Moritz Flavius ​​Trenck from Tonder

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Baron Moritz Flavius ​​Trenck von Tonder (* 1746 in Dresden , † September 21, 1810 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German officer and publicist .

Life

Moritz Flavius ​​Trenck von Tonder was born in Dresden in 1746, where his father was the Polish envoy. He was educated at the Theresianum in Vienna and then joined the Imperial and Royal Genie Corps as an officer . On behalf of the government, he made a trip to Spain , where he directed the construction of the fortifications in Cartagena . He was a victim of intrigue and slander and was imprisoned for two years.

After his release he resigned from his army service and settled in Neuwied in 1785 . There he published the influential newspaper Political Talks of the Dead , whose articles he wrote mostly alone. In principle, it appeared without specifying the author or the place of publication and was regularly censored. The conservative, anti-revolutionary journal propagated the Austro-Prussian cooperation and was an important champion of the German idea on the Rhine.

On September 15, 1795 Neuwied was occupied by the French, and Trenck von Tonder was then often hostile, so that he moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1796.

family

Moritz Flavius ​​Trenck von Tonder married Maria Katharina d'Auchopt in Neuwied around 1785. Their son Moritz Trenck von Tonder (1786–1855) later became a banker and industrialist.

Works

  • Political Conversations of the Dead , Neuwied: Gehra 1786–1794
  • Political discussions of the dead and political correspondence between the living and the dead , Neuwied 1795–1796
  • Realm of the dead; A magazine containing: Political Conversations of the Dead; Political speeches, along with a secret exchange of letters between the living and the dead , Frankfurt am Main 1796–1810

literature

  • Nekrolog, in: Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , No. 77 of October 10, 1810, Col. 609 ( digitized version )
  • Karl Florentin Leidenfrost , historical-biographical concise dictionary of the most memorable, most famous and infamous people of all classes, times and nations , Ilmenau 1827, Volume 5, p. 385 ( digitized version )
  • New, elegant conversation lexicon for educated people from all walks of life , ed. by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff , Leipzig 1837, Volume 4, p. 450 ( digitized version )
  • Karl d'Ester , The New Again. A forgotten champion for the freedom of the German Rhine , Neuwied 1930
  • Karl d'Ester, The Political Elysium, or the Conversations of the Dead on the Rhine. A contribution to the history of the German press and the German thought on the Rhine , Neuwied 1936/37

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personal data
SURNAME Trenck von Tonder, Moritz Flavius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1810
Place of death Frankfurt am Main