Karl Lorentzen

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Karl Lorentzen

Karl Dietrich Lorentzen (born March 26, 1817 in Segeberg , † May 18, 1888 in Coburg ) was a German classical philologist, journalist and liberal politician. Before 1848 in particular, he played an important role in promoting the German concept of the nation state in the Danish duchies of Schleswig and Holstein .

Life

Lorentzen first attended high school in Kiel from 1825 to 1834 . After he quickly gave up an apprenticeship as a bookbinder, he continued his high school education in Plön , where he graduated from high school in 1838. He then studied classical philology in Kiel from 1838 to 1842 , where he received his doctorate in 1842. phil. PhD. During his studies in 1838 he became a member of the Albertina fraternity in Kiel . In 1842 and 1843 he lived in Berlin and prepared his habilitation. There he was involved in a scandal over alleged demagogic activities of the local academic reading club. This led to the association being banned. Lorentzen then had to give up his habilitation project. His application for a large Danish travel grant failed because Theodor Mommsen won it. His application as a librarian at Kiel University Library also failed.

In 1844 and 1845 he was editor-in-chief of the Neue Kieler Blätter. He geared their political course entirely to the alleged belonging of Schleswig and Holstein to Germany before the paper was received in 1845. His attempt to do his habilitation in Kiel also failed. Instead he became political editor of the Itzehoer Wochenblatt in 1846. The paper became an important forum for propagating the German national movement in Schleswig-Holstein. His activity led to a high-profile criminal case. In 1846 Lorentzen also became a correspondent for Schleswig-Holstein for the influential Kölnische Zeitung. Lorentzen has also written for other foreign newspapers. From 1847 he was editor of the Bremer Zeitung. After the Schleswig-Holstein survey began , he gave up this post again.

In 1848 and 1850 he was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein State Assembly . In the Department of Foreign Affairs, he was responsible for the press work of the Provisional Government . In 1851 he was finally able to complete his habilitation in Kiel and was a private lecturer there for a short time. Between 1852 and 1856 he was a research associate at the Archaeological Institute in Rome . A critical edition of Vitruvius was created during this time . Afterwards he was a senior teacher at a grammar school in Gotha for a short time . He was then from 1860 to 1861 editor-in-chief of the Preussische Zeitung and in 1862 editor of the national newspaper. He published a pamphlet on the London treatise. He has written several articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

From 1863 to 1866 he was in the service of Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on whose behalf he worked as a diplomat, a. a. as envoy to the Bundestag in Frankfurt and to the courts in Dresden, Munich and Vienna.

Lorentzen was from 1867 to 1870 a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and the North German Reichstag for the constituency of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein 5 (North and South Dithmarschen - Steinfurt district). In the Reichstag of the North German Confederation, he initially belonged to the parliamentary group of the federal constitutional association , and during the legislative period he converted to the free association . From 1871 to 1877 Lorentzen represented the same constituency in the German Reichstag . He was initially a member of the Progressive Party , but towards the end of the second legislative term he joined the parliamentary group of the National Liberal Party . From 1873 to 1879 he was again a member of the Prussian House of Representatives.

In 1880 he settled in Coburg , where he died in 1888.

Works (selection)

  • Marci Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura libri decem. Ex fide librorum scriptorum recens. atque emend. et in German. sermonem vertit Carol. Lorentzen . Vol. 1, p. 1, Gotha 1857 (digitized version)
  • The London treatise of May 8, 1852. Leipzig 1864 (digitized version)
  • Georg Kupke: Fifty years ago. Correspondence between Dr. Karl Lorentzen and the leaders of the Augustburg party 1863–1866 . Leipzig, 1914

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 216, short biography p. 434.
  2. ↑ A. Phillips (ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, and for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag. Verlag Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 72.
  3. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 110.
  4. ↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , pp. 252f; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , for the constituency Steinburg 1867–1873 see p. 480–482, for the constituency Süddithmarschen 1873–1879 see p. 482–484.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 44-45.
  • Alexa Geisthövel: peculiarity and power. German nationalism 1830–1851. The Schleswig-Holstein case. Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08090-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Lorentzen, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorentzen, Carl; Lorentzen, Karl Dietrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Segeberg
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1888
Place of death Coburg