18th century European scholarly societies and academies/Deutsche Gesellschaft in Leipzig
Summary
[edit | edit source]Name of Society:Deutsche Gesellschaft in Leipzig
Alternate Name(s):Görlitzische Poetische Gesellschaft, Teutschübende Poetische Gesellschaft,
Country:Germany
City: Leipzig, Saxony
Active Dates: 1697-1827
The Deutsch Gesellschaft was created in 1697 to further the importance of the German language and sought to be like the Académie Française which held the same ideals but in France instead of Germany. The Gesellschaft has been known by three different names Görlitzische Poetische Gesellschaft, Teutschübende Poetische Gesellschaft, and finally Deutsche Gesellschaft. The Deutsche Gesellschaft existed on its own until 1827 when it merged with an academy named Verein zur Erforschung vaterländischer Geschichte und Alterthümer and the combination of the two was to be named Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung vaterländischer Sprache und Alterthümer.
Notes
[edit | edit source]The Definitive writing from this society can be found in the work entitled "Der Deutschen Gesellschaft in Leipzig eigene Schriften und Übersetzungen : in gebundener und ungebundener Schreibart / ans Licht gestellet und mit einer Vorrede versehen von Johann Christoph Gottsched" and can be accessed via the German Union Catalogue