Ludwig Seeger (physician)

Gabriel Ludwig Seeger , called Seeger an der Lutz (born January 30, 1831 in Thuringia , Vorarlberg , † January 8, 1893 in Vienna ) was an Austrian doctor and dialect poet .

Life

Representations of Seeger's calisthenics from his book from 1878

Ludwig Seeger was a writer and a life reformer of Austria. In the sense of health prophylaxis he developed a fitness and nutrition system from the 1850s . So counted Empress Elisabeth , known as Sisi , in addition to some other progressive ladies of Viennese aristocracy to his students. As a life reformer, Seeger also counted the then still young electromedicine among his research areas.

In the 1860s he built up a department in the Vienna hospital on the Wieden , which was later taken over by his son.

Ludwig Seeger spent the summer in his house in Ludesch for many decades . He joined the so-called Walgauische Weimar, a kind of free summer academy of artists, scholars and life reformers.

Text example

A water, so clear and clear,

ma ment, as künn not si -

and yet, it pervades a,

It's Kriesewasser gsi!

from "Der Wasser-Schada" (see also Vorarlbergerisch )

Works

• Diet and medical room gymnastics for both genders and all ages , Vienna, 1878

literature

• E. Lebensaft - W. Lingenhöle - J. Seidl:  Seeger Ludwig. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 99 f. (Direct links on p. 99 , p. 100 ).

Web links

• Poet and reformer Seeger an der Lutz, program folder for the exhibition (PDF file; 331 kB)
• 174 years of wellness: "Seeger an der Lutz" (PDF file; 4.16 MB)
• Seeger an der Lutz: More than just wellness for Empress Sisi