Maximilian Leopold Moltke

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Maximilian Leopold Moltke (born September 18, 1819 in Küstrin , † January 19, 1894 in Leipzig ) was a German poet and publicist.

Moltke's father Gustav Ludwig came from an extramarital union of lieutenant Carl Gustav Ludwig von Moltke (1754-1838), later Mecklenburg-Strelitz chamberlain and chief hunter master. Gustav Ludwig married the daughter of a wealthy Küstrin carpenter and became a councilor in Küstrin, but died when Maximilian Leopold was still a child.

Maximilian Leopold attended the Latin school in his hometown. He then went on to do an apprenticeship in Berlin, first in a grocery store, then in a bookstore. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked as a bookshop assistant in Frankfurt (Oder) .

He went to Kronstadt in Transylvania and soon became editor of the Siebenbürgisches Wochenblatt . It was here that Moltke composed the Song of Transylvania in May 1846 . In May 1849 he left Transylvania and joined the Honved Army of General Józef Bem as a lieutenant . He took part in the Battle of 49iria (Hungarian: Világos) on August 13, 1849 and was captured by Russia and then by Austria. After almost three years in captivity in Trieste , he was released and returned to Berlin via Vienna and Küstrin (1852).

He published the magazine Deutscher Sprachwart, magazine for customer and art, care and maintenance, umbrella and protection of our mother tongue , which appeared in nine volumes. He prepared the publication of all of her works for Bettina von Arnim .

In 1864 Moltke moved to Leipzig . Here he published his own or edited Shakespeare translations. In 1884 Moltke received the post of first librarian at the Chamber of Commerce in Leipzig, which he held into old age.

Maximilian Leopold Moltke was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig.

Works

  • Heather flowers . Poems. Frankfurt (Oder) 1841.
  • All William Shakespeare's works . Leipzig 1864. (Ed.)
  • What the German mother sings to her child . Lullabies. 1869.
  • Bouquet of flowers in German dialect poetry . 1879.

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personal data
SURNAME Moltke, Maximilian Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Küstrin
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1894
Place of death Leipzig