Karl Wilhelm Justi

Karl Wilhelm Justi

Grave of Karl Wilhelm Justi in the cemetery at Barfüßertor in Marburg

Karl Wilhelm Justi (born January 14, 1767 in Marburg ; † August 7, 1846 there ; also Carl Wilhelm Justi ) was a German philosopher and Lutheran theologian .

Life

Karl Wilhelm Justi was pastor at the Lutheran Parish Church in Marburg . He was in 1793 a full professor of philosophy at the University in Marburg and in 1822, after the date Calvinist University to expand the Protestant University took place, also Professor of Theology Lutheran denomination . In addition, he devoted himself to the description of Hessian art monuments and published a number of publications. In 1797 he also published the first biography of Saint Elizabeth compiled from historical sources , which was revised again in 1835.

Justi founded a well-known Marburg family of scholars. His descendants include Carl Justi , Ferdinand Justi and Ludwig Justi .

He also belonged to the so-called Marburg Romantic Circle , which also included Bettina Brentano and Clemens Brentano , Karoline von Günderode , Sophie Mereau , Achim von Arnim , Leonhard and Friedrich Creuzer , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , Friedrich Carl von Savigny and the pastor Johann Heinrich Christian Bang (1774–1851) from the neighboring town of Goßfelden belonged.

Works

• The Elisabeth fountain at Schröck not far from Marburg. In: Hessian Memories 1805/1, pp. 1–17. (on the title page a copper engraving by Conrad Westermayr after a drawing by Joseph Friedrich Engelschall )
• Amalie Elisabeth, Countess of Hesse. Attempt to portray their life and character , Heyer, Gießen 1812
• Basics of a history of the University of Marburg , Krieger, Marburg 1827.
• Basis for a Hessian scholar, writer and artist story from 1806 to 1830 , continuation of Strieder's Hessischer Gelehrten- u. Writer's story and addendum to this work, Garthe, Marburg 1831 (Library of the University of Marburg)
• A few remarks on the recently proposed reform of the Protestant church constitution in particular with regard to Kurhessen , Garthe, Marburg 1832
• Poems: With a title copper and three musical compositions . New collection; the later poems of the author, Elwert, Marburg 1834
• Elisabeth. The Holy Landgrave of Thuringia and Hesse: Depicted according to her fate and character; With 4 lithographed pictures . New, much increased and improved edition, Christian Garthe, Marburg 1835
• Sophie, first-born daughter of Saint Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant and Landgrave of Hesse , Marburg 1838
• Job: Newly translated and explained , Bohné, Kassel 1840
• Autobiography: Second addendum , Marburg 1842

estate

The estate of Karl Wilhelm Justi is part of the Justi family archive and is kept as a deposit in the Hessian State Archive in Marburg (inventory 340 Justi).

literature

• Ferdinand Justi :  Justi, Karl Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 753-757.
• Gabriele Dolff-Bonekämper : The Discovery of the Middle Ages. Studies on the history of the registration of monuments and the protection of monuments in Hessen-Kassel and Kurhessen in the 18th and 19th centuries. (= Sources and research on Hessian history , Volume 61.) Self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt and the Historical Commission for Hesse, Darmstadt / Marburg 1985, ISBN 3-88443-149-8 , pp. 56-108.
• Horst Nieder: Karl Wilhelm Justi and Clemens and Sophie Brentano. Four unpublished letters. In: Yearbook of the Free German Hochstift. 1995, ISSN  0071-9463 , pp. 74-89.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the "Familienarchiv Justi"  holdings (HStAM holdings 340 Justi). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on July 3, 2011.

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Wilhelm Justi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Karl Wilhelm Justi  in the German Digital Library
• Karl Wilhelm Justi in the Internet Archive