Letter Berlin 1825, From Luise Bötticher (1808-1827), Mother Paul De Lagarde

You are bidding on one letter from 1825 out of Berlin.

Written by the 16-year-old Luise Bötticher, b. glue (born 19. November 1808 in Berlin, died. 14. November 1827 ibid.), wife of the pedagoguegene and historian Wilhelm Bötticher (1798-1850) and mother of cultural philosophers and orientalists Paul de Lagarde (1827-1891), who was born as Paul Anton Bötticher. Luise Bötticher died of childbed fever two weeks after his birth. She was a daughter of the economics commissioner Karl Wilhelm Heinrich Kleber (1776-1853) in Berlin and Fanny, b. de Lagarde.

Dated Berlin, 15. July, no year specified, however written in 1825, because in the farewell greeting Luise Bötticher describes herself as "a woman who has been married for almost 2 months" (she married on 22. May 1825).

addressed to her friend Angelika, di Angelica Pupil (1808-1880)who was to marry the professor of philosophy in Halle Johann Georg Mußmann (1795-1833) in 1830 and the professor of philosophy in Berlin Karl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1880) in 1843.

EnclosedsmallHer husband's business card "Professor Bötticher", with his handwritten addition "next to his wife." Format: 3.5 x 5.2 cm.

The letter includes four written pages (24.5x20.5cm); without envelope.

Excerpts:"You know my husband and his behavior towards me, so why do I need to describe it to you, a marriage like ours is truly a paradise on earth, at least for me it is; whether for my husband? God knows that [...]. As intimately as we are connected, we still miss our Angelika [...]. It's nice when children grow up together faithfully stick together to the end, but it's nicer to find each other in mature years and to reach the goal with equal zeal by acknowledging the agreement for the whole lifetime and not only for the earthly but also for those in those blessed heights to belong to one another."

Then about Marie Theremien, probably a daughter of the important theologian Franz Theremin (1780-1846), who married Marie Bötticher and confirmed Angelika Schüler.

"Marie Theremien was with me about 14 days ago with Meta she was well and drove to Eilssen [=Bad Eilsen] with her parents the same evening, as I have now found out, we will hardly see her again so soon if nor in general, she was brought to the Herrenhut educational institution in grace free."

"I've already written a lot, a lot, but I still have so much left, that first of all it's supposed to be my husband's birthday, about which I still have a lot to chat with you, we are both the main characters in it, I decorated my husband's room the night before with flowers in pots and glasses and placed Socrates and Sophocles in linden blossom bowers {?}, he was royally happy about it the next day [...], we ended the merry day, as my brother says, sleeping merrily. But after a while I'll have to stop fooling around, although no one here will notice, because my husband just asked me if I was writing about such serious subjects? because I look so serious."

Then a playfully humorous passage ("oh, how long do I have to wait before I - clasp Miss Buffoon in my arms? [...] or maybe Miss. or Mistress as it is now called Angelika Luise Schüler married Mr. Buffoon, then I obediently ask for forgiveness for again having lacked respect").

"I just have to close, otherwise the drivel won't end, and I mustn't seem jolly, because I have a quarrel planned with my husband, it should last at least as long as the Trojan War, so a serious wife swing your slippers courageously to steal a - kiss with all your effort. Farewell Angelika commends me to your dear father, whom I ask not to kidnap his little daughter for too long or, what would be even worse, not to have him kidnapped & immediately sacrifice this shabby, silly letter, unworthy of a woman who has been married almost 2 months, to the pernicious one , terrifying, baleful flames."

Signed"Luise Bötticher, b. Glue."

Condition:Paper browned and somewhat stained, with slight edge damage. Bmiddle bnote also the pictures!

Internal note: Althaus 2023-3 folder 1

About her husband and son (source: wikipedia):

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Boetticher (* 6. June 1798 in Wormsdorf; † 6 April 1850 in Berlin) was a German teacher and historian.

Life:He was the son of Christian Friedrich Gotthilf Boetticher, Protestant pastor in Wormsdorf, his brother was the Protestant pastor Heinrich Adolph Boetticher (1804-1853). He attended school in Helmstedt and a high school in Berlin and from 1816 studied philology and theology at the universities of Berlin and Halle.

In 1820 Bötticher became a teacher at the pedagogy in Halle, and in 1824 he became a senior teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin. He held this position until his death on June 6th. April 1850 inside.

His son is the cultural philosopher and orientalist Paul de Lagarde (originally Paul Anton Bötticher).

publications

History of the Carthaginians edited from the sources. Rücker, Berlin 1827.

Lexicon Taciteum. Nauck, Berlin 1830.

Prophetic voices from Rome, or what is Christian in Tacitus and the typically prophetic character of his works in relation to Rome's relationship to Germany. 2 volumes. Perthes, Hamburg and others 1840.

Prophetic Testimonies Dr. Martin Luther against the despisers of the divine word in the Protestant and Catholic Church in Germany. Agency of the rough house, Hamburg 1845.

Rays of light through the chiaroscuro in the Protestant church of the nineteenth century or Schleiermacher's school and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. Self-published by the author, Berlin 1846.

The future of Israel and Christianity, or the fulfillment of the biblical prophecies about Israel's conversion and the consequent obligation of all evangelical Christians, especially the Germans, to participate now. Self-published by the author, Berlin 1848.

Paul Anton de Lagarde, originally Paul Anton Bötticher (* 2. November 1827 in Berlin; † 22 December 1891 in Göttingen), was a theologian, cultural philosopher and orientalist and one of the most influential German anti-Semites of the 19th century. century.

Early on, his academic ambitions focused on the development of the Septuagint using the historical-critical method and the writing of religious-scientific essays, but recognition in scholarly circles failed to materialize despite numerous efforts. In 1853 he gave the speech Conservative? and On the Present Tasks of German Politics, in which he departed from monarchist conservatism and advocated a German nation, the expansion of the Reich, internal colonization such as an assimilation or expulsion of the Jews. His appointment to the chair for oriental languages ​​in 1869 gave him the reputation he needed to address his culturally critical treatises to a wide range of readers outside the university. In his reaction to the social and political upheavals of the mid-19th At the end of the 19th century he took sides against innovations in the education system, demanded a national religion due to the loss of importance of traditional religiosity and took a firm stance against social change, including the women's movement, in the course of the unification of the empire. In his political views, he was a representative of "modern anti-Semitism", which he primarily justified culturally.

De Lagarde is considered to be one of the most important figures in the Nationalist movement and the originator of numerous ideologemes. As a theoretician of radical conservatism, he worked through his advocacy of a national religion instead of a conservatism of monarchist character, the overcoming of class differences, denominations and educational differences in a national body like the idea of ​​​​hidden Germany, a utopian Germany ideal that should abolish immanence and transcendence , on nationalists, young conservatives and National Socialism.

Life

Origin: Lagarde was the son of the educator and theologian Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Bötticher and his wife Luise Kleber. His mother died the same year he was born. In 1831 the father married Pauline Seegert. When his stepmother died in 1854, Lagarde was adopted by his maternal great-aunt, Ernestine de Lagarde.

Education: Lagarde's schooling took place at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Berlin, from 1844 he studied Protestant theology with Professors Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg and August Neander and Oriental Studies with Friedrich Rückert. In the winter semester of 1844/45, he and Max Müller studied Persian with Rückert. In 1849 Lagarde completed his studies with the dissertation Initia chromatologiae arabicae. He moved to the University of Halle with August Tholuck and was able to habilitate in 1851 with the work Arica.

Professional activity: Lagarde's professional activity was highly controversial. He was also unpopular among his scientific colleagues "because of his antiquated worldview and lack of awareness of methods" and had many enemies. His quarrelsomeness was considered so notorious that it was discussed in Meyer's 1897 Konversations-Lexikon.

At first, his lexicological-grammatical and text-critical work made him well known among his colleagues. In this context, Theodor Benfey described him as a “black hussar among young Orientalists”. The Prussian ambassador Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen encouraged him and arranged for him to study in London in 1852/1853.

In 1853 Lagarde went to Paris - again with Bunsen's support - and made the acquaintance of Ernest Renan. At the end of 1853 he returned to Germany because he was hoping for a chair at the University of Halle. These hopes were dashed and Lagarde accepted a job at the Köllnisches Realgymnasium in Berlin. In 1858 he moved to the Friedrichwerdersche Gymnasium in Berlin, where he taught until 1866.

During his time as a high school teacher, Lagarde researched and published; In 1866 he was granted a three-year paid research leave by King Wilhelm I. Until 1869, Lagarde settled in Schleusingen (province of Saxony). During this time, a critical edition of the Greek translation of Genesis was created, for which he was awarded the title Dr. phil. hc was honored.

University professorship: In March 1869, Lagarde was appointed as a royal full professor and successor to Heinrich Ewald at the Georg-August University in Göttingen. There he took over the chair for oriental languages ​​and - after initial hostilities - was accepted as a member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. He worked there until his death, although his scientific work quickly gave way to his work on the role of Germany. He and the Royal Extraordinary Professor Hermann Leberecht Strack (Groß-Lichterfelde) were appointed as experts by the Minister of Education von Goßler on 30 April 1941. March 1889 commissioned with the assessment of the sexual offense case Max Bernstein (on the occasion of a so-called ritual murder case in Tisza-Eslar, Hungary, the anti-Semite de Lagarde had already October 1882 declares that Judaism in its religious and legal writings "never required the use of human blood for religious purposes"). on the 1st On December 1, 1890, the Privy Council of Government was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg.

Lagarde was in correspondence with Moritz von Egidy, Julius Langbehn, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Ferdinand Tönnies and Richard Wagner. The only important student of Lagarde is Alfred Rahlfs.

Estate: Lagarde succumbed shortly after returning from a study trip to Italy on March 22. December 1891 in the Mariahilf Hospital in Göttingen, suffering from cancer. His estate is looked after by the University Library of Göttingen. New York University bought his large private library, the catalog of which was published in 1892, in its entirety. In 1897 his widow Anna de Lagarde published a complete edition of his poems.