Karl Sondershausen

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Philipp Karl Christian Sondershausen (born October 8, 1792 in Weimar ; † March 1, 1882 there ) was a German writer and clergyman.

Life

Sondershausen attended the Weimar grammar school, after which he studied theology in Jena . From 1818 he was preacher at the court and city church, today's so-called Herder Church in Weimar, court master and later grand ducal councilor at the page institute in Weimar. Friedrich von Matthisson mentions the latter in a letter of May 29, 1824 to his poet colleague Johann Christoph Friedrich Haug . As a writer and poet he was not very successful. He called himself the last one from Altweimar . Weimar already had a central place in his work. He also had contact with some, not only Weimar celebrities such as Goethe , Friedrich von Matthisson , Ernst Raupach and others. a., and not only with regard to literature , but was also in private contact with some. Karl Sondershausen, for example, also dedicated a poem to Mattisson, which was provided with notes by Heinrich Karl Friedrich Peucer under the pseudonym Edmund Ost with the sign EO.

Sondershausen also told anecdotes. This also affected Goethe and a conversation with his doctor, Wilhelm Rehbein , in relation to his birthday in 1818, which Goethe intended to celebrate in Karlsbad . As a writer, he was particularly fond of the field of dramatic poetry.

Because of that little success, Sondershausen took a break of over thirty years from writing from 1825 to 1857. In old age he published few works that were more lyrical and represented his memories. His book from 1859 contains: The Last from Altweimar memoirs, selected poems and seven smaller dramatic poems. He died in Weimar in 1882. Today he is as good as forgotten.

Works (selection)

  • Samples from my diary. First attempts, Weimar 1816.
  • Hours in the vineyard of the Hernn. Candidate attempts in 8 sermons, Cnobloch , Leipzig 1817.
  • The liberation of Greece. Two dramatic poems, 2 vols., 1821 a. 1822.
  • Aëdon; The Hindu; The new Orpheus. Three dramatic poems, 1823.
  • Folk song for the celebration of September 3, 1825, o. O. [Weimar] 1825.
  • Bernhard of Weimar. Romantic tragedy in 5 acts, Böhlau, Weimar 1825.
  • Euterpe. Dramatic poems (The Ten Virgins - Rübezahl), Sonntag, Merseburg 1825.
  • Shirin. Dramatic poem, Pönicke & Sohn, Leipzig 1845.
  • February leaves, o. O. 1849.
  • From the ashes. Remembrance songs and poems, Panse, Weimar 1850.
  • Saul at the Wartburg. A Xenie of Adoration and Gratitude, separate print, undated (approx. 1850).
  • Weimar's cradle festival, no year (approx. 1825).
  • At Weimar's jubilee party. A consecration gift, Hofdruckerei Weimar 1857.
  • The last one from Altweimar. Memories and Seals, Court Printing Weimar 1859.
  • Welcome to Weimar, A bouquet of senses to look around, undated (approx. 1860).
  • Mahomet II. Musical-lyric drama, 1867.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sondershausen, Philipp Karl Christian. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  2. ^ Brümmer, Franz, "Sonderhausen, Karl" in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 34 (1892), pp. 621–622 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd117478830.html#adbcontent
  3. ↑ Goethe's Conversations Biedermann Edition , Vol. 3/1: Conversations of the Years 1817–1825, ed. by Wolfgang Herwig, Munich 1998, p. 683 f. The final passage reads: Doctor Sondershausen, a young man of fiery, excellently developed spirit, led me into the theater seat of the pages, his subordinates, they gave Schiller's robbers.
  4. ↑ Goethe's Conversations Biedermann Edition , Vol. 3/1: Conversations of the Years 1817–1825, ed. by Wolfgang Herwig, Munich 1998, p. 682 f. Here Sondershausen describes his meeting with Goethe in 1824, Matthissons in Goethe's house, and his feelings in his The Last from Altweimar from 1859.
  5. ↑ To Matthisson (epilogue of my journey) , in: Journal for literature, art, luxury and fashion . Eighth and thirtieth volume. Year 1823, p. 825.
  6. ↑ Goethe's Conversations Biedermann Edition , Vol. 3/1: Conversations of the Years 1817–1825, ed. by Wolfgang Herwig, Munich 1998, p. 80 f .: According to an anecdote by Karl Sondershausen, Goethe "celebrated" his birthday on August 27, 1818. (The “real” birthday was one day later.) He had therefore already drunk a lot of wine and asked Rehbein to drink it on his birthday. But that was not Goethe's birthday, as Rehbein noticed. Goethe looked at his calendar and then said: “Well, let's see! I got drunk today for free ”. In another memory of the actor Eduard Genast , however, there is (he refers directly to Rehbein!) A saying attributed to Goethe in this context: “Donnerwetter! I got drunk for free. ”Ibid. P. 82. Genast also wrote: "The latter could only be considered a humorous phrase for everyone who knew him, because Goethe never got drunk."
  7. ↑ The last one from Altweimar
personal data
SURNAME Sondershausen, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sondershausen, Philipp Karl Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1882
Place of death Weimar