Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz

Philipp Gotthard Joseph Christian Karl Anton Freiherr von Zedlitz and glutton ( born February 28, 1790 Schloss Johannisberg in Jauernig, Austrian Silesia, † March 16 1862 in Vienna) was an Austrian officer and writer.

Life

Zedlitz was the son of the Bishop's provincial governor and captain castle at Schloss Johannisberg, today Jánský Vrch. With the lawyer Karl Abraham Freiherr von Zedlitz and Constantin Freiherr von Zedlitz - Neukirch he was distantly related. In addition to education through private tutors Zedlitz attended the Gymnasium in Breslau; there was his school friend, inter alia, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.

With 16 years Zedlitz occurred in 1806 in the Austrian Hussar Regiment Archduke d' Este one. After two years he was already lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Franz of Hohenzollern - Hechingen and. With his employer Zedlitz also took part in the campaign of 1809. Because of tremendous bravery in the battles of Teugn -Hausen, Eggmühl, Aspern and Wagram Zedlitz was repeatedly praised and awarded.

When the Peace of Schönbrunn was signed on 14 October 1809, it was to pursue a career in the military a bad way. When Napoleon I. in 1810 married Marie-Louise of Habsburg, Zedlitz took his leave and managed until 1836 at the request of his family, the Zedlitz'schen goods in Hungary. On April 19, 1811 he married as k.k. Chamberlain Ernestine, a daughter of Baron Anton von Lipthay ( 1745-1800 ). Besides, located Zedlitz tried as a writer and debuted in 1815 with his cycle of poems spring roses.

From 1819 Zedlitz could regularly publish in Aglaya an annual almanac series. To literary circles in Vienna, so among other things, the circle around Johann Jakob Jacobi, he would loose contact. Many of his works, he was able to publish in the Vienna annals of literature by Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein. Important colleagues had him since Franz Grillparzer, Joseph Freiherr von Hammer- Purgstall, Joseph Schreyvogel, Zacharias Werner, among others When, after the death of Emperor Franz I changed the Austrian Imperial anthem, they fell back on a text by Zedlitz.

In the spring of 1830, King Ludwig I of Bavaria Zedlitz invited to Munich. The King would have liked to have seen Zedlitz in his cabinet, but after a few days of fruitless negotiation they parted again.

When his wife died of cholera on 10th September 1836 Zedlitz returned to government service. After a long trip to Paris (1837 ) and Rome ( 1838) he was mainly by recommendation of Prince Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich, and called the Minister Franz Anton Graf von Kolowrat Liebsteinsky of Emperor Ferdinand I.. Until the March Revolution of 1848 Zedlitz worked in Vienna most of the War Ministry and the diplomatic corps. In addition to his official duties, he worked increasingly as a writer and correspondent for the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. These is his report " uprising in Galicia " and his pamphlets, which he wrote in the spirit of Metternich policy here.

1840 and again in 1842 traveled Zedlitz together with Metternich to Cologne. In addition to the official business he made ​​the acquaintance of August Daniel von Binzer. In whose house Zedlitz experienced important literary inspirations in discussions with, among others, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Carl Leberecht Immermann, Gottfried Kinkel and Karl Simrock.

After the revolution Zedlitz remained on his estates in Aussee (Salzkammergut ), where he lived a very retired life until 1851. This year Zedlitz was through the intercession of Emperor Ferdinand I. Minister Resident of the Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar -Eisenach at the Viennese court. Later he was appointed additionally for business support smaller German courts, such as Brunswick, Nassau and Oldenburg. These offices did not require regular attendance at court, so that Zedlitz could devote himself to writing until his death.

1859 traveled Zedlitz the occasion of the 100th birthday of Friedrich Schiller Schiller to hard to Stuttgart.

At the age of 72 years, Baron Joseph Christian of Zedlitz glutton and died on 16 March 1862 in Vienna. As he lay dying in great pain, he should have said: " There are already so many died, I'll survive it yet. "

Honors

  • Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Stephen
  • Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
  • Ludwig Order
  • In 1865 in Vienna Inner City (1st district) was named the Zedlitzgasse after him.

Others

Grillparzer devoted Zedlitz a satirical poem with the following content:

" God keep our Zedlitz God keep him fat and plump good to all people gönnend, But how cheap, mostly .... "

Works

  • Old Norse images ( 1850)
  • Cabinettsintrigen. Comedy (1829, In the style of August von Kotzebue )
  • Dramatic works in 4 parts (Stuttgart, Cotta 1860)
  • Poems (1832 )
  • Mr. and slave
  • Dungeons and crown (1834, focuses on the last days of life Torquato Tasso )
  • The Queen's Honour ( 1834 dramatization of Abencerragensage )
  • Love finds its way
  • Political pamphlets Good wishes from Hungary ' (1846 )
  • About the Galician Uprising ( 1846)
  • About the Eastern Question (1840 )
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