bavarikon4UThe estate of Ludwig Laistner (1845–1896) – Cgm 7065–7069
The writer Ludwig Laistner (1845–1896) studied theology in Tübingen until 1867. During his studies he discovered his penchant for language and writing. As requested he was released from the vicariate due to a diagnosed heart disease and, in 1870, he was able to move to Munich as a tutor. There he became a member of a circle of poets called "Die Krokodile" (Crocodiles), which existed between 1856 and 1883 and dedicated itself to classicist-idealistic poetry (cf. Cgm 6539).
Together with one of the founders of the "Krokodile", the future Nobel Prize winner Paul Heyse (1830–1914, Heyse Archive), he published the "Neuer Deutscher Novellenschatz" (New German Treasure of Short Stories) in 24 volumes from 1884–1887. Volume 4 (1884) contains a short story written by Laistner, "Bezauberte Welt" (Enchanted World). For the "Novellenschatz des Auslandes" (Treasure of Foreign Short Stories), which Paul Heyse published with Hermann Kurz from 1872–1876, Laistner made some translations from Spanish into German.
Under the influence of his friend and colleague at the "Krokodile", Wilhelm Hertz (1835–1902), Ludwig Laistner turned ever more towards the research of legends. In 1889, he was appointed literary advisor of the Cotta Publishing House in Stuttgart. There, he was responsible for publishing the correspondence between Goethe and Cotta until his death in 1896.
The estate contains works on the research of legends and German studies, poetry and his extensive correspondence with Paul Heyse.
Parts of the estate have been digitised for bavarikon and are available here:
>> This estate belongs to the collection of estates from the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library).