Otto von Orgies-Rutenberg

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Johann Joseph Gotthard Otto Baron von Orgies-Rutenberg (born May 14, 1802 in Bauske , Kurland Governorate ; † May 16, 1864 in Wiesbaden ) was a Kurland state official, historian and writer.

Life

Otto von Orgies-Rutenberg's grandfather was Carl Ferdinand von Orgies-Rutenberg (1741–1801), Chancellor of Courland and later Landhofmeister in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia .

Otto von Orgies-Rutenberg began studying law at the University of Heidelberg in 1820 and moved to the University of Strasbourg in the same year. In 1821 he continued his studies at the University of Bonn and in 1823 went to the University of Göttingen to graduate. In 1822 he became a member of the Corps Curonia Bonn I. In Göttingen he joined the Curonia Goettingensis VII in 1823 . After completing his studies, he returned to Courland as the owner of the manors Alt Sexaten and Wolgund. From 1824 to 1828 he was assessor at the Hauptmannsgericht in Goldingen and from 1828 to 1833 at the Oberhauptmannsgericht in Mitau . He later settled in Heidelberg as a writer. In 1862 he was given the title of baron. In particular, he wrote poems and dramas. As a supporter of the Enlightenment, he dealt critically in his works with the social conditions in the Russian Baltic Sea Governments , in particular with the behavior of the Baltic German nobility towards the Latvian farmers. With that he took socio-political influence in Latvia. His history of the Baltic provinces of Liv, Esth and Kurland was the first work of historiography to be translated from German into Latvian .

Fonts

  • History of the Baltic provinces of Liv, Esth and Courland from the earliest times to the end of their independence , 1859–1861 (2 volumes)
  • Baltijas hurt
  • Gudrun: a play in five acts , 1862
  • Mecklenburg in Courland , 1863
  • Nobleman and Farmer , 1864

See also

literature

  • Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner: Lexicon of German-Language Literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg , 3 volumes. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1 . Volume 3, p. 1099.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 20/4
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 65/62
  3. ↑ a b Leo Dribins: German historians in Riga in the 19th century . In: Ilze Krokša, Aina Balaško (ed.): Vācu kultūra Latvijā. Ieskats vācu-latviešu novadu kultūras un vācu biedrību vēsturē = German culture in Latvia. Insight into the history of the German-Latvian regional cultures and the German club history . Latvijas Vācu Savienība, Riga 2009, ISBN 978-9984-39-832-7 , p. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Orgies-Rutenberg, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orgies-Rutenberg, Johann Joseph Gotthard Otto Baron von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Courland state official and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Bauske
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1864
Place of death Wiesbaden