Wilhelm Blumenhagen
Philipp Georg August Wilhelm Blumenhagen (first name Wilhelm ; * February 15, 1781 in Hanover ; † May 6, 1839 there ) was a German doctor and writer.
Life
The eldest son of a chamber clerk was one of the first to attend the newly built court school in his hometown and later the municipal Kaiser Wilhelm and Ratsgymnasium in Hanover . After completing the anatomical school in Hanover for about two years, he studied medicine in Erlangen and Göttingen from 1798 to 1803 . He was - as evidenced by his surviving stud book from 1800 and his entry in the Kösener corps lists from 1910 - during his student days a member of the Erlanger Westphalia . After receiving his doctorate, he settled as a general practitioner in his hometown in 1803, where he died of a stroke on May 6, 1839 . He was buried in the Old St. Nikolai Cemetery. His younger brother was the poet lawyer Carl Julius Blumenhagen .
Blumenhagen was accepted into the Masonic lodge Zum Schwarzen Bär in Hanover in 1811 . In the following years he held several official posts in the grand lodge as well as in his box. From 1826 until his death he was the master of the chair in his box. In particular, he advocated the admission of Jews to the lodges.
During the period of the Abend-Zeitung, Blumenhagen was known for his easily and excitingly written novellas, which in “Novellen u. Erzählungen ”(Hanover 1826–1827, 4 volumes) and“ Neuer Novellenkranz ”(Braunschweig 1829–1830, 2 volumes) partly collected, one of the most popular entertainment writers. His “Complete Writings” appeared in the 2nd edition in 16 volumes (Stuttgart 1843–1844). He also left extensive Masonic literature, such as Where Is the Place of Freemasonry in Mankind? (Hanover 1838).
Honors
- Blumenhagenstrasse in Hanover-Nordstadt , which was laid out in 1894, was named after the doctor and writer.
literature
- Friedrich Voigts : Wilhelm Blumenhagen's masonry estate. Manuscript for Brothers Freemasons , Hanover: with the brother (University Cassirer) GA Thiemann, 1840; Digitized via Google books
- Carl Ludwig Grotefend: Blumenhagen, Philipp Georg August Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 751.
- Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein , Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , pp. 58-59.
- Wilhelm Blumenhagen's masonry estate. Manuscript for Freemasons . Hanover 1840, foreword: pp. III – VIII
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Blumenhagen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Wilhelm Blumenhagen in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Kater: Stammbuch Blumenhagen In: Einst und Jetzt , Volume 23 (1978) P. 91 ff .; the revision by Ernst Meyer-Camberg is very critical of the source : Zum Stammbuch Blumenhagen in Einst und Jetzt , Volume 29 (1984), pp. 185–194. Stud book private property; Copy in the archive of the Corps Onoldia . The Stammbuch Blumenhagen is an important source of the early days of the Erlangen Senior Citizens' Convention .
- ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910 40 /22
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Blumenhagenstrasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover . Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 42
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blumenhagen, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blumenhagen, Philipp Georg August Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1839 |
| Place of death | Hanover |