Paul von Kügelgen (journalist, 1843)
Konstantin Paul Gerhard von Kügelgen (born April 10, 1843 in Wesenberg , † October 5, 1904 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Baltic German journalist and editor .
Life
Konstantin Paul Gerhard von Kügelgen was born as the son of the painter Konstantin von Kügelgen and his second wife Alexandrine (Aline) Zoege von Manteuffel in the Estonian Wesenberg, today's Rakvere. His mother died three years after he was born. Von Kügelgen attended the cathedral school in Reval . He then studied theology and law in Dorpat and St. Petersburg until 1870 .
From May 12, 1873 to March 31, 1874 he was editor-in-chief of the Nordic press and from June 1, 1874 editor-in-chief of the German-language St. Petersburg newspaper , of which he was also the leaseholder (publisher) from 1878. The newspaper was still owned by the Russian Ministry of Public Enlightenment, which however did not influence the newspaper any further. Von Kügelgen developed the newspaper, after it was merged with the Nordic Press , into a sophisticated intelligence paper aimed at the entire Baltic Sea region with a circulation of around 6,000. After his death, his eldest son Paul von Kügelgen and his brother Karl (Carlo) Konrad Emil von Kügelgen (1876–1945) took over as editor-in-chief until the paper was discontinued in 1915.
family
Kügelgen married Elisabeth Michaelsen on April 22, 1874 in Saint Petersburg, with whom he had three sons (born in 1875, 1876 and 1880). He was a half-brother of the painter Sally von Kügelgen (1860–1928).
literature
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 26 .
- Carl Eichhorn: The story of the “St. Petersburger Zeitung ”, 1727–1902: On the day of the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the newspaper, January 3, 1902 . Book printing of the St. Petersburg newspaper (A. Laschinsky), St. Petersburg 1902.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sankt Petersburger Zeitung in Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon, 14th edition, 1894-1896 , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ^ Erik Amburger database "Foreigners in pre-revolutionary Russia" , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Kügelgen, Konstantin Paul Gerhard v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
- ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Kügelgen, Karl (Carlo) Konrad Emil v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kügelgen, Paul von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kügelgen, Konstantin Paul Gerhard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German journalist and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1904 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |