Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Reinwald
Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Reinwald (born August 11, 1737 in Wasungen ; † August 6, 1815 in Meiningen ; also: Wilhelm Reinwald ) was a German librarian and linguist . He was close friends with Friedrich Schiller and later married his sister Elisabetha Christophine Friederike .
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Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Reinwald was the son of the Wasung bailiff and Meiningen government councilor Johann Ernst Reinwald. After the father died early and the mother had lost her entire fortune in a pillage at the beginning of the Seven Years' War , the Meiningen Duke Anton Ulrich took care of the family. Reinwald first received home lessons, then he studied at Meiningen Gymnasium and then studied law from 1753 to 1756 in Jena . After his mother's death in 1758, he lived with a close relative in Gotha , where he took music lessons from Georg Anton Benda and maintained close contact with the theologian and poet Jakob Friedrich Schmidt .
Sent by his patron, Duke Anton Ulrich, to Vienna for a short time in 1762 as a secret chancellor , Reinwald had to return to Meiningen after his death at the behest of the regent Charlotte Amalie and work in a poorly paid, lower position. Reinwald's situation only improved with the new Duke Karl , who entrusted him with the organization of the ducal art and literature treasures in 1776, an activity that he carried out for more than forty years. In 1784 Reinwald was appointed to the ducal-Meiningischen councilor, two years later he married Elisabetha Christophine Friederike Schiller, but this did not change anything in his financially rather poor position.
Reinwald sought to improve his financial situation through numerous publications, for example in Friedrich Nicolai's General German Library and in Christian Felix Weißes Library of Fine Sciences . In his Horen Schiller published a contribution by Reinwald with the title "Powder Conspiracy in England in 1605, the third of the reign of Jacob I." In addition, Reinwald tried his hand at poet early on with various publications, including in Schiller's Thalia 1787, Schiller's Musen-Almanach 1796 and the Niederrheinisches Taschenbuch 1806. In 1802 he was appointed the first librarian in Meiningen and only in 1805 as a councilor, which finally brought a financial one Security set.
Literary works (selection)
- Poetic letters and little poems. FE Hartmann, Meiningen 1769.
- Poetic whims, stories, letters and miscellanous. At the expense of publishing fund for scholars and artists and to find in the bookstore of the scholars, Dessau 1782 ( Digitalisat the Berlin State Library - PK ).
- Lotte's letters to a friend during her acquaintance with Werthern . Translated from English. Two parts. Friedrich Nicolai , Berlin and Stettin 1788 ( digitized version of the BSB ).
- 15 songs in the New Saxon-Koburg-Meiningische Gesangbuch , Meiningen 1790.
Linguistic work (selection)
- Hennebergisches Idiotikon. Or a collection of the idiotisms common in the ducal county of Henneberg, with etymological notes and comparison of other old and new Germanic dialects. Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1793.
literature
- Max Löwisch: Reinwald, Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 104-111.
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| SURNAME | Reinwald, Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reinwald, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1815 |
| Place of death | Meiningen |