Carl Volckhausen

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Carl Volckhausen on a painting by his daughter Adele

Carl Volckhausen (born October 23, 1822 in Haustenbeck , † October 29, 1899 in Düsseldorf ) was a German teacher , journalist and writer .

Life

Carl Volckhausen was born on October 23, 1822 in Haustenbeck. His father was the pastor Henrich Ludwig Christoph Ferdinand Volckhausen (* 1794 in Schötmar ; † January 30, 1852 in Lemgo ), his mother Karoline Henriette Johanne Christine Wülfing (* March 12, 1801 in Kleve ; † after 1864). Volckhausen was baptized on November 13, 1822 in the full name of David Philipp Carl Friedrich Louis. From the winter of 1838/39 to March 1842 he attended high school in Detmold. According to his father's wishes, he studied theology at the universities of Tübingen and Jena . During his studies in 1843 he became a member of the Arminia fraternity in the castle cellar . He finished his studies in 1845. Back in his homeland in Lippe, he registered for the preacher's examination from Lemgo at the Princely Lippe Consistory in Detmold. After passing the written and oral examination as well as the trial sermon, Prince Leopold II approved Volckhausen's inclusion among the state candidates, the decision was announced on November 22nd in issue 47 of the Fürstlich Lippische government and announcement sheet .

During his studies Volckhausen made the acquaintance of Theodor Althaus . Althaus had founded a reading association in Detmold, which distributed "opposition writings" by Ludwig Feuerbach , David Friedrich Strauss , Georg Herwegh and others in the Principality of Lippe . In the winter of 1845/46 Carl Volckhausen was responsible for distributing the books and brochures. In the meantime, Volckhausen had turned away from the idea of ​​pursuing a career in the church. When the Princely Government set up a sixth class at Detmold High School in September 1847, he successfully applied for the position of class teacher.

In the spring of 1848, the March Revolution also hit the Principality of Lippe. The first edition of Wage appeared on March 25th , and Volckhausen was named as one of the three editors alongside Karl Vette from Detmold and Gustav Adolf Wolff from Lemgo. On May 8th, a citizens' association closely associated with the newspaper was founded in Detmold , which was soon renamed the Detmold Volksverein . The club's president was Karl Vette, vice-president Carl Volckhausen and secretary Otto Dresel .

Since Volckhausen's views rubbed off on his students, the deputy school director Professor Bertholt turned to the Scholarchate Commission on August 13, 1848, concerned . This came to the conclusion, especially at the endeavors of Privy Councilor Rohdewald, that Volckhausen's commitment to Wage and his position as a teacher could not be reconciled. Carl Volckhausen therefore left the editorial team on August 22, 1848. This did not end the quarrels in Volckhausen's school service and after further discussions and expert opinions he was dismissed from school service in September 1849. For a long time it didn't keep him in Lippe and in February 1850 he briefly accepted a teaching position at a private school in Hoya .

In 1851 he moved to Hamburg in order to take on a position at the university for the female sex mediated by Malwida von Meysenbug . In Hamburg he also met his future wife Adeline Voigt , they married in 1853. Their daughter Adele was born on March 12, 1854. Neither the university nor the community school of the German Catholics in Hamburg , in which Volckhausen was subsequently employed, lasted long. For the sake of his wife, he rejected plans to emigrate to the United States and stayed with her in Hamburg. Together with Ludwig Walesrode he gave the compass from January to November 1857 . A weekly for instruction and entertainment , which was one of the most sophisticated literary magazines in Hamburg. He tried his hand at writing, initially with little success, but Adeline Volckhausen, who was also a writer, had more success. In Hamburg, Volckhausen was a member of the workers' education association and the association for the promotion of freedom of conscience . From 1866 to 1867/68 he was a representative of the Hamburg citizenship .

From 1867 Volckhausen was in Frankfurt, where Leopold Sonnemann , owner and publisher of the Frankfurter Zeitung , had offered him the post of editor-in-chief. In mid-1873 there was a disagreement between Sonnemann and the editorial staff of the newspaper, as a result of which Volckhausen followed his conscience and vacated the post. From 1873 to 1875 he was an editor at the Neue Badische Landeszeitung . Together with his family, he moved to Düsseldorf on November 20, 1875 and retired to private life. His wife Adeline died on March 17, 1895. Carl Volckhausen survived her by a few years and died on October 29, 1899 mentally deranged in an institution. The unmarried daughter Adele Volkhausen, who worked as a painter until she fell ill, also died on March 19, 1924 in Düsseldorf.

Carl Volckhausen can also be found in a report from Wage among the planned participants in the March Association Congress in Frankfurt in May 1849.

Works

literature

  • Alfred Bergmann : Fifteen letters from Carl Volkhausen to Malvida von Meysenbug from the years 1849–1852 . In: Messages from Lippe history and regional studies . 23rd volume. Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1954, p. 159-243 .
  • Alfred Bergmann: Carl Volkhausen. The life course of a Lippish democrat . In: Messages from Lippe history and regional studies . 24th volume. Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1955, p. 5-89 .
  • Annegret Tegtmeier-Breit: Carl Volkhausen. Memories of a democrat . In: Lippe 1848. To hand over a petition from the democratic manner . Lippische Landesbibliothek, Detmold 1998, ISBN 3-9806297-0-8 , p. 247-255 .
  • Hanns-Peter Fink: Leopoldinum - Gymnasium zu Detmold 1602–2002 (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe . Volume 64 ). Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-89528-365-7 , p. 268-277 .
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 165-167.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Volckhausen  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hanns-Peter Fink: Leopoldinum - Gymnasium zu Detmold 1602–2002 . S. 269 .
  2. ^ Digitized at the Lippische Landesbibliothek, accessed on January 24, 2014
  3. ^ Lexicon of German women of the pen. Entry at Zeno.org. Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Ulrike Renz: "... expanding the ennobling influence of art to ever larger circles ...", bourgeoisie and fine arts in Hamburg in the late 18th and 19th centuries , dissertation Bielefeld University, 2001 ( available online) , page 153
  5. ^ According to the entry in the German National Library
  6. ↑ Die Wage No. 36/1849 of May 5, 1849, p. 158 http://s2w.hbz-nrw.de/llb/periodical/pageview/1597165
personal data
SURNAME Volckhausen, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Volkhausen, Carl; Volckhausen, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Haustenbeck
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1899
Place of death Dusseldorf