Stephan Schütze
Johann Stephan Schütze (born November 1, 1771 in Olvenstedt , † March 19, 1839 in Weimar ) was a German writer and belonged to the circle of Johann Wolfgang Goethe .
Live and act
Sagittarius was born the son of a wealthy farmer. After completing a commercial apprenticeship and attending a business school and the pedagogy of the Berge monastery (from 1789 to 1794), he studied Protestant theology from 1794 to 1797 , initially in Halle and later in Erlangen . After a short activity as a private teacher in Magdeburg and as a court master , he went to Weimar in 1804 to become a poet , supported by a wealthy Magdeburg uncle who ran a trading company .
In Weimar, the reserved, overgrown shooter found himself in the position of a strange, well-known original. He later married the widow Wilhelmine Schäler. He worked as a journalist and theater critic . He worked as an author for newspapers and paperbacks. For more than thirty years he was the editor of the popular "paperback dedicated to love and friendship" (TdLF). In addition, he published other publications - including "Der Wintergarten", the "Journal für Literatur, Kunst, Luxus und Mode" and "Der Frühlingsbote".
Schütze frequented the Schopenhauer house and was a chronicler of Johanna Schopenhauer's evening parties . He accompanied Goethe , whom he had met on November 12, 1806, on trips to the baths and worked with artists such as ETA Hoffmann , Ludwig Bechstein and Adelbert von Chamisso .
Schütze created aesthetic writings ("Theory of Reims", 1802 and "Theory of the Comical", 1817), which also made him noticed in music circles. He was one of the founding members of the Weimar Friends of Art and strove to preserve the Goethean legacy. Schütze was a councilor .
He is buried with his wife in the historical cemetery in Weimar .
Honors
A street and a square are named after him in Magdeburg.
literature
- Heinrich Pröhle : Sagittarius, Stephan . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 146 f.
- Ellen Richter: Sagittarius, Johann Stephan. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
- Johannes F. Lehmann: Stephan Schütze - poet, publicist, comic theorist. In: Magdeburg writers from the early modern period to the present. Edited by Dagmar Ende, Thorsten Unger. Heidelberg: Winter 2015, pp. 85–105.
Web links
- Literature by and about Stephan Schütze in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagittarius, Stephan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schütze, Johann Stephan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, belonged to the Goethe circle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olvenstedt near Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1839 |
| Place of death | Weimar |