Baron Oscar von Redwitz ( German Oskar von Redwitz ; June 28, 1823 , Lichtenau - July 6, 1891 , St. Guildenberg ) - German poet.
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Biography
Oscar von Redwitz was from the Redwitz family of nobles, his father Ludwig von Redwitz served as an official, his mother Anna, nee Miller, was a niece to the poet Johann Martin Miller . After studying at the Speyer and Zweibrucken gymnasiums, von Redwitz continued his education at the universities of Munich and Erlangen and completed an internship in the Bavarian public service. Then he studied languages and literature at the University of Bonn and joined the University of Vienna as a professor of aesthetics and history of literature. In 1852, he returned to his Schellenberg estate near Weilerbach in the Palatinate, which he received as a dowry by marrying Matilda Khosher.
In 1862 he moved to Munich , having been elected to the Bavarian District Chamber. In 1872 he moved to live in Merano , where he spoke closely with the writer Fedor von Zobeltits . He spent the last years of his life in a neurological sanatorium near Bayreuth, where he died.
The son Max von Redwitz (1858–1920) became the cavalry general and the clerk at the Wittelsbach house, the daughter Maria von Redwitz (1856–1933) was the court lady of the Duchess Amalia of Bavaria , a writer. Daughter Anna von Redwitz (1852-1924) married Otto von Kühlman, an industrialist in the field of railways. Her son, diplomat Richard von Kühlman during the First World War served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany and led the German delegation at the talks in Brest-Litovsky .
Compositions
The first success was waiting for the poet von Redwitz - the romantic epic Amaranth (1849), followed by the tragedies of Sieglind (1854) and Thomas More (1856), the historical dramas Philippines Welser (1859) and The Workshop Master from Nuremberg ”(1860) In 1868, von Redwitz published the novel“ German Stark, German Life, ”and in 1871,“ The Song of the New German Reich, ”which included several hundred patriotic sonnets.
- Amaranth (1849)
- Ein Märchen (1850)
- Gedichte (1852)
- Das Lied vom neuen deutschen Reich (1871)
- Ein deutsches Hausbuch (1883)
- Herman Stark, deutsches Leben (1868)
- Sieglinde (1853)
- Thomas Morus (1856)
- Philippine Welser (1859)
- Der Doge von Venedig (1863)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116392983 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.
Literature
- Rudolf Fendler: Oscar Freiherr von Redwitz und die Pfalz: zum 100. Todestag eines vergessenen Dichters. In: Pfälzer Heimat 42 (1991), S. 74-79
- Walther Killy (Hrsg.): Literaturlexikon. Gütersloh 1991, Bd. IX, S. 330f.
- Rudolf Pfadenhauer: Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz. Edelmann und Dichter aus Schmölz In: Geschichte am Obermain / Colloquium Historicum Wirsbergense 22 (1999/2000), S. 159-165
- Joachim Faller: Hirtenruf - Oskar von Redwitz und sein lyrischer Beitrag zum badischen Kirchenstreit. In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv 123 (2003), S. 99-107