Kaspar Gottlieb Lindner
Kaspar Gottlieb Lindner (also Caspar Theophil Lindner , born January 9, 1705 in Liegnitz ; died December 8, 1769 in Hirschberg in Lower Silesia ) was a German physician, poet and Opitz biographer.
Life
After attending grammar school in Liegnitz and Elisabeth grammar school in Breslau , Lindner studied medicine in Jena and Halle , in 1729 he did his doctorate under Friedrich Hoffmann and in 1732 he settled as a doctor in Hirschberg.
A Collegium poeticum had come together there, to which the translator Gottlieb Glafey, the fable poet Daniel Stoppe and the librarian Johann Karl Neumann belonged and which had lively relations with Gottsched and the German Society in Leipzig . In this environment, the physician, who was heavily involved in his profession, began to publish poetic works from the end of the 1730s, mainly poems with local history (e.g. on the Hirschberger Zacken river ) and historical objects as well as translations of neo-Latin poems, in particular those of Johannes Fechner , who, in the tradition of humanistic landscape and city work, sang about Silesia mountains and rivers. In 1737 Lindner became a member of the German Society . On February 18, 1737 Caspar Theophil Lindner with the academic surname Leonides II was accepted as a member ( matriculation number 468 ) in the Leopoldina .
The historical interest, which was also expressed in the subjects of his poems, led Lindner to diligently collect materials on the history of Hirschberg, which he planned to use in a comprehensive history of the city. This material was then used by Johann Daniel Hensel in his historical-topographical description of the town of Hirschberg in Silesia from its origins up to 1797 . Another product of Lindner's historical work was the biography of Opitz, inspired by Gottsched's commemorative speech on the 100th anniversary of Martin Opitz's death, which is still valuable today due to its wealth of material. Lindner's poetry was the historical accuracy that made him annotate his poems, but rather detrimental, which is why contemporary critics called his poems "thorough" and recognized "samples of an admirable industry".
Works
- De noxis ex remediis domesticis incongrue applicatis. Dissertation. Hall 1729.
- Reasonable and empirical considerations of the red and white Friesel, according to which its name, age, difference, diagnosis, causes ... are given: And at the same time ... the question is discussed: Why the Friesel goes to Hirschberg in Silesia in such a mean swing . Schweidnitz 1735, digitized .
- The plaintive point. Hirschberg 1737.
- The praise of the Zaken River and its admirable area in and around the Silesian Giant Mountains. Hirschberg 1738.
- Stoppens answer together with the answered counter-answer of the frolicking Zaken-Geist. Hirschberg 1738.
- The frolicking point. Hirschberg 1738.
- Mr. Johann Carl Neumann… Again these sheets of the stop called by the spirit of the Zacken River near in vain. Hirschberg 1738.
- Herewith G (lafey), who was innocently accused, apologizes against the plaintive point. Hirschberg 1738.
- Pastoral poems on the gracious birth of our Lord and Heylandes Jesus Christ. Hirschberg 1739.
- Poetic and historical description of the unfortunate incursion of the tower and town hall in Hirschberg in Silesia in 1739. Hirschberg & Schmiedeberg 1739.
- Poetic and historical description of the Tartar battle at Lignitz, which occurred in 1241 on April 9th under the heroic duke in Silesia Henry the Pious. Hirschberg 1739.
- Poetic description of Hirschberg's local mountain in Silesia. Hirschberg 1739.
- Attempt of a German poem on the salvific Leyden and dying of Jesus Christ. Hirschberg 1740.
- Complicated description of the sixty and sixty day heavy siege of Hirschberg in Silesia, which occurred a hundred years ago on September 5th. occurred until November 10, 1640. Hirschberg 1740.
- Poems of praise to Martin Opitz von Boberfeld. 1740.
- Cumbersome news of the… Martin Opitz von Boberfeld's life, death and writings along with some old and new praise poems. 2 parts. Hirschberg 1740 f.
- Poems of welcome to Friedrich the Andern, King in Prussia, in the name of the nymph Hercynie. Hirschberg 1741.
- German poems and translations, provided with many poetic and historical comments, also old and extremely rare written documents. Pietsch, Beslau & Leipzig 1743.
- Clear and reliable description of that disease, as it happens in our Silesian Mountains, and especially in the town of Schoenau, as a bad and vicious river fever, how to behave according to the cur and diet, and how to be careful for it take it. Hirschberg 1751.
Translations:
- The two Latin poems by Johann Fechner von der Boberqvelle and the Boberflusse. Hirschberg 1737.
- The Latin poem by Johann Fechner about the excellence of the Silesian Zotenberg. Hirschberg 1737.
- The Latin poem by Rector Johann Fechners about the excellence of the Silesian Giant Mountains…. Different and increased circulation. Hirschberg 1737.
- Johann Fechner's Latin poem from the Oder River. Hirschberg 1738.
- Pancraz Geiers von Hirschberg Latin poem from 1506 from the praises of the city of Hirschberg. Hirschberg 1740.
literature
- Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 505 digitized
- Manfred P. Fleischer : Late humanism in Silesia. Munich 1984.
- Klaus Garber : Lindner, Caspar Gottlieb. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. 7th de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, p. 441.
- Herbert Gruhn: Lindner. In: Schlesische Lebensbilder 2 (1924). Neudr. Sigmaringen 1985, pp. 99-103.
- Hildegard Just: The Hirschberg Poet Circle [...]. Dissertation Breslau 1934.
- Alfred Rüffler: Johannes Fechner (1604–86) and his poetic regional studies of Silesia. In: Journal of the Association for History and Antiquity of Silesia 70 (1936), pp. 275–303.
- Caspar Gottlieb Lindner. In: Friedrich Andreae, Max Hippe [et.al.]: Schlesische Lebensbilder. Vol. 2. Breslau u. a. 1926.
- Karl Goedeke : Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1887, vol. 3, p. 352 f.
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 215 (archive.org)
Web links
- Member entry of Caspar Gottlieb Lindner at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Literature by and about Kaspar Gottlieb Lindner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindner, Kaspar Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindner, Caspar Gottlieb; Lindner, Caspar Theophil; Leonides II |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet, Opitz biographer and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1705 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1769 |
| Place of death | Hirschberg |