Karl Theodor von Traitteur

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Karl Theodor von Traitteur

Karl Theodor Traitteur , from 1790 Edler von Traitteur , (born April 6, 1756 in Philippsburg , † January 13, 1830 in Mannheim ) was the Palatinate-Bavarian court librarian and court historiographer , as well as geographer , author and poet.

family

The Traitteur family was of Catholic faith and came from Lorraine . Karl Theodor von Traitteur was the son of from Maikammer coming fürstbischöflich speyerischen court councilor and bailiff Johann Adam Traitteur, and his wife Eva Elisabeth Durass from Weyher in der Pfalz . His brother Johann Andreas von Traitteur (1752-1825) was an engineer and a pioneer of balloon flights . The family lived in Philippsburg .

Tomb of the wife, by Franz Conrad Linck

Karl Theodor von Traitteur was married to Magdalena von Rogister (1766–1789) and had three children with her.
The daughter's name was Magdalena Traitteur (1786–1867) and was later only called “Loni”. She married the Mannheim economist Friedrich Deurer. His son Wilhelm von Traitteur (1788-1859) worked as a well-known bridge builder in Russia. One twin (1788- <1789) died in infancy before the mother.

In 1790 he had the court sculptor Franz Conrad Linck create a touching memorial for his first wife , which was transferred in 1873 from the old Mannheim Catholic cemetery in K 2 to the main cemetery in Mannheim . In the meantime there is only a copy of it and the valuable original is in the Reiss Museum . In front of this grave monument of the first woman stands the tombstone of Karl Theodor von Traitteur, who is decorated with theatrical masks because of his artistic activity.

The second wife of Karl Traitteur, Katharina geb. Rothan 1774-1844

Karl Theodor entered into a second marriage with Katharina Rothan.
Three children emerged from this connection:

  • Friedrich Traitteur 1795–1839, became a lieutenant
  • Johann Friedrich Traitteur 1798–1879, also became a lieutenant
  • Elise Traitteur 1800–1873

Live and act

He received his doctorate in 1786 from Heidelberg University , where he taught geography . In the same year he appointed Elector Karl Theodor of the Kurpfälzische Academy of Sciences to Mannheim and appointed him Hofhistoriographen; In 1788 he became court librarian. He also served as court judge .

With his brothers Jacob, Conrad and Johann Andreas Karl Theodor Traitteur was on September 14, 1790, Noble of Traitteur ennobled . In 1808 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In addition to his official duties, Karl Theodor von Traitteur published scientific papers such as “On the size and population of the Rhenish Palatinate” (1789) or “The loss of the German imperial estates on the left bank of the Rhine” (1799). However, he also wrote the libretto for the opera “Albert III. von Bayern ” , which the composer Georg Joseph Vogler set to music and the play “ Das Purschenleben ” (1780). The city of Mannheim named a street after him.

  • Gravestone, Mannheim main cemetery

  • Gravestone, side view

  • Detail twin

  • Memorial plaque Deurer & Traitteur

Works

(Selection)

  • “Das Purschenleben” (1780), play in 4 acts; Complete scan
  • "Albert III. von Bayern ” (1781), anonymous, Singspiel in 5 acts, complete scan
  • "About the size and population of the Rhenish Palatinate" (1789); Complete scan of the book
  • “Heteroclitic ideas about the natural limitation of European states as the basis for an eternal peace” , 1797
  • “The loss of the German imperial estates on the left bank of the Rhine” (1799); Complete scan as a PDF file
  • “Europe at Peace for Now or in the Future” , 1814

literature

  • August Rosenlehner: “On the life story of the Electoral Palatinate Bavarian librarian and court historiographer Karl Theodor von Traiteur (1756-1830)” , in: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter IX. Vol., No. 8 and 9, 1908
  • The cemeteries in Mannheim , Südwestdeutsche Verlagsanstalt Mannheim, 1992, pages 99 and 100

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia, p. 1966
  2. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : " New general German Adels-Lexicon " , Volume 9, Leipzig, 1870, page 251; Scan from the source
  3. ^ Ernst Weller: Archive for Stamm- und Wappenkunde , Volumes 12-13, Dresden, 1912, p. 165; (Detail scan)
  4. ↑ See monument inscription (detailed picture)
  5. ↑ Data page for the opera “Albert III. von Bayern “ ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opernprojekt.uni-koeln.de
personal data
SURNAME Caterer, Karl Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caterer, Carl Theodor von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palatinate-Bavarian court librarian and historiographer, poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Philippsburg
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1830
Place of death Mannheim