Karl Köchy
Karl Georg Heinrich Eduard Köchy (born October 26, 1800 in Braunschweig ; † May 11, 1880 in Plagwitz , Leipzig ) was a German lawyer , writer , director and theater director .
Life
Köchy was the son of a high school professor . He passed through the Katharineum and the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig (at the same time as August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ) . He then studied law at the University of Göttingen from 1818 to 1819 , then moved to the University of Berlin . There he came into contact with Christian Dietrich Grabbe , Heinrich Heine and Friedrich von Uechtritz and began writing. In Berlin he expanded his studies to include art and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He then returned to Braunschweig, where he became an attorney after successfully passing his state examination in law .
Köchy gave up his law firm in Braunschweig in 1828. He went on a journey and met August Haake , with whom he was striving for the future of the theater. In 1830 he founded the Rheinische Theaterzeitung in Mainz . After August Klingemann's death , on January 25, 1831, Köchy became a theater poet, secretary and theater director at the Hofbühne in Braunschweig . In 1842 he was appointed director at the theater and in 1843 he was appointed director's council and shaped the repertoire and style of performance until 1856, the year of his retirement. He was succeeded by Eduard Schütz . Christine Enghaus , also from Braunschweig, was one of the young talents sponsored by Köchy .
In 1874, Köchy moved to Weimar and then via Coburg to Leipzig. There he finally died.
Works (selection)
- Poetic Works , Braunschweig 1832.
- Garden, hallway and forest. Poems , Schroeder, Berlin 1854.
- Das Haus Holberg , drama in 5 elevators, 1855 (together with Wilhelm Floto ).
literature
- Joseph Kürschner : Köchy, Karl Georg Heinrich Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 414 f.
- Rudolf Eckart : Lexicon of Lower Saxon writers from the oldest times to the present , Osterwieck 1891, p. 105.
- Karl Steinacker : The end of the Enlightenment and the echo of Romanticism in Braunschweig. Appelhans, Braunschweig 1939, p. 102 f.
- Eberhard Rohse : Köchy, Karl (Georg Heinrich Eduard). In: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 81 .
- Eberhard Rohse: Köchy, Karl Georg Heinrich Eduard. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 333 .
- Bruno Jahn (ed.): The German-language press: A biographical-bibliographical manual , KG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11710-8 , p. 563.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City Chronicle of Braunschweig on braunschweig.de (as of April 6, 2019).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kochy, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Köchy, Karl Georg Heinrich Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, director and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1880 |
| Place of death | Plagwitz , Leipzig |