Moritz Graf von Strachwitz
Moritz Karl Wilhelm Anton Graf von Strachwitz (born March 13, 1822 in Peterwitz near Frankenstein in Silesia , † December 11, 1847 in Vienna ) was a well-known ballad poet who was a model for Theodor Fontane's ballad poems in the tunnel over the Spree .
Life
He came from a noble Silesian family . His parents were Count Hans von Strachwitz (* April 14, 1792; † February 18, 1863) and his wife Luise von SChimony-Schimonski († May 16, 1835).
He studied law in Breslau and Berlin. In 1841 he became a member of the Breslau fraternity . From 1845 he was a member of the Corps Silesia Breslau . After completing his studies, he completed his legal clerkship at the Grottkau District Court . Then he went on trips to Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He then returned to his Peterwitz estate, but then moved to his Moravian estate Schebetau . On a trip to Italy he fell ill in Venice and died shortly before his return in Vienna.
Many of his poems were set to music, among others by Robert Schumann , Carl Loewe and Johannes Brahms . Among other things, “The Song of the False Count” and “Hie Welf!” Were particularly well-known.
His contemporary Ludwig Fränkel characterized him as follows in the “General German Biography”: “In the grueling life of the big cities, a certain restlessness had taken hold of him, [...] he never again came to the right calm, to enjoy life Satisfaction with his work and himself, for the realization of his profession "and" He was a bold nature who remained naive in the demoralizing corridors of the great world. "
His best known poem is "The Heart of Douglas", from which is still occasionally quoted:
- They rode nearly forty miles
- and did not speak words four
and:
- Scottish patience is short
- and long a Scottish sword!
Works
- Songs of an Awakening , 1842
- Neue Gedichte , 1848 (poems from the estate) ( GBS and also online - Internet Archive )
- Poems , Breslau 1850 (complete edition)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Strachwitz, Moriz Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 39th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1879, pp. 202–205 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Julius Fränkel: Strachwitz, Moritz Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 480-483.
- Alwin Kurt Theodor Tielo (di: Kurt Mickoleit ): The seal of Count Moritz von Strachwitz . Duncker, Berlin 1902 ( research on the recent history of literature 20), (also reprographic printing: Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1977, ISBN 3-8067-0610-7 and also online - Internet Archive ).
- Hanns Gottschalk: Strachwitz and the development of the heroic ballad . Triltsch, Würzburg 1940 (at the same time: Breslau, Univ., Diss. Phil., 1940).
- Gertrud Fischer: The decline in the content of the heroic ballad from Strachwitz and Fontane to the Epigones (1840-1880). Munich 1956 (Munich, Univ., Diss. Phil.).
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 668-670.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 1844, p.562
Web links
- Works by Moritz Graf von Strachwitz in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Works by Moritz Graf von Strachwitz at Zeno.org .
- Literature by and about Moritz Graf von Strachwitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 35 , 213
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strachwitz, Moritz Graf von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strachwitz, Moritz Karl Wilhelm Anton Count of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ballad poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Peterwitz near Frankenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1847 |
| Place of death | Vienna |