to the University of Rostock . In 1634, at the age of 44, Hille married Helena Katharina von Oeynhausen .
When Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen visited Prince Gustav Adolf in Mecklenburg, whose guardian he was, at the end of 1636 on his north German trip , he accepted this, Hille and some other Güstrow court officials into the Fruitful Society . Here, Hille was given the company name of the undaunted and the motto in beneficial effects . As an emblem he was given "the berry peel" (Acanthus mollis L.) . Hilles entry can be found in the Koethen company register under the number 302; there is also his rhyme law, which he wrote as thanks for his recording:
- That right berries Klaw works and heals in many ways,
- And all moisture in the body will be divided.
- Drumb Undaunted, I liked to call myself
- And because I know that God also gave riches
- I will indefatigably devote myself to the stimulation
- That I may call myself his servant in good health.
- Disgruntled, make me rich, O Lord
- That in contention Jch ia nit backward soft.
On January 26, 1645, Hille was taken over by Duke August d. J. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was appointed tutor of his musical wife Sophie Elisabeth. At Easter of the same year Christian Ludwig von Braunschweig offered him the post of Drosten , but Hille refused and stayed at the court in Wolfenbüttel .
Hilles' main literary work is Der Teutsche Palmbaum , Nuremberg 1647, an illustrated source publication on the fruitful society . Hilles' correspondence with Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen has been preserved from 1645 ff., Which documents that Hille was an important link between Anhalt and the Welfenhöfe for a number of years .
Works
- The Teutsche Palm Tree. That is, praise of the highly praiseworthy / fruitful society beginning / statutes / projects / names / sayings / consorts, writings and imperishable virtue glory / all lovers of the German language for useful information, written, by the undaunted servant of the same , Endter, Nuremberg 1647 ( digitized ); Reprint: Munich 1970
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry by Karl Gustav von Hille in the Rostock matriculation portal
literature
- Jill Bepler: Karl Gustav von Hille, on his biography and on his relations with England , in: Chloe 6 (1987), pp. 253-290
- Jill Bepler: Karl Gustav von Hille , in: Walther Killy (Hrsg.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works in German . Vol. 5. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh and Munich 1988–1991, Vol. 5, p. 328 (CD-ROM edition: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Carl Gustav von Hille , in: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 3. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, pp. 2089-91, ISBN 3-7772-9105-6 (list of works and references)
- Wolfgang Harms: The allegedly old German Anthyrius song in Hilles “Palmbaum” , in: Festschrift for Ingeborg Schröbler , Tübingen 1973, pp. 381–405
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd edition, Volume 4, Munich 2006, p. 850
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Gustav von Hille in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Karl Gustav von Hille in VD 17 .
- Digitized prints by Karl Gustav von Hille in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hille, Karl Gustav von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hille, Carl Gustav von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, member of the Fruitful Society |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1590 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zachan at Stargard |
DATE OF DEATH | September 1647 |
Place of death | Allersheim (near Holzminden) |