Ludwig Weissel

Ludwig Friedrich Weissel (also Ludwig F. Weissel and Ludwig F. Weissel ; * December 8, 1841 in Vienna , † January 16, 1886 in Wiesbaden ) was an Austrian lawyer , writer and translator .

Life

Weissel was the son of court attorney Joseph Weissel (1811–1877). He completed his high school education in Vienna. He then went to the University of Vienna , where he studied law. He dealt with literature very early on. He was at the Vienna University for Dr. iur. PhD . He then settled in Vienna as a lawyer and became a liberal member of the Vienna City Council . Even at that time, his weak constitution was known.

Weissel was forced to resign from all of his offices due to his increasingly deteriorating health. Increasingly he had to stay in warmer climes. He was in Geneva , Montreux , Bad Reichenhall and Wiesbaden, among others . Here he finally died. His wife looked after his estate and published works from it.

Works (selection)

• The frog mouse war. Translated from the Greek , 2nd edition, Grünberg 1871.
• Hanns Freiherr von Schwarzenberg. A picture from German legal and cultural history. , Vienna 1878.
• The monk of Montaudon. A Provençal tale , 1882.
• The songs of Anacreon. Transferred freely , 1886.
• Poems. Edited from the estate by his wife , 1891.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Weißel, Ludwig . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1886, p. 166 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Ludwig Julius Fränkel :  Weißel, Ludwig F. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 600 f.
• Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Volume 7, 6th edition, Leipzig 1913, p. 379 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Ludwig Weissel on Calliope