Justinus Kerner in old age

Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (September 18, 1786 - February 21, 1862), was a German poet and medical writer. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1065x1339, 381 KB) Altersbild Justinus Kerner, wenige Jahre vor seinem Tod aufgenommen. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1065x1339, 381 KB) Altersbild Justinus Kerner, wenige Jahre vor seinem Tod aufgenommen. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...

He was born at Ludwigsburg in Württemberg. After attending the classical schools of Ludwigsburg and Maulbronn, he was apprenticed in a cloth factory, but, in 1804, owing to the good services of Professor Karl Philipp Conz, was able to enter the University of Tübingen. He studied medicine but had also time for literary pursuits in the company of Ludwig Uhland, Gustav Schwab and others. He took his doctor's degree in 1808, spent some time travelling, and then settled as a practising physician in Wildbad. Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km north of Stuttgarts city center, by the river Neckar. ... Maulbronn is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university located on the Neckar river, in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Johann Ludwig Uhland (April 26, 1787 - November 13, 1862), was a German poet. ... Gustav Benjamin Schwab (June 19, 1792 - November 4, 1850) was the author of Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Bad Wildbad is a town in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. ...

Here he completed his Reiseschatten von dem Schattenspieler Luchs (1811), in which his own experiences are described with caustic humour. He next collaborated with Uhland and Schwab in the Poetischer Almanach for 1812, which was followed by the Deutscher Dichterwald (1813), and in these some of Kerner's best poems were published. In 1815 he obtained the official appointment of district medical officer (Oberamtsarzt) in Gaildorf, and in 1818 was transferred to Weinsberg, where he spent the rest of his life. The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Weinsberg castle ruin Weinsberg is a small town in the north of the German state Baden-Württemberg. ...

His house, the site of which at the foot of the historical Schloss Weibertreu was presented to him by the townspeople, became a mecca for literary pilgrims, all of whom were made welcome. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden came with a knapsack on his back. The poets, Christian Friedrich Alexander von Württemberg and Nikolaus Lenau were constant guests, and in 1826 Friederike Hauffe, the daughter of a forester in Prevorst, a somnambulist and clairvoyante, arrived; she forms the subject of Kerner's famous work Die Seherin von Prevorst, Eröffnungen über das innere Leben des Menschen und über das Hineinragen einer Geisterwelt in die unsere (1829; 6th ed., 1892). In 1826 he published a collection of Gedichte which were later supplemented by Der letzte Blütenstrauß (1852) and Winterblüten (1859). Among others of his well-known poems are the charming ballad Der reichste Fürst; a drinking song, Wohlauf, noch getrunken, and the pensive Wanderer in der Sägemühle. Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1800 until his abdication in 1809. ... Lenau in 1839 Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch von Strehlenau (August 25, 1802 - August 22, 1850), an Austrian poet. ... Sleepwalking (also called noctambulism or somnambulism) is a sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness while asleep or in a sleeplike state. ... Clairvoyance is defined as a form of radio waves). ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Autograph with so-called 'Klecksographie'

In addition to his literary productions, Kerner wrote some popular medical books, dealing with animal magnetism, a treatise on the influence of sebacic acid on animal organisms, Das Fettgift oder die Fettsäure und ihre Wirkung auf den tierischen Organismus (1822); a description of Wildbad and its healing waters, Das Wildbad im Königreich Württemberg (1813); while he gave a pretty and vivid account of his youthful years in Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit (1859); and in Die Bestürmung der württembergischen Stadt Weinsberg im Jahre 1525 (1820), showed considerable skill in historical narrative. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1320x1101, 355 KB) Summary An autograph with a so-called ‘Klecksographie’ from Justinus Kerner (1786—1862), German physician and poet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1320x1101, 355 KB) Summary An autograph with a so-called ‘Klecksographie’ from Justinus Kerner (1786—1862), German physician and poet. ... Animal magnetism is both a synonym for mesmerism as well as the 18th century term for the supposed ethereal medium postulated by Franz Mesmer as a therapeutic agent. ... Sebacic acid (IUPAC name: 1,10-Decanedioic Acid ) is a bi-carboxylic acid with structure (HOOC)-(COOH), and is naturally occurring. ...

In 1851 he was compelled, owing to increasing blindness, to retire from his medical practice, but he lived, carefully tended by his daughters, at Weinsberg until his death. He was buried beside his wife, who had died in 1854, in the graveyard of Weinsberg, and the grave is marked by a stone slab with an inscription he himself had chosen: Friederike Kerner und ihr Justinus. 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Kerner was one of the most inspired poets of the Swabian school. His poems, which largely deal with natural phenomena, are characterized by a deep melancholy and a leaning towards the supernatural, which, however, is balanced by a quaint humour, reminiscent of the Volkslied.

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• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.