Wilhelm von Eichendorff

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Wilhelm Joseph Ernst Johann Karl Freiherr von Eichendorff (born September 14, 1786 at Lubowitz Castle near Ratibor , Upper Silesia ; † January 7, 1849 in Innsbruck in Tyrol , Austrian Empire ) was an Austrian lawyer, (kk) - state official and poet.

Youth and education

The noble Catholic family of the Barons von Eichendorff had lived in Moravia and Silesia since the 17th century. The ancestor Hartwig Erdmann von Eichendorff came from Zerbow in Neumark to Sedlnitz in Moravia; he died in 1683 in Deutsch Krawarn .

The son of Baron Adolf Rudolf von Eichendorff and Karoline, née Freiin von Kloch, were taught at home by Pastor Bernhard Heike , together with their one and a half years younger brother Joseph von Eichendorff . From October 1801, the brothers attended the Catholic Matthias Gymnasium in Breslau . From 1805 to 1806 they studied law at the University of Halle . When the university was closed in October 1806 at Napoleon's behest , all students had to leave Halle an der Saale within 24 hours. In May 1807 the brothers traveled to Heidelberg via Linz , Regensburg and Nuremberg to continue their studies (1807–1808) there. The last section (1810–1813) of the course took place in Vienna .

Wilhelm von Eichendorff met Emperor Franz II in Vienna . He cultivated friendships with the romantics Friedrich Schlegel , Adam Müller von Nitterdorf , the priest Klemens Maria Hofbauer , the painter Philipp Veit and the publisher Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué . He dedicated three poems to Otto von Loeben .

Official activity

After the state examination in law , Wilhelm entered the Austrian civil service in 1813. In 1814 he was transferred to Lienz and in 1815 to Innsbruck. On May 1, 1821, he married Julie Fischnaller in Wilten . In May 1822 William was Eichendorff for one year the third county commissioner in Rovereto , northern Italy , in 1825 he got a job as Gubernial- and Presidential Secretary in Innsbruck, after he was Gubernialrat in Zara , North Dalmatia county and is responsible for the censorship of the press in Tyrol . In 1827 he was appointed District Chief of Trento promoted and real Gubernialrat appointed the emperor.

Since he did not fight the revolutionary intentions of the Italian population of Trient sufficiently, he was raised from office. 1848 was followed by the disciplinary transfer to Innsbruck, where he worked as Gubernialrat at the Tyrolean provincial agency. He died in Innsbruck on January 7, 1849. His brother Joseph von Eichendorff became the sole heir of the Sedlnitz family rule .

In 1999, the film director Josef Cyrus made the short film Die Oderfahrt by the brothers Joseph and Wilhelm von Eichendorff .

Poems (selection)

  • Not in a turmoil, no, in nature's lap
  • Dark fate's saying
  • To Isidorus
  • To Isidore
  • To Heinrich Count von Loeben
  • When soft springs lament in a rustling distance
  • Is it the eternal rush of clear sources?
  • The cool autumn scatters its golden leaves
  • So soft spring springs rustle again
  • There are secret, horrific hours
  • A magic forest is open to young hearts
  • I wonder what I probably won
  • The horn strikes, fellow hunters wake up
  • Fog was already fluttering and evening shine
  • How the dark woods rustle
  • In the wild, endless forest
  • Into the horn, into the horn, into the Jägerhorn
  • In the forest, in the forest
  • Goldner Schein has run out
  • To boredom, chef d'œuvre
  • Whale to the promised land
  • Healthy again
  • Sadness and determination
  • The magical Venus
  • The minstrel driving through the air
  • German competition
  • Venus de Medicis and Albert Dürer
  • Three canzons
  • To my brother Josef

Works

  • Wilhelm von Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff: youth poems . European University Press, Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86741-572-9 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gedichte.xbib.de
personal data
SURNAME Eichendorff, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichendorff, Wilhelm Joseph Ernst Johann Karl Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Lubowitz Castle near Ratibor
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1849
Place of death innsbruck