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Language: German Deutsch

Category: Applied Geography > Germany (430) Orts- & Landeskunde > Deutschland

Author: Blumenhagen (1)

Keyword: Illustrated (71) Illustriert

– Background –

Wilhelm Blumenhagen was a German doctor and writer born in Hannover on February 15, 1781. He was the oldest son of a chamber scribe and attended the newly constructed Hofschule in Hannover and later the Kaiser-Wilhelm- and Ratsgymnasium. Blumenhagen studied medicine from 1798 to 1803 in Erlangen and Göttingen, where he became a member of the Erlanger Westfalen. After completing his studies, he settled in Hannover as a practicing physician in 1803 until his death on May 6, 1839. Blumenhagen was also a member of the Freimaurerloge Zum schwarzen Bär and served as Master of his Loge from 1826 until his death. In addition to his medical and freemason roles, Blumenhagen was a popular entertainment writer, and his novellas were collected and published in various volumes. He left a considerable amount of freemasonry literature, including "Wo ist der Platz der Freimaurerei in der Menschheit?" (Hannover 1838). One of Wilhelm Blumenhagen's notable works is Wanderung durch den Harz, published in 1838 as part of the Das malerische und romantische Deutschland series. This book is considered to be an early form of an illustrated travelogue or guidebook. It contains 256 pages without a table of contents and features 30 steel engravings based on drawings by Ludwig Richter. The drawings were commissioned by the publisher Georg Wigand, who asked Richter to capture typical Harz motifs in pencil sketches during his travels in the area. Richter's unique style, with small groups of people depicted in the foreground, adds a romantic idyll to the drawings.