Karl Julius Weber

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Karl Julius Weber

Karl Julius Weber (born April 16 or 20, 1767 in Langenburg ; † July 19, 1832 in Kupferzell ; also written Carl Julius Weber ) was a German writer and important satirist .

biography

Karl Julius was a son of Elias Christoph Friedrich Weber (1733–1782) and his wife Eva Maria Friederica (1739–1803), née Schäfer. The father was steward and princely rentmaster in Langenburg, the mother maid of the princess Eleonore zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1734-1813).

Weber attended the Latin school in Langenburg and from 1782 the grammar school in Öhringen , before he studied law in Erlangen and until 1790 in Göttingen (here also with his Hohenlohe compatriot August Ludwig von Schlözer ). In French-speaking Switzerland he then accepted a position as private tutor, where he familiarized himself with French literature and philosophy, and in 1792 became private secretary to the ruling Count Christian zu Erbach-Schönberg , who was also the governor of the Teutonic Order in Mergentheim. After 1799 he served with his successor, Count Karl, as a councilor (later: Hofrat) in the Erbach-Schönberg government chancellery to König im Odenwald . In 1802 he entered the service of Isenburg as court and government councilor to accompany the hereditary count on his travels.

The employment with the Count of Isenburg-Büdingen ended in a falling out, whereupon Weber said goodbye and lived with his sister's family in Jagsthausen , then Weikersheim , Künzelsau and finally in Kupferzell . From 1820 to 1824 he represented the Oberamt Künzelsau in the Württemberg meeting of the estates .

He died on July 19, 1832 in Kupferzell, where he was also buried. At his behest one should smoke cigars at his grave and do somersaults .

His self-chosen epitaph was:

"Here are my bones, I wanted them to be yours."

However, his family rejected this epitaph and chose the following in Latin:

"Jocosus, non impius vixi, Incertus morior, non perturbatus,
Humanum est nescire et errare, Ens entium miserere mei."

“ I liked to joke, but I don't live ungodly. I know nothing in dying, but I fear no judgment. The lot of mankind is: to be erring, ignorant. You being of all beings! Have mercy on me! in the German translation "

Weber is referred to as the most important author in Hohenlohe . He belonged to the league of freemasons ; in his work he makes various references to the teachings of Freemasonry.

plant

Weber first appeared as a writer with his monasticism (Stuttgart 1818-20, 3 volumes), a history of monasticism. This was followed by the chivalry (Stuttgart 1822-1824, 3 volumes).

His most mature and best-known works (Stuttgart 1834–1844, 30 volumes) are:

  • Germany, or letters from a German traveling in Germany (Stuttgart 1826–1828, first edition 4 volumes; 3rd edition, set up as a travel guide . 1843, 6 volumes)
  • Democritus: 45 lively little pieces from the papers left behind by the laughing philosopher Karl Julius Weber / caringly dusted and brought to the light with a wink, also provided with several changes by Gerda Böttcher and Hubert Greiner , illustrations by Volker Pfüller , Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 1984.
  • So spoke Demokritos - from: Karl Julius Weber: Demokritos or papers left behind by a laughing philosopher , selected, introduced and provided with a portrait by Ursula Gast, Sauer Verlag, Heidelberg 1990, ISBN 3-7938-7033-2 .
  • Demokritos : Friedemann Schmoll (Ed.), (Selection 218 pages), Eine kleine Landesbibliothek Volume 15, Tübingen: Klöpfer & Meyer 2010, ISBN 978-3-940086-65-5 .

Honors

Carl Julius Weber sculpture at the old school in Langenburg (with Democritus in his right hand)

literature

  • Martin Blümcke: Councilor and literary hermit - Karl Julius Weber for his 250th birthday . In: Schwäbischer Heimatbund (Ed.): Schwäbische Heimat . 68th year, issue 1, January – March 2017, ISSN  0342-7595 , pp. 12–20.
  • Martin Blümcke, Roland Bauer (arr.): Karl Julius Weber, the Democritus from Hohenlohe (1767-1832). With the discussion about the reprint of books in the Second Württemberg Chamber in 1821 . German Schiller Society, Marbach am Neckar 1996, ISBN 3-929146-22-3 ( Marbacher Magazin 70, special issue)
  • Hans Dieter Haller: Karl Julius Weber (1767 to 1832) , in: Pegasus in the country - writers in Hohenlohe . Baier-Verlag, Crailsheim 2006, pp. 208-213.
  • Max Mendheim :  Weber, Karl Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 334-339.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 992 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to church book born on April 21, 1767, cf. Arch.f.Sippenforschung, 33./34. Born in 1969, p. 182.
  2. ↑ has: Smoking a cigar at Weber's grave . In: Hohenloher Zeitung . July 13, 2009 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on March 31, 2010]).
  3. ^ Website of the municipality of Kupferzell (accessed on March 22, 2010)
  4. ↑ Norbert Feinäugle: cultural landscape Hohenlohe - literature. In: Otto Bauschert (Ed.): Hohenlohe . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-17-012246-0 ( Writings on political regional studies of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 21), p. 179.
  5. ↑ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurerlexikon , revised and expanded new edition of the 1932 edition, Herbig: Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7766-2161-3 , p. 889 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Karl Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and satirist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1767 or April 20, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenburg
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1832
Place of death Copper cell