Philipp von Nathusius (Editor)
Philipp Engelhard Nathusius , who had been by Nathusius since 1861 (born November 5, 1815 in Althaldensleben ; † August 16, 1872 in Lucerne ), was a German publicist and founder of the Nathusius Foundation in Neinstedt , the later Neinstedter Anstalten .
Life
Philipp von Nathusius was the fourth of eight children of the large landowner and industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius (1760–1835) and Louise Engelhard (1787–1875) from Kassel. An older brother was Hermann (1809–1879), younger siblings were August (1818–1884), Wilhelm (1821–1899) and Heinrich von Nathusius (1824–1890). He grew up in the manor house of the former Althaldensleben monastery and was initially taught by private tutors. In 1832 he began his training in his father's porcelain and earthenware factory in Althaldensleben. In addition, he occupied himself intensively with literature studies, certainly also inspired by his grandmother, the poet Philippine Engelhard (1756–1831). In 1836, during a visit to Berlin, he met the writer Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), whom he adored enthusiastically and with whom he maintained intensive correspondence for several years. a. about the project of a biography of his grandmother. He was the eponymous hero of her novel Ilius Pamphilius and Ambrosia .
When his father died in 1835, at the age of 20, he took over the management of the extensive Nathusius industrial establishments in Althaldensleben and Hundisburg . He also managed the Althaldensleben estate. He carried out these tasks successfully until 1848, when he handed them over to his brothers so that he could devote himself to his real interests.
In Althaldensleben he and his wife Marie Nathusius , born in Calbe, were married in 1841 . Scheele (later popular writer) founded a rescue facility for neglected children in 1847. The couple had received appropriate suggestions from Johann Hinrich Wichern on several visits to the Rauhen Haus .
When Nathusius was offered the editor-in-chief of the conservative Volksblatt für Stadt und Land for instruction and entertainment in 1849 , he saw the possibility of combining his literary interests with the desire to get involved in the Inner Mission . He moved with his family to Giebichenstein near Halle and bought a rest yard in Neinstedt. Nathusius converted this facility, the Lindenhof , into a boy rescue house and a brothers' house. On October 15, 1850, he was able to inaugurate the first two buildings of what would later become the Neinstedt institute.
The people sheet headed Nathusius 1851 as editor in 1861 as a publisher. In 1871 he passed these tasks on to his son Martin von Nathusius (1843–1906). In 1865 he acquired the Ludom manor in what was then the province of Posen , which was taken over a short time later by his son Philipp von Nathusius-Ludom , father of the writer Annemarie von Nathusius (1874–1926).
Nathusius owes the first appearance of the "Youth Memories of an Old Man" in 1870, in which the painter Wilhelm von Kügelgen described his childhood and youth years 1802–1820 with vivid vividness, happy humor and fresh pictures. In the edition of Max Hesses Verlag, Leipzig, Adolf Stern writes: This autobiography delighted thousands and thousands of readers and has been classified with general approval as a masterpiece of original content and perfect form, the iron inventory of immortal works of German literature. This book, which is still worth reading today, has been reprinted many times.
On the occasion of Wilhelm I's coronation as King of Prussia in 1861, Nathusius (along with three other brothers) was ennobled. From 1865 he became increasingly ill and died in 1872 during a spa stay in Lucerne . His grave is located in the Neinstedter institutional park.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina von Arnim: Julius Pamphilius and the Ambrosia . Propylaea Publishing House, Berlin 1920.
- ^ Nathusius (1840, 1861), 2nd line, Philipp Engelhard v. Nathusius (Prussian nobility in Königsberg i. Pr., October 18, 1861). In: Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 57 of the complete series, Adelige Häuser B, Volume XI, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg ad Lahn 1974, p. 311.
- ↑ The following publisher of the Volksblatt was Reimar Hobbing in Berlin, documented from 1903, NDB 9, 1972, p. 279 f., Who over time created a large publishing empire from it. After Hobbing's early death in 1919, his publishing house enjoyed an enormous upswing, especially during the Nazi era with war pamphlets, sometimes under different names (Steiniger). Traces of this publisher's name can be traced back to 1990 in Essen (Rhld.).
Works (selection)
- Fifty Poems , 1839.
- Ulrich von Hutten. Popular considerations of the present church dispute in Germany . 1839.
- Fifty more poems , 1841.
- To the understanding about Union, 1857.
- Life picture of the departed Marie Nathusius, b. Scheele . 3 volumes, 1868/69, In: Marie Nathusius: Gesammelte Schriften . Volume 13-15, Richard Mühlmann , Leipzig.
- Documents and circumstances of a Claudius biography that did not materialize . In: Annuals of the Claudius Society . Stamp Media, 1994, pp. 10-28.
literature
- Eleonore Princess Reuss : Philipp Nathusius youth years. Based on letters and diaries with the assistance of D. Martin von Nathusius . Published by Wilhelm Herz, Berlin 1896.
- Otto Steinwachs: Philipp von Nathusius . In: Central German Life Pictures . 1. Volume: Pictures of the 19th Century . Magdeburg 1926, pp. 221-234.
- Eva Hoffmann-Aleith : Paths to the Lindenhof . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Berlin 1967.
- Detlef Gärtner: "The whole park wrote enough for me". Althaldensleben-Hundisburg. In the mirror of 19th century literature . CULTURE landscape Haldensleben-Hundisburg e. V., Haldensleben-Hundisburg 1997.
- Ruth Stummann-Bowert: Philipp and Marie Nathusius-Life Paths to Inner Mission . In: Ruth Stummann-Bowert, Sieglinde Bandolny and Bernd Schacht: "I will have mercy on you with eternal grace". Social engagement in Althaldensleben in the area of tension between church and economy . Haldensleben-Hundisburg 2000, pp. 17-48.
- Hans Andres: Philipp von Nathusius. His personality and ideas as reflected in contemporary history (1815–1850). Nolte, Düsseldorf 1934.
- Martin Friedrich: Nathusius, Philipp Engelhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1120-1124.
- Franz Brümmer : Nathusius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 283-285.
Web links
- Literature by and about Philipp von Nathusius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography ( Memento from June 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Nathusius Family Association ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nathusius, Philipp von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nathusius, Philipp Engelhard (maiden name); Nathusius, Philipp Engelhard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Althaldensleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1872 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |