Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil von Baudissin

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Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin alias Freiherr von Schlicht

Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin , pseudonyms: Freiherr von Schlicht and Graf Günther Rosenhagen , (born January 30, 1867 in Schleswig ; † October 4, 1926 in Weimar ) was a German writer , journalist and publisher .

Life

origin

The family of the Counts von Baudissin had lived in Schleswig-Holstein since the Thirty Years War and produced a number of military men and writers. Adelbert Heinrich von Baudissin , the father of Wolf Graf Baudissin, was a dikgrave in Schleswig. He was the author of historical novels and a history of the Schleswig-Holstein War of 1849. In 1871, four years after the birth of his son Wolf, Count Adalbert Baudissin died.

The countess's coffin in the crematorium's blessing hall

His mother, whose second wife Louisa Wilhelmine Johanne, was born del Strother, (* July 28, 1830 Hull, † May 11, 1910 in Lübeck ). On May 17, she was the first person to be cremated in the new state crematorium of the Vorwerk cemetery .

Military career

After finishing school at the grammar school in Schleswig and at the Christianeum in Altona , Wolf Ernst von Baudissin joined the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 in Freiburg on May 16, 1887 as an avantageur . He received the patent for portepeef ensign on March 22, 1888. On January 20, 1888 he was transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 in Lübeck , where he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on February 16, 1889 . From June 1895 he was assigned to the Schleswig-Holstein Pioneer Battalion No. 9 in Harburg .

On September 12, 1895 he was transferred to Schleswig to the Infantry Regiment "von Manstein" (Schleswigsches) No. 84 and on September 12, 1896, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant . From January 1 to November 25, 1898 he was transferred à la suite of the regiment and then as a semi-invalid with pension to the officers of the 1st contingent in the Landwehr infantry . His resignation was granted on June 16, 1899 . He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit .

Writing career

After his marriage in Lübeck, Baudissin was transferred within his regiment to the Hamburg garrison . There he began his writing activity under the pseudonym Count Günther Rosenhagen . At first a few small humoresques appeared , published by the successors of the publisher Otto Janke , but without any notable success.

When Baudissin left the military, he moved to Dresden and, on the advice of his publisher, turned to military satire. From the point of view of a soldier and a subordinate officer, he satirically address the unconditional belief in authority and the rigid civil service as negative effects of the Wilhelmine military state of Prussia in numerous humoresques, short stories and novels , comedies and newspaper articles . He also targeted the questionable privileges and traditional behavior of his own rank in the officer corps, for example in his scandalous novel First Class People (1904), which takes place in the elite milieu of a feudal guards regiment. Some of his works were indexed and banned in Germany. Others, such as his novel First Class People , published in England around 1915 as Life in a German Crack Regiment , have been translated into English and Spanish and published in Great Britain, the United States and Spain.

The short stories and satires Das Manöverpferd , Alarm , Parademarsch , Leutnant Krafft , The golden book of custom , Excellency let ask , Excellency Seyffert , Pensionopolis , The rough subordinate , Vielliebchen and billeting appeared in quick succession in Dresden . The comedy Im Bunte Rock , which he wrote together with Franz von Schönthan, was often played, as was the comedy Liebes-Manöver and His Highness . Of his novels, Der Manövergast , Ein Adjutantenritt , Marriage Humoresken , Count Udo Bodo , Lieutenant of the Reserve and officer marriages are known.

At the end of the First World War it became more and more difficult for Baudissin to make a living with materials from his core area. The mood in Germany was not ready for a humorous reappraisal of the military past. From September 1922, Baudissin was offered the opportunity to earn money again by performing in various cabarets and reading from his works.

Wolf Ernst von Baudissin died in 1926 of an overdose of sleeping pills in Weimar , a few months after he had married for the third time .

Marriages

Baudissin had married Eva Türk (1869–1943), the younger sister of the naval officer Titus Türk , on January 25, 1891 in Lübeck . His wife also began writing. The marriage, which was divorced on November 7, 1906, had a son, Wolf Walter (1894–1920). A second marriage, concluded on September 8, 1908 with Marie Elisabeth Flössel, also failed and was divorced on April 15, 1921. On January 14, 1926, Baudissin married Helene Berger in Weimar.

Works

Count Günter Rosenhagen (pseudonym) (selection)

  • His brother's bride . Narrative. Christians, Hamburg 1893, 150 pp.
  • Little stories . Christmas, Hamburg 1893, 112 pp.

Freiherr von Schlicht (pseudonym) (selection)

  • Militaria . Cheerful soldier stories. Reclam, Leipzig 1895, 95 p. (Reclam's Universal Library, Bd. 3458)
  • Point d'honneur . Six stories from the life of an officer. Illustrations by Martin Ränike. Hillger, Berlin 1897, 127 p. (Kürschner's treasure of books: Library for the house. A collection of illustrated novels and short stories, Volume 31)
  • Lieutenant life . (A Life in Arms, Vol. 1). Berlin, Spemann 1899, 361 pp.
  • Let your Excellency ask . Military humor. Carl Reissner, Dresden - Leipzig 1901, 208 pp.
  • Much courted . Novel. Dresden, H. Minden 1903, 336 pp.
  • Marital humor . 3. Edition. Otto Janke, Berlin 1904, 152 p. ( Otto Janke Collection )
  • First class people. Novel from the officer caste . Otto Janke, Berlin 1904 ( online  - Internet Archive ), 354 pp.
  • The guard star . Humorous novel. Deutsche Verlags - Anstalt, Stuttgart - Leipzig 1904 ( online  - Internet Archive ), 274 pp.
  • The maneuver guest . Military. - humorist. Narrative. Otto Janke, Berlin 1905, 370 pp.
  • Count Udo Bodo . In memory of Count Kuno. Satirical novel. 2nd Edition. Otto Janke, Berlin 1905. 373 p. ( Digitized in DjVu format)
  • An adjutant ride and other military humor . Albert Langen, Munich 1905 ( online  - Internet Archive ), 186 pp.
  • Lieutenant Kramer . Novel. Minden, Dresden & Leipzig 1906, 306 pp.
  • Those of the founders . Humorous - satirical novel. Leipzig, Grethlein & Co., 1907, 330 pp.
  • Officer's marriages . Novel. Konegen, Vienna 1907, 317 pp.
  • In the crossfire . Military - humor. Novel. Otto Jahnke, Berlin 1908, 398 pp.
  • The maneuvering hero . Military. - humor. Novel. Carl Reissner, Dresden 1914, 300 pp.
  • The regimental baby . Humorous novel. 13. u. 14 Tds. Elischer, Leipzig 1914, 271 pp.
  • Our field gray . Stories. 2nd Edition. Otto Janke, Berlin 1915, 185 p. (Janke Collection)
  • The red Pierrot and other military humorists . Otto Janke, Berlin 1915, 107 pp. (Otto Janke's 50 Pf. Books)
  • The marriage ban . Humorist. Novel. Otto Janke, Berlin 1920, 371 pp.
  • The million girl . Novel. O. Uhlmann, Berlin 1924, 272 pp. (Fribu books, vol. 7)
  • Cabaret . Novel. Otto Janke, Berlin 1926, 394 pp.

Count Wolf von Baudissin (selection)

  • Spemann's golden book of custom . By Count Wolf and Countess Eva Baudissin. Spemann, Berlin 1901, 363 p. (Spemann's homework, volume 4)
  • The troubled Rittmeister . The tsar and his lieutenant. The maneuver race. Meier's pants. Military humor. F. Schulze, Berlin 1912, 46 pp.
  • A year in arms . A story for the more mature youth. With 26 illustrations by Adolf Wald. 3rd edition Union Dt. Publishing company, Stuttgart - Berlin 1912, 256 pp.

References

literature

  1. ↑ a b geneanet
  2. ↑ Harry von Rège : "Officer list of the infantry regiment No. 76"; 1902, number 173, page 135/136
  3. ↑ His wife Eva also made her debut in Hamburg as a writer under the name Bernhard von Brandenburg .

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personal data
SURNAME Baudissin, Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baudissin, Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von; Schlicht, Freiherr von (pseudonym); Rosenhagen, Günther Graf (pseudonym); Baudissin, Wolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, journalist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1926
Place of death Weimar