Konstantin Karl Falkenstein
Konstantin Karl Falkenstein (born November 12, 1801 in Remetschwiel, today in Weilheim / Baden , † January 18, 1855 in Pirna ) was a historian and writer.
Life
Konstantin Karl Falkenstein was educated in the Solothurn Jesuit College, studied in Geneva and Vienna, came to Warsaw in 1821 as tutor of the young Count Franz Pomian Lubienski (1834-1891) and in 1824 became the tutor for the children of the Saxon cabinet minister, Count Detlev von Einsiedel . In 1825 he became secretary at the royal library in Dresden and in 1835 court counselor and senior librarian there. In this position in 1835 he created the basis for the later book museum of the SLUB Dresden by exhibiting particularly valuable specimens under glass lintels and thus protecting them from further wear and tear. In 1839 he received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig. In 1852 he was retired and died, mentally ill, on January 18, 1855 in Pirna.
Falkenstein was a Freemason and u. a. Master of the chair of the Lodge Zum Goldenen Apfel as well as honorary member of the Lodge Zu den Drei Schwertern in Dresden.
Works
- Mythologiua, seu fabulosa deorum gentilium historia (Solothurn 1818)
- Thaddäus Kosciuszko (Leipzig 1827, 2nd edition 1834)
- History of geographical voyages of discovery (Dresden 1828–29, 6 vols.)
- History of the Order of St. John (Dresden 1833)
- History of the Templar Order (Dresden 1833)
- Description of the Dresden library (Dresden 1839, online - Internet Archive )
- History of the art of printing in its development and training (Leipzig 1840, 2nd edition 1856)
Falkenstein also published Christoph August Tiedge's life and poetic legacy along with Elisa von der Recke's poems and religious reflections (Leipzig 1841, 4 vols.).
literature
- Andrea Weibel: Falkenstein, Konstantin Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld : Falkenstein, Constantin Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 556.
Web links
- Literature by and about Konstantin Karl Falkenstein in the Saxon Bibliography
- Katrin Nitzschke: Falkenstein, Constantin (Konstantin) Carl (Karl) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falkenstein, Konstantin Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falkenstein, Constantin Carl von; Falkenstein, Constantin Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remetschwiel, today in Weilheim / Baden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1855 |
| Place of death | Pirna |