Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten; God also hard Ludwig Kosegarten, Ludwig Theobul Kosegarten etc. ( Born 1 February 1758 in Greve mills, † October 26, 1818 in Greifswald) was pastor of the church Old church on Rügen, later a professor at the University of Greifswald. He has also made a name as a poet.
Life and achievements
As the son of Lutheran pastor Bernhard Christian Kosegarten he received home instruction in classical languages . From 1775 he studied theology at the University of Greifswald. Due to lack of money he took in 1777 after changing appointments in as a private tutor of Pomerania and Mecklenburg. In 1781 he passed the exams. In the summer of 1785, he was rector of the boys' school in Wolgast; was one of his students here also the later painter Philipp Otto Runge. In 1785 he was appointed by the University Biitzow Magister; In 1793 he received his theological doctorate at the University of Rostock.
After his ordination in 1792, he received the pastorate in the church of old churches on Rügen. In this role, he held the famous shore sermons on the cliffs at Vitt. He went there to herring fishermen who were able to come to the church during the time of fishing for herring because of their work not by old churches. These sermons were a great success, which is why in 1806 the chapel was built Vitter. During his stay on Rügen he wrote many reports on the island, which made known both him and Rügen.
1808 Kosegarten was appointed as associate professor of history at the University of Greifswald. His pastorate in old churches he retained until 1816, but there could be represented by his son Hermann Baier, who then became his successor in 1816. In 1817 he became a professor of theology at the University of Greifswald. Since 1815, he held occasionally lectures on the history of Pomerania. He was twice President of the University.
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten died on 26 October 1818 in Greifswald. He was buried in Old Church next to his old church.
His son Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten was orientalist, linguist and also a professor in Greifswald.
Name forms
For hardly any historical personality prevails in the literature, a similar variety of different combinations and progressions of actual or alleged first name. The later poet was baptized according to certification by the hand of the father in the church book Greve mills on the name " Gotthard Ludewig Kosegarten ". Grudge was in the church register later " Theobul " as Kosegartens Greek translation of his name Gotthard, which he temporarily used as a " poet name " itself, due to a translation error last but refused. In the last years of the poet drew commonly called " Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten ". This name is also stringing on his grave stone and has established itself as the most common form of the name today. However, the home club Grevesmühlen decided, in all publications and events to mark the 250th birthday of the poet, the normalized church book official form of the name Gotthard Ludwig K. to use. A named after the poet street in his hometown called " Ludwig Kosegarten Street," is the entrance to the school in Wolgast "God hard - L. - Th - Kosegarten " and in many other places yet another.
Kosegarten and Smith
Kosegarten translate Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments ( theory of ethical feelings) for the first time fully into German. The work of the Scottish moral philosophers at that time was considered much more important than his now viewed as a justification of political economy foundation " Wealth of Nations " (Edinburgh 1776). A year earlier, the third edition of the work by Rautenberg was translated into German. However Kosegarten was based on the 1791 published 6th edition. During the " prosperity " was received through the Konigsberg philosopher Krauss in German, Kosegarten had dealt with the translation. Kosegartens can travel on the Baltic suspect that he had arrived in Königsberg or Riga in contact with Johann Georg Hamann or Christian Krauss, who formed the core of the enlightened community for the Anglo-Saxon writings. The translation took place one year after Smith's death. These were based on the revised final version of Smith by hand in the Glasgow Edition.
August Thieme on Kosegarten
August Thieme wrote the following poem verse about him:
Works (selection)
- Seals. 12 volumes. Greifswald University Bookstore 1824 - 1827 ( to date, authoritative collection of works includes 1: English and Scottish Songs - 2. Jucunde - 3:. Island journey 4: Legends tell of ecclesiastical antiquity - 5:. .. . Legends of antiquity Rügische and Ersische Say - 6-11. Lyrical poems - 12. Kosegartens life ).
- Tears and joys. Stralsund in 1778. ( Poems)
- Rose Ewald's moons. 1791. (Novel)
- Theory of Moral Sentiments Leipzig 1791. [ German first translation of Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments ] ( digitized )
- Ebba von Medem. In 1800. ( Tragedy)
- Poesieen. 3 volumes, 1798-1802 First volume. Gräff, Leipzig 1798 ( digitized and full text in German Text Archive )
- Zweyter band. Gräff, Leipzig 1798 ( digitized and full text in German Text Archive )
- Third volume. Gräff, Leipzig 1802 ( digitized and full text in German Text Archive )