Göttinger Musenalmanach was the title of two different literary magazines published in Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

, Germany, one running from 1770 to 1807, the other 1896 to 1953. A Musen-Almanach

Musen-Almanach

A Musen-Almanach was a kind of literary annual, popular in Germany from 1770 into the mid 19th century. They were modelled on the Almanach des Muses published in Paris from 1765.-Development in the 1770s:...

was a kind of literary annual, and the Göttingen magazine of 1770 was the first German example.

Göttinger Musenalmanach (1770-1807)

The first issue was published by Johann Christian Dieterich

Johann Christian Dieterich

Johann Christian Dieterich was the founder of the Dieterich’schen Verlagsbuchhandlung publishing house and close friend of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. He published the first Musen-Almanach....

, and edited by Heinrich Christian Boie

Heinrich Christian Boie

Heinrich Christian Boie was a German author.He was born at Meldorf in Holstein...

 and Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter

Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter

Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter was a German poet and dramatist.He was born at Gotha. After the completion of his university course at Göttingen, he was appointed second director of the Gotha Archive. He subsequently went to Wetzlar, the seat of the imperial law courts, as secretary to the...

. Later issues were sometimes also titled Poetische Blumenlese, or Göttingenscher Musenalmanach. The magazine was taken over by Karl Reinhard, and editions appeared in Waldeck

Waldeck

-Places:* Waldeck Castle, a medieval fortress/castle in Germany* Waldeck, Hesse, a town in Hesse* Waldeck or Waldeck-Pyrmont, a principality in the German Empire and German Confederation, and a state in the Weimar Republic, named after the above castle and town* Waldeck, Bavaria, a village in the...

 and Münster

Münster

Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

.

The Göttingische Musenalmanach was the voice of the Göttinger Hainbund

Göttinger Hainbund

The Göttinger Hainbund was a German literary group in the late 18th century, nature-loving and classified as part of the Sturm und Drang movement.-Origin and description:...

, a group of students now classified as part of the Sturm und Drang

Sturm und Drang

Sturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism...

movement. Members included Boie, Carl Christian Clauswitz, Carl Friedrich Cramer, Christian Hieronymus Esmarch, Schack Hermann Ewald, Johann Friedrich Hahn

Johann Friedrich Hahn

Johann Friedrich Hahn was a German lyric poet.Hahn, an evangelical Lutheran, began his studies on 22 April 1771 at the University of Göttingen, first law, then theology. On 12 September 1772 he helped to establish the Göttinger Hainbund literary group.After his graduation he became a confidante of...

, Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, Johann Anton Leisewitz

Johann Anton Leisewitz

Johann Anton Leisewitz was a German dramatic poet.-Biography:He went to Göttingen in 1770, and became a member of the circle of poets called Der Hainbund, which included Stolberg and Voss, and contributed two poems to the Göttinger Musenalmanach for 1775, both essentially dramatic and democratic...

, Johann Martin Miller

Johann Martin Miller

Johann Martin Miller was a German theologian and writer.- Life :Miller was the son of an Evangelical pastor, Johann Michael Miller...

, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Johann Heinrich Voss.

Five facsimiles of editions of Göttinger Musenalmanachen (1771, 1772, 1774, 1778 and 1793) are available online:

• Musen Almanach A MDCCLXXI (PDF file; 14.68 MB)
• MVSENALMANACH MDCCLXXII (PDF file; 15.93 MB)
• Musen Almanach A MDCCLXXIV - includes Gottfried August Bürger
  Gottfried August Bürger
  Gottfried August Bürger was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English adaptation and a French translation.-Biography:He was born in Molmerswende , Principality of Halberstadt, where...
  
  's "Lenore
  Lenore (ballad)
  Lenore, sometimes translated as Leonora, Leonore or Ellenore, is a poem written by German author Gottfried August Bürger in 1773, and published in 1774 in the Göttinger Musenalmanach...
  
  ". (PDF file; 15.24 MB)
• Musen Almanach A MDCCLXXVIII (PDF file; 11.41 MB)
• MVSEN ALMANACH 1793 - includes political poems by G. A. Bürger. (PDF file; 13.49 MB)

Göttinger Musenalmanach (1896-1953)

(An earlier attempt at a revival, Neuer Göttinger Musenalmanach, dates from 1832.)

In 1896 Börries von Münchhausen

Börries von Münchhausen

Börries von Münchhausen was a German poet.-Biography:He was born in Hildesheim, the oldest child of Kammerherr Börries von Münchhausen and his wife, Clementine von der Gabelentz....

 began a new Göttinger Musenalmanach. It was published by Horstmann until 1905, and then by the University of Göttingen until its final closure in 1953.

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