List of well-known personalities of the Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart
This list includes former members of the Karlsschule and, since December 1781, Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart. The school existed from 1770 to 1794. It was established by Duke Carl Eugen as a military academy and an art academy. In 1781 the school was elevated to a university by Emperor Joseph II as the High Charles School ; it was intended as an elite school for sons from respected Württemberg families.
“Of the 1,496 pupils who attended the academy, 140 embarked on a military career. Relatively many, there are 33 generals alone, have achieved higher and highest officer positions in various European countries. "
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Ludwig Abeille (1761–1838) |
Pianist and composer, concert master in Stuttgart, court organist | From 1773 to 1782 he studied music | |
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Jakob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829) |
Philosopher with a strong influence on the young Friedrich Schiller | Professor of Philosophy from 1772 to 1790, Vice-Rector from 1786 |
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Franz Karl von Alberti (1742–1820) |
Wuerttemberg officer | Military Studies Teacher | |
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Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth (1772–1835) |
Physician, professor of anatomy, physiology, surgery and obstetrics at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen | 1785 to 1792 student in the subjects of natural sciences and medicine |
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Johann Michael Armbruster (1761-1814) |
Writer, publicist | Austrian court secretary |
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Christoph Gottfried Bardili (1761–1808) |
philosopher | 1790 to 1794 professor of philosophy | |
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Gottlob Georg von Barth (1777–1848) |
Architect, court builder | Students from 1786 | |
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Ernst Franz Ludwig Marshal von Bieberstein (1770–1834) |
Minister of State of the Duchy of Nassau | Student from 1782. Military, philosophical and legal training |
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Friedrich August Marshal von Bieberstein (1768–1826) |
Botanist and explorer | Science students (until 1792) | |
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Karl Wilhelm Marschall von Bieberstein (1763–1817) |
Minister of the Interior of Baden, envoy to the Congress of Vienna | Student until 1792 |
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Antonio Boroni (1738–1792) |
Italian composer, court conductor in Stuttgart | From 1771 to 1777 professor of music |
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Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) |
French naturalist, scientific founder of paleontology | 1784 to 1788 studied administrative, legal and economic sciences |
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Eligio Celestino (1739-1812) |
Italian violinist, composer and concert master | Concertmaster and violin teacher from 1776 to 1777 | |
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Karl Philipp Conz (1762-1827) |
Theologian and writer | 1790 preacher at the Charles Academy |
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Johann Heinrich Dannecker (1758–1841) |
Wuerttemberg classicist sculptor, court sculptor in Stuttgart | 1771 to 1780 sculptor eleve from 1790 professor of sculpture |
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Friedrich Distelbarth (1768–1836) |
Wuerttemberg classicist sculptor, court sculptor in Stuttgart | Studied sculpture from 1782 to 1792 | |
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Carl Friedrich von Dizinger (1774–1842) |
Wuerttemberg Oberamtmann, City Director of Stuttgart |
1791 to 1794 studied law and the Kantian philosophy | |
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Friedrich Ferdinand Drück (1754–1807) |
philologist | From 1779 to 1788 professor of ancient languages and ancient history | |
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Karl August Friedrich von Duttenhofer (1758–1836) |
First civil servant hydraulic engineer from Württemberg | 1773 to 1780 studied camera science. 1880 to 1894 professor of mathematics |
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Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz (1761–1799) |
Court musician, composer | Music student from 1776 to 1784 | |
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Johann Christian Eckhardt (1757–1832) |
Painter, architect, engraver and lithographer | ||
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Christoph Eisenlohr (1775-1852) |
Baden Privy Council, member of the state parliament | Students from 1788 to 1790 | |
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Carl August von Eschenmayer (1768-1852) |
Doctor, philosopher and occultist | Medical student |
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Georg Friedrich von Fischer (1767–1841) |
Council of State, President of the High Tribunal | From 1781 to 1790 law student | |
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Reinhard Ferdinand Heinrich Fischer (1746–1813) |
Architect, court architect of Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg | From 1771 to 1794 professor for "civil architecture" |
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Friedrich von Franquemont (1770–1842) |
General of the Infantry, Württemberg Minister of War | From 1775 to 1787 military student |
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Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther (1769-1856) |
Baron, descendant of the Wittelsbach Princely House , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 1777 to 1783 pupil |
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Leopold von Fürstenwarther (1769–1839) |
Baron, descendant of the Wittelsbach Princely House , Bavarian Colonel, Chamberlain | 1777 to 1783 pupil | |
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Friedrich Karl von Fulda (1774–1847) |
Professor and Rector at the University of Tübingen | 1789 to 1794 studied camera science |
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Ludwig von Gaisberg (1775-1852) |
President of the Royal Württemberg Upper Tribunal | Studied law from 1788 to 1792 | |
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Jakob Gauermann (1773–1843) |
Painter, draftsman and engraver | Study of painting |
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Philipp Albrecht von Gemmingen (1782-1852) |
Württemberg major general and stud director | Studies from 1791 |
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Ludwig Reinhard von Gemmingen (1777-1852) |
Chief Chamberlain, Chamberlain to Queen Pauline | Entered in 1790 | |
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Karl Ludwig Dietrich von Gemmingen (1772–1825) |
Chamberlain, Government Director | Started as an apprentice in 1781, studied law until 1794 | |
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Karl Friedrich von Gemmingen (1779–1871) |
Württemberg chief forest master | From 1790 to 1794 he studied military science |
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Karl August Friedrich Glocker (1768–1848) |
Württemberg Oberamtmann, government councilor of the Jagstkreis | Studied law from 1786 to 1789 | |
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Nicolas Guibal (1725–1784) |
Württemberg court painter | Professor of Painting |
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Georg Gottlieb Hahn (1756–1823) |
Lieutenant General - founder and commander of the Grand Duke. Hessian artillery | from 1771 studies of architecture and military science, from 1779 teacher and professor | |
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Carl Haller von Hallerstein (1774–1817) |
Architect and archaeologist | Study of architecture |
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Adolf Friedrich Harper (1725–1806) |
painter | Professor of Painting | |
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August von Hartmann (1764–1849) |
Council of State, President of the Chamber of Accounts | From 1780 studies of law, from 1790 professor for forestry and hunting |
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Immanuel von Hartmann (1772–1849) |
Senior magistrate, councilor | From 1789 law studies | |
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Ferdinand Hartmann (1774–1842) |
Painter, director of the art academy in Dresden | Studied painting from 1786 to 1794 |
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Ludwig von Hartmann (1766-1852) |
Entrepreneur | From 1780 studies | |
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Ferdinand Hartmann (1774–1842) |
Painter, director of the art academy in Dresden | Studied painting from 1786 to 1794 | |
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Balthasar Haug (1731–1792) |
Theologian and author | From 1776 professor of logic, philosophy, history, German style, mythology and ancient art |
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Johann Christoph Friedrich Haug (1761–1829) |
Councilor, librarian and poet in Stuttgart | From 1775 studies of law |
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Gottlob Friedrich Haug (1769–1850) |
Mechanic, watchmaker and cartographer in Stuttgart | Entry on October 20, 1786 as an oppidan |
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Viktor Wilhelm Peter Heideloff (1757-1817) |
Court painter | Training in painting, from 1790 professor of painting |
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Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (1758–1838) |
Württemberg court painter | Training in painting from 1773 to 1780 |
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Franz Carl Hiemer (1768–1822) |
Painter, librettist and actor | Training in painting from 1778 to 1780 |
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Karl Friedrich Hipp / (1763-1838) |
Mathematician and educator | Students before 1780 | |
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Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1776–1838) |
8. Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Napoleon's officer | Training from 1790 |
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Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1776–1836) |
Prince-Bishop of Warmia | Education from 1787 to 1791 |
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Christian Friedrich von Jäger (1739–1808) |
Physician and researcher, from 1780 personal physician to Duke Carl Eugen and King Friedrich I. | From 1784 professor of forensic medicine and medical practice | |
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Georg Friedrich von Jaeger (1766–1840) |
Forester and administrative officer | Studied forest science at the university from 1782 to 1786. |
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Carl Urban Keller (1772–1844) |
Lawyer, attorney and painter with a doctorate in Tübingen; 1827 co-founder of the Württemberg Art Association | previously "Oppidaner" of the High Charles School | |
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Friedrich Ludwig von Kauffmann (1765–1843) |
Württemberg chief magistrate | Studied law from 1783 to 1785 | |
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Johann Georg Kerner (1770-1812) |
Doctor, political publicist and critical chronicler of the French Revolution | Student until 1791 |
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Johann Simon von Kerner (1755-1830) |
Doctor and botanist | 1780–1794 teacher of botany and plant drawing | |
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Karl von Kerner (1775–1840) |
Major General in the Württemberg Army, Director of the Mining, Metallurgical and Ironworks Section in the Württemberg Finance Department |
From 1789 to 1794 studied military affairs |
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Karl Friedrich von Kielmeyer (1765–1844) |
Physicians, naturalists and chemists | Studied from 1773 to 1786, then teacher of natural sciences | |
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Karl Christian Klein (1772-1825) |
Doctor, surgeon and specialist author | Study of medicine | |
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Johann Wilhelm Klein (1765–1848) |
Pioneer of education for the blind | study of law |
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Joseph Anton Koch (1768–1839) |
Austrian painter | Training in painting from 1785 to 1791 |
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Karl Heinrich Köstlin (1755–1783) |
Botanists and Medicines | From 1780 professor of natural history and medicine |
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Johann Friedrich LeBret (1732–1807) |
theologian | Professor from 1773 to 1786 |
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Albrecht Friedrich von Lempp (1763-1819) |
Württembergischer Oberamtmann, Senior Justice Auditor | 1778 to 1784 studied law, 1788–1791 lecturer in law |
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Hans Otto von der Lühe (1762–1836) |
Württemberg Minister of Justice, President of the Secret Council | Studied law from 1773 to 1783 |
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Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack (1767–1835) |
Classicist sculptor, royal court plasterer | Training as a sculptor from 1782 to 1792 | |
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Ulrich Lebrecht von Mandelsloh (1760–1827) |
Württemberg Minister of State, President of the Secret Council | From 1773 studies of forest science and law and political science |
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Christian von Massenbach (1758–1827) |
Prussian colonel and writer | Studies until 1778 | |
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig von Mieg (1773–1822) |
Jurist, Wuerttemberg chief magistrate | Studied law from 1787 to 1794 | |
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Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl (1766–1845) |
Jurist, Württemberg Interior Minister, District President of the Jagstkreis | Studied law from 1781 to 1787 | |
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Gottlob Wilhelm Morff (1771-1857) |
Württemberg court painter | From 1788 training in painting | |
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Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747-1830) |
Württemberg engraver | From 1776 to 1794 professor of copperplate engraving |
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Ernst Ludwig von Mutschler (1770–1848) |
Württemberg chief magistrate and chief justice officer | From 1789 studied law |
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Adam Albert von Neipperg (1775–1829) |
Austrian general and statesman | 1789 and 1790 student |
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Philipp Christian von Normann-Ehrenfels (1756-1817) |
Lawyer, Minister of State of the Kingdom of Württemberg | Student from 1768 to 1776, professor from 1782 |
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Georg Friedrich Parrot (1767-1852) |
Physicist, university professor in Tartu | Student from 1782 to 1786 |
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Johann Wilhelm Petersen (1758–1815) |
Librarian at the Ducal Public Library in Stuttgart | Student from 1773 to 1779, professor of diplomacy, numismatics and heraldry from 1789 to 1794 |
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Christoph Heinrich Pfaff (1773-1852) |
Professor of Physics and Chemistry | Student from 1782 to 1793 | |
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Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765-1825) |
Mathematician, professor of mathematics in Helmstedt and Halle | Student from 1774 to 1785 |
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Karl August Friedrich von Phull (1767–1840) |
General of the Kingdom of Württemberg | Student from 1777 to 1784 | |
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Johann Karl von Pistorius (1771–1847) |
Württemberg chief magistrate | 1785 to 1790 studied philosophy and law | |
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Gottlieb Jakob Planck (1751–1833) |
Theologian and church historian | 1781–1784 preacher and associate professor | |
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Agostino Poli (1739-1819) |
Composer and conductor | Music teacher |
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Karl von Reischach (1763–1834) |
Lawyer, Minister of State of the Kingdom of Württemberg | Student from 1771 to 1783 |
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Johann Daniel von Reitter (1759–1811) |
Forester and administrator | Student from 1772 to 1780 | |
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Jakob Friedrich Rösch (1743–1841) |
Mathematician, military scientist, historian and architect | Professor from 1771 to 1794, teaching almost the entire time the school existed |
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Georg Friedrich Scharffenstein (1760–1817) |
Colonel in the Württemberg army, later governor of Heilbronn | Student from 1771 to 1778, belonged to Friedrich Schiller's circle of friends | |
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Philipp Jakob von Scheffauer (1756–1808) |
Württemberg court sculptor | Student until 1780, professor from 1789 to 1794 |
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Heinrich Gottfried Scheidemantel (1739–1788) |
Law scholar and university professor | Professor of Law from 1784 to 1788 | |
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Gottlieb Schick (1776–1812) |
painter | Student from 1787 to 1794 | |
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Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) |
Poet, playwright and historian | Student from 1773 to 1780 |
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Jakob Christian Schlotterbeck (1757–1811) |
Portrait painter and court engraver | Student from 1774 to 1781, professor from 1788 to 1794 | |
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Johann Friedrich Schlotterbeck (1765-1840) |
poet | Teacher from 1788 to 1794 | |
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Johann Christoph Schwab (1743-1821) |
philosopher | From 1778 professor of logic and metaphysics |
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Ludwig Benjamin Martin Schmid (1737–1793) |
Commerce and finance scientist, university preacher | University professor for business and finance | |
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Karl Heinrich von Schwab (son of Johann Christoph Schwab) (1781–1847) |
Württemberg Minister of Justice | college student | |
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Carl Christian von Seeger (son of Christoph Dionysius von Seeger) (1773-1859) |
Württemberg hydraulic engineer, general director of hydraulic engineering | Schoolchildren and students from 1780 to 1792 | |
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Christoph Dionysius von Seeger (1740–1808) |
Mathematician, main organizer and director of the school | Professor from 1770 to 1794, i.e. for the entire existence of the school |
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Johann Gottlob Christoph von Seeger (1767–1835) |
Württemberg Oberamtmann, member of the state parliament | Student from 1786 to 1792 | |
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Johann Baptist Seele (1774–1814) |
Court painter and graphic artist | college student |
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Johann Carl Seubert (1760-1845) |
Württemberg chief magistrate | Student from 1778 to 1784 | |
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Karl Friedrich Christian Wilhelm von Sponeck (1762–1827) |
Forest scientist | Student from 1779 to 1781 | |
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Johann Friedrich Stahl (1761–1790) |
Forest scientist | Professor since 1773 |
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Joseph von Theobald (1772–1837) |
Württemberg Major General, State Councilor | Student from 1789 to 1792 | |
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Karl du Thil (1777-1859) |
President of the entire ministry in the Grand Duchy of Hesse | Student until 1793 | |
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Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret (1767–1845) |
Architect and painter of classicism | From 1778 to 1788 trained as a painter |
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Friedrich Karl von Thürheim (1763–1832) |
Minister of State in Bavaria | Student during Schiller's time |
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Ferdinand Varnbuler from and to Hemmingen (1774–1830) |
Quartermaster General of the Kingdom of Württemberg | Student from 1789 to 1792 | |
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Karl von Varnbuler (1776–1832) |
Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg | Student from 1789 to 1793 |
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Johann Gottlob Veiel (1772–1855) |
Württemberg chief bailiff and member of the state parliament | Law student from 1788 to 1792 |
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Eberhard von Wächter (1762-1852) |
Painter, director of the Royal Art School | Studied art from 1773 to 1783 |
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Friedrich Wächter (1767-1840) |
Württembergischer Oberamtmann, director of the Stuttgart prison college | Studied law from 1784 to 1788 | |
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Karl Eberhard von Wächter (1758–1829) |
Lawyer, Württemberg Minister of the Interior | Studied law from 1774 to 1779 | |
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Karl Count Welsperg-Raitenau (1779–1873) |
Austrian politician, district chief of Salzburg |
Student from 1790 |
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Ludwig von Wolzog (1773–1845) |
Prussian general and diplomat | Student from 1781 to 1792 |
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Christian Zais (1770-1820) |
Architect and urban planner | Studied architecture from 1787 |
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Johann Michael Zeyher (1770–1843) |
Gardener and botanist | Studies in geometry, algebra and drawing | |
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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802) |
Composer and conductor | Student of music from 1770 to 1781, professor from 1785 to 1791 |
literature
- Werner Gebhardt: The students of the Hohen Karlsschule. A biographical lexicon . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021563-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ quoted from Karl von Seeger, Two Thousand Years of Swabian Soldatism , Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1937, p. 109