Latvian Literary Society

The Latvian Literary Society ( Latvian Latviešu literāriskā biedrība ) was a society founded by Baltic Germans in 1824 to research the language , folk songs and culture of Latvians . The company was based in Riga and Mitau .

Founders and members of as the "Society of Friends Latvians" ( Latvian Latviešu biedrība draugu designated) learned society were mostly Baltic German scholars, mostly pastors from Kurland and southern Livonia . Later it also included pastors, writers and other educated people of Latvian nationality.

purpose

According to the statutes, the aim was "to develop the Latvian language in general and to research its excellent peculiarities"

August Bielenstein on the purpose of the company:

“At that time, we heard the public reproach that we (the Latvian Literary Society) viewed the Latvian people and their language only as an object of research and offered the result of our research to international science, but did not promote the Latvian people's knowledge, education and spiritual well-being . .. I have to acknowledge that my person wanted to work especially for international science, but at the same time I stood up with all my energy that our society should have more than just an empty title in the name of Latviešu draugi. "

Publications

The society published the Kurländische Magazin and the Rigaische Stadtblätter .

people

President

1824–1838: Gustav Reinhold von Klot (1780–1855), clergyman
1838–1845: Jacob Florentin Lundberg (1782–1858), clergyman
1845–1851: Johann Theodor Berent (1789–1866), clergyman
1851–1854: Karl Friedrich Jacob Hugenberger (1784–1860), clergyman
1854–1864: Rudolf Schulz (1807–1866), clergyman
1864–1895: August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein (1826–1907), clergyman
1895–1903: Johannes Sakranowicz (1836–1908), clergyman
1903–1919: Theodor Döbner (1835–1919), clergyman
1925–1940: Jānis Zēvers (1868–1940), educator

Honorary members

August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein (1826–1907), pastor of Doblen , honorary president from 1895
Robert Auning (1834–1914), pastor of Seßwegen
Krišjānis Barons (Christian Baron) (1835–1923), senior teacher emer. To Riga
Adalbert Bezzenberger (1851–1922), professor in Königsberg
August Wilhelm Buchholtz (1803–1875), collector and educator
Theodor Döbner (1835–1919), pastor of Kalzenau
Richard Hausmann (1842–1914), professor emer. In Jurjew (Dorpat)
Ludwig Heerwagen (1817–1899), pastor emer. In Riga
Alfons von Heyking (1829–1900), authorized representative of Courland a. D.
Friedrich Hollmann (1833–1900), Superintendent General of Livonia
Count Hugo Keyserling (1833–1903), Plenipotentiary of Courland
Garlieb Helwig Merkel (1769–1850), writer and publicist
Friedrich von Meyendorff (1839–1911), Livonian Land Marshal in Riga
Otto Panck (1833–1914), Superintendent General of Courland
Carl von der Recke (1817–1902), landowner in Waldeck near Mitau
Countess Praskowja Uvarowa (1840–1924), President of the Moscow Archaeological Society

Ordinary members

Matīss Ārons (Matthies Aron, 1858–1939), journalist in Riga
Ludis Bērziņš (Ludwig Behrsin, 1870–1965), senior teacher in Kiev
Alexander Bernewitz , provost of the Kandau district , Protestant martyr
Alexander H. Bernewitz , general superintendent of Courland from 1908 to 1918 and later first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in Braunschweig . Kurland director of the company from 1895 to 1901.
Hans Bielenstein , pastor in Ringen, later in Rahden, evangelical martyr
Gustav Brasche (1802–1883), Protestant pastor, lexicographer
Gustav Cleemann , pastor in Riga, evangelical confessor
Jānis Endzelīns , senior teacher in Dorpat
Paul Fromhold-Treu , pastor in Riga, evangelical martyr
Wilhelm Gilbert , pastor in Siuxt , evangelical martyr, from 1911 Kurland director of the society
Erwin Gross , pastor in Roop , evangelical confessor, Livonian director of the society
Matīss Kaudzīte , teacher in Alt-Pebalg
Jēkabs Lautenbahs (Jacob Lautenbach, 1847–1928), associate professor of comparative linguistics at the University of Dorpat
Xaver Marnitz , pastor in Uexküll - Kirchholm , later provost, evangelical martyr
Kārlis Mīlenbahs , senior teacher in Riga
Arnold von Rutkowski , pastor in Hofzumberg , evangelical martyr
Eberhard Savary , pastor in Ascheraden , evangelical martyr
Eugen Scheuermann , pastor in Riga- Thorensberg , evangelical martyr
Karl Schilling , pastor in Nitau , evangelical martyr
Karl Schlau , provost of the Wolmar district , Protestant martyr
Christoph Strautmann , pastor in Bauske , Protestant martyr, 1904 to 1911 Kurland director of the society
Jānis Čakste , Mitau lawyer, first President of the independent Republic of Latvia
Ludwig Zimmermann , provost of the Riga district, evangelical martyr

literature

August Bielenstein : A happy life. Autobiography. Jonck and Poliewsky, Riga 1904. Extended new edition, with a foreword by Dieter Bielenstein and an afterword by Jānis Stradiņš. Neuthorverlag, Michelstadt 2002, ISBN 3-88758-080-X .
Āronu Matīss: Latviešu Literāriskā (Latviešu Draugu) Biedrība savā simts gadu darbā. Ainas no latviešu un vāciešu attiecību vēstures. A. Gulbis Publishing House, Rīga 1929.
Jürgen von Hehn : The Latvian literary society and Latvianism (= writings of the Albertus University. Humanities series. Volume 21. [Ed.] Königsberger Universitätsbund). Ost-Europa-Verlag, Königsberg (Pr.) And Berlin 1938.
Magazine. Fifth volume, first and second piece, JF Steffenhagen and Son, 1835, p. 232 ff. (Contains information on the chronicle of the Latvian-Literary Society including a list of the members in digital form ).
Udo Bongartz: “The Latvian language according to its sounds and forms” by August Bielenstein was published 150 years ago . In: Latvian Press Review . January 4, 2014 ( lettische-presseschau.de ).

Web links

Literature by and about the Latvian Literary Society in the Common Union Catalog
Membership directory from 1901 ( Memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen: Philological-Historical Class . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1979, ISSN 0930-4304 , p. 168 ( books.google.de - restricted view).
^ August Bielenstein: A happy life. Autobiography. 2nd Edition. Neuthorverlag, Michelstadt 1986, p. 421.
↑ Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra horns: Dictionary of German literature of the Baltic and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1 . Volume 1, p. 159.
^ Wolfgang Bernewitz: The Kurländische literary family Bernewitz . In: Isabella von Pantzer (ed.): Baltic pedigree and family records , 22nd year Cologne 1978.

[1] Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen: Philological-Historical Class . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1979, ISSN 0930-4304 , p. 168 ( books.google.de - restricted view).

[2] August Bielenstein: A happy life. Autobiography. 2nd Edition. Neuthorverlag, Michelstadt 1986, p. 421.

[3] Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra horns: Dictionary of German literature of the Baltic and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1 . Volume 1, p. 159.

[4] Wolfgang Bernewitz: The Kurländische literary family Bernewitz . In: Isabella von Pantzer (ed.): Baltic pedigree and family records , 22nd year Cologne 1978.