Otto Bernhard of Verdion

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Otto Bernhard Verdion , after the nobility of Verdion , (* 1719 ; † August 5, 1800 in Zeitz ) was a German court official, writer and manor owner . He was the Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and was one of the most productive Saxon writers from the Enlightenment. Today it is almost completely forgotten.

Life

He entered the service of the Saxon elector and rose in the administration to the electoral secret chamber council. As such, he had the finances necessary to acquire a complex of two manors in Löbitz. The seller was the decrepit Gotthelf Adolph Graf von Hoym .

Works (selection)

  • Strange life story of two Swabians in which the same strangest fates both on water and on land are honestly told; for lovers of history as a delightful pastime brought to light by one of those with dabey , Dresden, 1753
  • The Dresden avanturieur, or incidents of a born Dresdener, put on and described by himself , Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1757
  • The fortunes and misfortunes of Martin Speelhovens, a businessman from Cleveland, which he met both in his youth and on trips to America, along with his capture and escape, as well as eighteen-year stay on an island that was never visited at the time liberation, described by himself , Dresden and Leipzig, 1763
  • Second journey and special incidents of Peter Roberts, a bored English country, after an uninhabited island, where many strange things happened, and how he finally got back happily in London , Dresden, 1763
  • Life and special affairs of Peter Roberts, a well-established Engelländers, who wonderfully spent his life on an uninhabited island for many years [...] and achieved his greatest satisfaction after much misery , Dresden, 1763, 2nd edition Dresden, 1771
  • Strange living conditions Elias Bendels [...] , Dresden, 1786

family

Out of wedlock he and Johanna Eleonora Richter had fathered their son Carl August Verdion, who was born in Friedrichstadt in 1771, and for whose maintenance he was responsible. He later married Eleonora. He had two more daughters with her. His family was raised to the nobility with him. The exact year of the award is not known.

literature

  • Friedrich Rassmann: Short literary dictionary of the deceased German poets , p. 211.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The statement that can be found several times in the literature that he died on his manor Löbitz is incorrect. He was buried in the Löbitz cemetery on August 5, 1800, but died in Zeitz.
personal data
SURNAME Verdion, Otto Bernhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verdion, Otto Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court official, writer and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1719
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1800
Place of death Time