Maximilien de Ring

Maximilien de Ring (actually Bernard-Jacques-Joseph-Maximilien de Ring , also Maximilian von Ring ) (born May 27, 1799 in Bonn , † March 5, 1873 in Bischheim , Alsace ) was a Franco-German archaeologist , historian , landscape painter and Draftsman .

Tübingen vom Österberg (chalk lithograph after a drawing by Maximilien de Ring, 1835)

Life

Ring came from a family of Swedish origin, his father was a colonel in the French army. He grew up in Paris and was taught science there. In 1815 he went to Germany to study history and archeology in southwest Germany and Alsace. Before 1839 he lived in Tübingen and from around 1839 to 1848 in Freiburg im Breisgau . In Germany he married a Baroness von Ulm-Erbach . In 1848 he returned to France. In 1844 he was awarded the title of Correspondant du ministère du recueil des inscriptions latines by the Ministère de l'Instruction publique , and in 1853 that of Correspondant du ministère de l'Instruction publique pour les travaux historiques . He was a member and temporarily secretaire of the Société pour la conservation des monuments historique d'Alsace .

He was active as an ancient scholar with numerous publications on Southwest German and Alsatian archeology, history and architecture.

In his 1829 published in Strasbourg graphic masterpiece "Vues pittoresques of vieux chateaux de l'Allemagne," the archaeologist and draftsman documented in ink drawings not only great castles like Schloss Ortenberg , Rötteln Castle , the stronghold in Emmendingen or Heidelberg Castle , but also remote and in oblivion guessed buildings, about Burg Roggenbach , Gutenberg Castle , Castle New Tannegg and more.

Rings ink drawings, after which lithographs were made, are preserved in the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg. In 1816 they were lithographed in the Paris branch of the Mulhouse- based lithographer, printer and publisher Godefroy Engelmann . As a student of Alois Senefelder , Engelmann introduced this new printing technique in France in 1814 and in Spain in 1820.

In the same year this work was published in Paris with German texts as the Picturesque Views of the Knight Castles of Germany , a reprint was published in 1980.

In his other works, Maximilian von Ring devoted himself exclusively to archaeological and historical studies, the results of which he presented in numerous publications.

His work Mémoire sur les établissements romains du Rhin et du Danube principalement dans le sud-ouest de l'Allemagne , published in two volumes in Paris in 1852 and 1853, was awarded a prize by the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres .

In 1873 he wrote about the siege of Strasbourg during the Franco-Prussian War , which he saw as barbaric . He died on a trip to Bischheim near Strasbourg. One of his sons was a French diplomat at the embassy in Vienna at the time .

Grand Duke Leopold von Baden honored him by awarding him the Order of the Zähringer Lion .

A biography, the processing and appreciation of his historical and archaeological studies, which are reflected in numerous small writings, is still pending. His research is still valuable for archeology today, as he documented the findings of mostly long-destroyed or heavily changed historical sites through his find descriptions and drawings.

Fonts

• Vues pittoresques des vieux chateaux de l Allemagne. Le Grand-Duche de Bade. Avec texte historique et descreptif. Partie méridionale: De la valle de Kintzig au Lac de Constance. Part septentrionale. De la valle de Kintzig au Mein , 2 volumes, with 2 lithographed titles and 52 view plates lithographed after M. von Ring and partly tinted, Strasbourg, Levrault 1829.
• Picturesque views of Germany's knight castles based on the original drawings by Mr. Maximilian von Ring. The Grand Duchy of Baden, 1: Southern part from the Kinzigthale to Lake Constance , Strasbourg, Levrault 1829.
• Picturesque views of Germany's knight castles based on the original drawings by Mr. Maximilian von Ring. The Grand Duchy of Baden, 2: Northern part from the Kinzigthale to the Main , Strasbourg, Levrault 1829.
  • Picturesque views of the knight castles of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Reprint of the Paris 1829 edition [incorrect location, correct Strasbourg] (volumes 1 and 2), introduction by Max Schefold, Frankfurt a. M., Weidlich 1980, ISBN 3-8035-1083-X
• Le château de Tubingue , Reutlingen, Mäcken 1835.
• Études hagiographiques , Colmar, Impr. De Decker 1856.
• Établissements celtiques dans la Sud-ouest-Allemagne , Friborg (Freiburg i. Br.), Emmerling 1842.
• Gustav Wever (text); Maximilian von Ring (ink drawings): Badenweiler and its surroundings, described topographically, historically, naturally and medically , Freiburg, Emmerling 1843; 2nd, presumably edition Freiburg im Breisgau, Wagner 1854.
  • The climatic and whey health resort Badenweiler with its surroundings, topograph., Histor. u. medicin. shown by Gustav Wever . 3rd edition, Badenweiler, Fabel 1866 (reprint: Freiburg im Breisgau, Abel 1980, ISBN 3-9800253-2-2 ).
  • Badenweiler with its surroundings, presented topographically, historically and medically; with a plan of the Roman baths, a panorama of the Alpine chain and a map of the area , 5th, revised edition, Badenweiler, Fabel 1880.
• Esquisse historique de l'école de musique flamande, au moyen-âge , Extracted. Bruxelles? 1848.
• Le Val du Danube à Beuron , Strasbourg, E. Simon 1849.
• News about St. Lambert, Bishop of Tongert, city patron of Freiburg , Freiburg i. Br., Wangler 1849.
• Souvenir des bains et environs de Niederbronn, album de douze planches gravées sur acier, avec une carte et un texte descriptif , Strasbourg, E. Simon 1849.
• Histoire des Germains depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à Charlemagne pour servir d'introduction à l'histoire de l'Empire Germanique , Strasbourg, Treuttel & Würtz 1850.
• Mémoire sur les établissements romains du Rhin et du Danube principalement dans le sud-ouest de l'Allemagne , 2 volumes, Paris, Leleux 1852 and 1853.
• Du surnom de Cautopates donné à Mithra, sur une inscription nouvellement découverte à Friedberg , Paris et al., Techener et al. 1853.
• Essai sur la Rigsmaal-Saga et sur les trois classes de la société germanique , Paris, B. Duprat 1854.
• Histoire des peuples opiques, de leur législation, de leur culte, de leurs moeurs, de leur langue , Paris, Duprat u. a. 1859.
• Tombes celtiques de l'Alsace. Nouvelle suite de mémoires , Strasbourg, Impr. De Simon 1865
• Notice sur des antiquités celtiques de l'âge de pierre trouvées sur le territoire de la commune de Schiltigheim près Strasbourg , Paris, impr. impériale 1866.
• Le Camp romain de l'Oberlinger, au-dessus de Guebwiller Haut-Rhin , Paris, impr. impériale 1866.
• Les Tombes celtiques de la forêt de Brumath , Strasbourg, Impr. De Vve Berger-Levrault 1868.
• Anciennes sépultures de l'abbaye de Beaupré, d'après des manuscrits inédits de Dom Calmet, par M. le Bon de Ring, avec des notes et additions par M. Paul Delorme , Nancy, Impr. De G. Crépin-Leblond 1880.

literature

• Marie-Philippe Aimé de Golbéry: Analysis d'une mémoire du Baron Maximilien de Ring . In: “Mémoires de la Société royale des antiquaires de France” 14, 1838, pp. 104–110.
• Paul Ristelhuber: Bibliography Alsacienne 1870-74 , Strasbourg 1870-1875.
• Georges Gromer: Chronology of the fouilles de Max de Ring . In: “Bulletin de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Haguenau” 1928/29, pp. 130-131.
• Picturesque views of the knightly castles of the Grand Duchy of Baden , introduction by Max Schefold, reprint of the Paris 1829 edition (volumes 1 and 2), Frankfurt a. M., Weidlich 1980, ISBN 3-8035-1083-X
• Sybille Bock: Baden castles from a romantic perspective. Selection from the holdings of the Augustinermuseum , Freiburg, Augustinermuseum, 1993
• Max Schefold: Old Views from Baden , published by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg, Weissenhorn 1971
• Michaela Stöckmann: Maximilian von Ring. 40 preliminary drawings for the Baden castles in the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg , master's thesis at the Univ. Freiburg i. Br., 1988 (typescript)
• Gerhard Fingerlin : To the Roman Badenweiler . In: "Archäologische Nachrichten aus Baden" 46, 1991, p. 3 ff.
• Hans H. Hofstätter: Maximilian von Ring . In: Hans H. Hofstätter, Berthold Hänel: Die Maler des Markgräflerlandes , Schillinger Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-89155-349-1 , pp. 14-15.
• Roman bath ruin Badenweiler. Discovery, research, fascination , exhibition of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the City of Freiburg i. Br. In the Freiburg University Library, February 14 - April 25, 2004. Freiburg, Museum of Prehistory and Early History, 2004, pp. 56–57.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michaela Stöckmann: Maximilian von Ring . 40 preliminary drawings for the Baden castles in the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg, p. 6. Master's thesis at the Univ. Freiburg i. Br., 1988 (typescript)
2. ↑ Entry Ring, Max, Freiherr v. In: Freiburg address calendar for the year 1839 , p. 143, Freiburg undated and the following address calendar 1840 to 1848, registered as Rink in the editions 1839 to 1841 .
3. ↑ Max Schefold in: Picturesque views of the knight castles of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Introduction by Max Schefold, pp. 5–13. Reprint of the Paris 1829 edition (volumes 1 and 2). Frankfurt a. M., Weidlich, 1980. ISBN 3-8035-1083-X

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