Woldemar von Bock
Woldemar Bernhard Wilhelm Georg Heinrich von Bock (born November 9, 1816 in Kersel , Livonia Gouvernement ; † February 1, 1903 in Bamberg ) was a Baltic German lawyer , publicist , politician and composer .
Life
Bock was a son of the landowner Heinrich von Bock . From 1835 to 1837 he studied law at the university in Livonian Dorpat , then became assistant to the regional court in Fellin and vice-president of the Livonian court court. From 1857 to 1866 he lived in Riga , where he worked for the Baltic Monthly , and was also active as a journalist and held various political offices. In November 1866 he moved to Germany in order to journalistically fight against Russification and the attacks against the Evangelical Church in the Baltic provinces. He lived for some time in Quedlinburg , later in Bamberg.
family
Bock married on August 27, 1841 in Dorpat Sophia La Trobe (1821–1890), the daughter of the composer Johann Friedrich La Trobe (1769–1845). The marriage had five children. His brother, the Livonian land marshal and district administrator , Heinrich von Bock (1818–1903) married the 14 years older singer Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860) in Gotha on March 14, 1850 .
Works (selection)
- On the history of the criminal trial in Livonia , Dorpat 1845 (digitized version)
- Fragments from the unprinted font: "Sheets of memory of JF la Trobe, the artist and the people" , Dorpat 1848 (special print from the magazine Das Inland )
- A word on the service of two gentlemen , Riga 1866
- The German-Russian conflict on the Baltic Sea . The future, seen in the picture of the past and the present , Leipzig 1869 (digitized version)
- The Nordic Post in the light of the collective declaration of the knights of Livonia , Esthland , Kurland and Oesel's or Ein Nordisches Soll und haben , Berlin 1869
- Goethe in his relationship to music , Berlin 1871
- Moscow and St. Petersburg in the competition for freedom of religion. For connoisseurs of moral character, shown as the obverse and reverse of the same medal , Quedlinburg 1871
- Evangelical Alliance and Russian Diplomacy. A contribution to the latest history of both, at the same time also to the history of the Baltic country elementary school, but in particular to the characteristics of the Imperial Russian Chancellor Prince Gorchakov , Berlin 1872 (digitized version)
- Russian conversions as revealed and confessed by Mr. Georg von Samarin . From a silent observer , Leipzig 1874
- Ecclesiastical side lights in Bundlerische Winkel , Paderborn 1889
- Goethe and Bismarck . Parallel or Contrast? , Frankfurt am Main 1899
literature
- Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . P. 37 f.
- Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 . Volume 1, p. 249.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Bock, Woldemar v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
- Bock, Woldemar von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Hasselblatt and Gustav Otto : Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat. C. Mattiesen, Dorpat 1889, pp. 242-243, no. 3360.
- ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights , Görlitz 1929, p. 578.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bock, Woldemar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bock, Woldemar Bernhard Wilhelm Georg Heinrich von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German lawyer, publicist, politician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kersel , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1903 |
| Place of death | Bamberg |