Rudolf Friedrich Heinrich Magenau

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Rudolf Magenau

Rudolf Friedrich Heinrich Magenau (from 1844 von Magenau) (born December 5, 1767 in Markgröningen , † April 23, 1846 in Hermaringen ) was a German Protestant pastor , writer and local researcher .

family

Rudolf Magenau was the son of the town clerk and notary Jacob Friedrich Magenau (1744–1783) in Markgröningen and Eberhardine Rosine Andler (1743–1805). He married Henriette Friederike Wilhelmine Hagmaier (1758–1826) in Niederstotzingen in 1794 and they had eight children. Two of her sons were the mayor and member of the state parliament Eberhard August Magenau and the senior magistrate Jacob Friedrich von Magenau .

life and work

Grave cross of Rudolf Magenau and his wife Friederike in the Hermaringer cemetery

He attended the Latin schools in Markgröningen and Ehingen and the monastery schools in Denkendorf and Maulbronn. From 1786 he studied theology at the Tübingen monastery . In 1791 he finished his studies and became tutor and vicar in Markgröningen. In 1794 he took over the parish of Niederstotzingen and in 1819 the parish of Hermaringen , which he headed until his death.

Magenau was close friends with Friedrich Hölderlin , who in 1790 founded a poets' association with Magenau and Christian Ludwig Neuffer .

Magenau published the first collection of Swabian folk tales (as poems) printed as a book and several works on the local history of Brenzgau . He was also a member of the Württemberg Association for Patriotic Studies.

Works (selection)

  • Wend-Unmuth, or: Stories, satires, poems and ideas. Schmeisser, Oehringen 1788. ( digitized version )
  • Hymn to the Germans in 1814. Rollwagen, Augsburg 1814. ( digitized )
  • Short descriptions of the lives of strange men from the period of the Church Reformation along with 280 anecdotes from their lives. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1816. ( digitized version )
  • M. Christ. Fried. Wittich: Pastor to Walddorf in the kingdom of Würtemberg in his life and work. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1818. ( digitized version )
  • The Güssenberg and the Gusses. A contribution to the knowledge of the Brenzthal and its surroundings. Stettin, Ulm 1823. ( digitized )
  • Poetic folk sagas and legends mostly from Swabia. Along with other stories and a song to the naiad of the Brenz river. Löflund, Stuttgart 1825. ( digitized )
  • Historical and topographical description of the town of Giengen an der Brenz. A contribution to the knowledge of the Brenzthal, compiled from reliable sources. Löflund, Stuttgart 1830. ( digitized version )

Honors

1844 Rudolf Magenau was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown excellent, which with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement was connected). The name of the primary school and a street in Hermaringen and the name of a street in Niederstotzingen and Markgröningen reminds of him .

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Rudolf Friedrich Heinrich Magenau  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Güssenberg (Magenau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Magenau's biography on hermaringen.de
  2. ^ Reprint of Magenau's "Description of the Parish Village Hermaringen", edited by Pastor Hermann Hörger
personal data
SURNAME Magenau, Rudolf Friedrich Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Magenau, Rudolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, writer and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Markgröningen
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1846
Place of death Hermaringen