Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena

Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena =
German Society in Jena

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1728 According to Rauter (1970), p.107 this Society was founded on 1728, July 31, and its 1730 statutes were entitled: Getsetze der Teutschen Gesellschaft in Jena, nebst einem Vorberichte und Anhange von ihren jetzigen Umständen. It seems likely that the Society had the name Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena right from its start in 1728.
Rauter (1970), p.109 quotes from the Statutes indicating that the focus of the Society was on the study and cultivation of the German language and literature.
According to Rauter (1970), p.126 the Society published in 1754 not only the Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den schönen Wissenschaften, but also the Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den höheren Wissenschaften, which latter contained a number of contributions on subjects that fell outside the original scope of the Society. Rauter (1970), p.127 indicates, for example, that the latter mentioned volume included material from the areas of theology, medicine, astronomy, history and law. The Society had begun meeting in two separate classes and producing their own separate collections of writings, a change probably in imitation of the French and Prussian scientific academies. Rauter (1970), pp.129-134 discusses this shift in the direction of a scientific academy.
Rauter (1970), p.128 indicates that, after these 1754 publications, the Society stopped publishing collections of writings by its members. The only other official publication of the Society was a lecture by one of their members in 1777: Über das Stadium des deutschen Stils, aus neuer Vorlesung in der Herzogl. deutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena : Nebst e. Anzeige der akademischen Vorlesungen ... / Friedrich August Wiedeburg [GBV German Union cat.]. Rauter notes that the Society name now included the adjective herzoglich. Rauter (1970), p.128 indicates that by 1798 the Society had ceased to exist.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Jena
Germany This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1728 - 1798? Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena =
Teutsche Gesellschaft zu Jena Rauter (1970), p.107 gives the founding year; p.128 gives the final year. The name with in is from the 1730 Statutes and its 1732 journal; the name with zu is from its 1754 publications.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1732

A Sammlung Der Schriften Der Teutschen Gesellschaft in Jena In gebundener und ungebundener Schreibart / hrsg. von Gottlieb Stollen
[GBV German Union cat.]

1753
[i.e. pub. 1754]

B Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den schönen Wissenschaften / herausgegeben von Carl Gotthelf Müller auf das Jahr 1753
[GBV German Union cat.]

1753
[i.e. pub. 1754]

C Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den höheren Wissenschaften
[GBV German Union cat.] Schr. der Teutschen Ges. zu Jena aus den höhern Wissensch.
[Reuss, v.10, p.34 cites J.1753.] Reuss

Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena = German Society in Jena
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1728	According to Rauter (1970), p.107 this Society was founded on 1728, July 31, and its 1730 statutes were entitled: *Getsetze der Teutschen Gesellschaft in Jena, nebst einem Vorberichte und Anhange von ihren jetzigen Umständen. It seems likely that the Society had the name Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena* right from its start in 1728. Rauter (1970), p.109 quotes from the Statutes indicating that the focus of the Society was on the study and cultivation of the German language and literature. According to Rauter (1970), p.126 the Society published in 1754 not only the *Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den schönen Wissenschaften, but also the Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den höheren Wissenschaften, which latter contained a number of contributions on subjects that fell outside the original scope of the Society. Rauter (1970), p.127 indicates, for example, that the latter mentioned volume included material from the areas of theology, medicine, astronomy, history and law. The Society had begun meeting in two separate classes and producing their own separate collections of writings, a change probably in imitation of the French and Prussian scientific academies. Rauter (1970), pp.129-134 discusses this shift in the direction of a scientific academy. Rauter (1970), p.128 indicates that, after these 1754 publications, the Society stopped publishing collections of writings by its members. The only other official publication of the Society was a lecture by one of their members in 1777: Über das Stadium des deutschen Stils, aus neuer Vorlesung in der Herzogl. deutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena : Nebst e. Anzeige der akademischen Vorlesungen ... / Friedrich August Wiedeburg* [GBV German Union cat.]. Rauter notes that the Society name now included the adjective herzoglich. Rauter (1970), p.128 indicates that by 1798 the Society had ceased to exist.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Jena Germany	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1728 - 1798?	Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena = Teutsche Gesellschaft zu Jena	Rauter (1970), p.107 gives the founding year; p.128 gives the final year. The name with in is from the 1730 Statutes and its 1732 journal; the name with zu is from its 1754 publications.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1732 A	*Sammlung Der Schriften Der Teutschen Gesellschaft in Jena In gebundener und ungebundener Schreibart / hrsg. von Gottlieb Stollen* [GBV German Union cat.]
1753 [i.e. pub. 1754] B	*Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den schönen Wissenschaften / herausgegeben von Carl Gotthelf Müller auf das Jahr 1753* [GBV German Union cat.]
1753 [i.e. pub. 1754] C	*Schriften der Teutschen Gesellschaft zu Jena aus den höheren Wissenschaften* [GBV German Union cat.]	*Schr. der Teutschen Ges. zu Jena aus den höhern Wissensch.* [Reuss, v.10, p.34 cites J.1753.]	*Reuss*