Philipp Keim
Georg Philipp Keim (born November 7, 1804 in Diedenbergen , † July 2, 1884 in Diedenbergen) was a Nassau poet and popular newspaper singer.
life and work
Georg Philipp Keim was born on November 7, 1804 as the youngest of eleven children of the Diedenberg school teacher Johann Heinrich Keim in Diedenbergen. After finishing school, he learned the cooper's trade . At the age of 17, he went blind as a journeyman as a result of excessive heat and a sudden cold while working as a cooper in the ducal castle cellar in Biebrich. The then Duke Wilhelm von Nassau gave the blind young man a barrel organ and, with a certificate, allowed him to make music unhindered in the whole of the Duchy of Nassau, but especially in the spa towns and seaside resorts.
Honors
In Diedenbergen , the Philipp Keim School and Street bear the name of Keim.
literature
- Johann Christian Glücklich: Philipp and Lisbeth Keim from Diedenbergen, a Naussau poet and bard couple , Wiesbaden, 1897
- Ernst Schütz and Michael Sachs: The newspaper singer Philipp Keim 1804-1884 , Marianne Breuer Verlag Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, 1993
- Keim, Georg Philipp. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keim, Philipp |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keim, Georg Philipp (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nassau poet and popular newspaper singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Diedenbergen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1884 |
| Place of death | Diedenbergen |