Karl Friedrich Müchler (2 September 1763 in
Stargard in Pommern – 12 January 1857 in
Berlin) was a German writer.
Biography
Karl Friedrich Müchler was the son of educator and publicist
Johann Georg Müchler [
de]. He studied law in Berlin and started a career in the Prussian justice system in 1785. In 1794 he was appointed as a war advisor.
After Prussia's defeat against
Napoléon Bonaparte's forces in 1806, Müchler dedicated himself to writing. A convinced Prussian patriot, he wrote educative lyrical poetry and prose. He joined a Masonic Lodge in Berlin.
In 1814, Müchler became the marshal of the general government of Dresden. In the same year, he edited the periodical Das erwachte Europa. He wrote anecdotes, posies, and other educative comical content addressed to youth and women. From 1799 to 1804, he was the husband of author
Karoline von Woltmann, née Stosch.
Karl Friedrich Müchler died in 1857 aged 93. He was buried at the
Luisenstadt Cemetery in Berlin. His grave has not been preserved.[1] A private school in
Dortmund was named after him (the Karl-Müchler-Schule).
Works
Taschenbuch für alle deutsche Frauen, 1801
Gedichte, niedergelegt auf dem Altar des Vaterlandes, 1813
Sittenbilder in Fabeln und Erzählungen für die Jugend, 1829
(Karl Friedrich Müchler): Anekdotenlexikon für Leser mit Geschmack. 2 vol., 1 supplement vol. Berlin: Siegismund Friedrich Hesse, 1784–85
Kriminalgeschichten. Aus gerichtlichen Akten gezogen, afterword edited by Alexander Košenina, Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag, 2011
References
^Mende, Hans-Jürgen (2006). Lexikon Berliner Grabstätten (in German). Berlin: Haude & Spener. p. 81.
Hamberger, Georg Christoph; Meusel, Georg, eds. (1821).
"Müchler (K. F.)". Das gelehrte Teutschland – Lexikon der jetzt lebenden teutschen Schriftsteller. Vol. 18. Lemgo. pp. 745–747..
Košenina, Alexander (2013). Bies, Michael; Gamper, Michael; Kleeberg, Ingrid (eds.). "Kriminalanekdote. Literarisiertes Rechtswissen bei Kleist, Meißner und Müchler". Gattungs-Wissen. Wissenspoetologie und literarische Form (in German). Göttingen: 96–108.
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10.5771/9783835323346-96..
Košenina, Alexander (2011). Košenina, Alexander; Zelle, Carsten (eds.). "Anthropologische Kriminalfallgeschichte. Karl Müchlers Diebstahl aus kindlicher Liebe und Goethes Ferdinand-Erzählung". Kleine anthropologische Prosaformen der Goethezeit (1750–1830). Hannover: 255–270.