Peter Adolph Winkopp

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Peter Adolph Winkopp (born January 25, 1759 in Erfurt , † October 26, 1813 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German writer and publicist .

Life

Peter Adolph Winkopp was a member of the Benedictine order and fled from the Petersberg monastery in Erfurt. He now devoted himself to writing and initially wrote several novels that were set in monasteries. He became known as the publisher of the magazine Der deutsche Klassen (published from 1785 to 1789 in Zurich), which was devoted to political and religious topics. Because of his criticism of Kurmainz , Winkopp was picked up on March 8, 1786 in Basel , brought to Mainz and held there until the end of September. After his release he stayed in Mainz and married the widow of a Frankfurt bookseller. He founded his own bookstore, which he had to give up because of the poor business development. Winkopp came to terms with the Electoral Mainz government, which appointed him Court Chamber Assessor in 1791 and Court Chamber Councilor in Erfurt in 1796. He dedicated himself as an author and editor to contemporary history topics and worked for the magazine Der Rheinische Bund from 1806 until his death .

Works

  • PA Winkopp's Freimuthige Remarks on the Mainz Monthly of Spiritual Matters: Mainly Apology for Publicity and Justification of German Journalists. In addition to an analysis of the ... remarks scattered around Regensburg sine die et consule on how to behave against Professor Schlözer in Göttingen . 340 p .; Frankfurt u. Leipzig 1785.
  • History of the French conquests and revolution on the Rhine river, especially with regard to the city of Mainz , 1794, books.google.de .
  • Faustin's travels and deeds in the dizzying decade of freedom at the end of the philosophical century . 332 pp., Leipzig 1799.
  • The Rhenish Confederation Act or the treaty concluded in Paris on July 12, 1806 . Frankfurt a. M .: Mohr 1808.
  • Attempt of a topographical-statistical description of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt . Frankfurt am Main 1812, books.google.de .

editor

  • The German viewer. Zurich 1785–1789 (9 volumes) and The New German Viewer. [s. l.] 1789–1791 (7 volumes)
  • Magazine for history, statistics, literature and topography of all German spiritual states. Zurich 1790/91 (2 volumes)
  • The latest state, newspaper, travel, postal and trading encyclopedia or geographical-historical-statistical handbook of all five parts of the world: containing an exact and complete [...]. Leipzig 1804–1807, only four volumes up to “Sazung” published.
  • The Rhenish Confederation. A journal with historical-political-statistical-geographic content. Frankfurt am Main 1806–1813 Bielefeld University Library: digitized edition of all 23 volumes

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Otmar Seemann : Incompletely published lexicons and encyclopedias. An addendum to war: MNE. In: Karl H. Pressler (Ed.): From the Antiquariat. Volume 8, 1990 (= Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel - Frankfurter Ausgabe. No. 70, August 31, 1990), pp. A 329 - A 334, here: p. A 334.
personal data
SURNAME Winkopp, Peter Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1813
Place of death Aschaffenburg