Karl von Berlepsch

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Karl Graf von Berlepsch (* 1882 in Hannoversch Münden ; † May 24, 1955 at Berlepsch Castle ) was a German writer , poet and painter .

Life

Count Berlepsch passed the Abitur in 1906 at the Mündener Gymnasium . While still at high school, he received a prize for his ballad The Switchman . After high school he studied at the universities of Munich , Marburg and Bonn law . In 1911 he was employed by the state government in Kassel . He participated in the First World War as a soldier on the Eastern Front and the Western Front from 1914 to 1918. In 1919 he became a trainee lawyer in Kassel. After the death of his father, he took over the family property of Berlepsch Castle near Witzenhausen with the goods belonging to it.

From then on he lived at the castle and gathered well-known poets there in a loose series of literary circles . In addition to poetry, he also wrote short stories and sketches in prose . He was also a realistic painter and draftsman.

In 1936 the composer Arno Liebau set the poem “I want to drink your gold” to music. Even Karl Fuhrmann set to music some of his poems.

Fonts

  • A year on both fronts: War diary sheets (= From the days of the great war Volume 9). Velhagen and Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1915.
  • Contribution in: wreaths. Marburg poet book . Elwert, Marburg 1909.
  • I want to drink your gold , poems, Velhagen und Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1914, 2nd edition 1919.
  • From the heartbeat of the hour poems, Velhagen and Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1914.
  • The other world , poems, Velhagen and Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1922.
  • Pioneer Song (1923)
  • Give me summer! , New poems, Velhagen and Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1928.
  • Emilie von Berlepsch, the poet of the Werther period : in Die Sonntagspost , supplement to the Kasseler Post, year 48, no. 177 of June 29, 1930
  • September morning in front of the hunting lodge . In: Mecklenburgische Monatshefte 1934, p. 442 ( digitized version ).
  • Old love and new songs poems, Türmer Verlag, Munich 1953.

literature

  • Otto Blüse: A castle and its poet. Karl von Berlepsch died on May 24, 1955 at the age of 73 . In Das Werraland , Eschwege 1965, pp. 54–56.
  • Eduard Brauns: Hiking and travel guide through North Hesse and Waldeck. A. Bernecker Verlag, Melsungen 1971, pp. 382-393.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Liebau: Opus 74 No. 4. I want to drink your gold by Karl von Berlepsch Dedicated to the poet in reverence, Musikdruck, Göbel & Grabner, Schönebeck and Bad Salzelmen, 1935.
personal data
SURNAME Berlepsch, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berlepsch, Karl Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, poet and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hannoversch Münden
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1955
Place of death Berlepsch Castle