Karl Friedrich Köppen
Karl Friedrich Koppen ( born April 26, 1808 in Lower Goerne, Circle Osterburg in the Altmark, † April 26, 1863 in Berlin) was a teacher and a political journalist, historian and Young Hegelians.
Life
Koppen comes from a family of pastors Altmark. He studied from 1827 to 1831 in Berlin at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University theology, but later turned to the religion critical to Young Hegelianism. After his studies and military service, he became a teacher in 1833 at the Berlin Dorotheenstädtischer secondary school. In 1837 he met Karl Marx and concluded with him a close friend. In 1840 he became one of the most active employees, edited by Arnold Ruge Hallischen Yearbooks ( 1841: German Yearbooks ). He has written many reviews on political and scientific literature. The contemporary journalistic practice accordingly, are strongly influenced by its reviews own opinions. So Köppen began for a renewal of the Enlightenment and was opponents of classical literature, idealistic philosophy and romance.
Works
- Literary Introduction to the Norse mythology. Bechtold and Hartje, Berlin 1837 digitized
- Frederick the Great and his adversary. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1840 digitized
- To celebrate the accession of Frederick II in: . Hallische Yearbooks of Science and Art. No. 147 of 19 June 1840 Sp 1169 ff
- Leo's History of the Revolution. In: Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne Ntr. 139, 141, and 142 of 19 21 and 22 May 1842.
- Etiquette. In: Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne # 174, 176, 177 and 178, 23, 25, 26 and June 27, 1842
- The German Michel. In: Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne Nos. 1, 3 and 5 from the 1st, 3rd and January 5th, 1843
- The religion of Buddha. 2 vols, F. Schneider Berlin 1857-1859 Volume One Digitalisat second volume of digitized
- Witches and witch trials. History of the Abgelaubens and ingnisitorischen process. 2nd edition, O. Wigand, Leipzig 1858
- Selected writings. Edited by Heinz Pepperle. 2 vols, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2003 ISBN 3-05-003625-7