History of Scholarly Societies:
Rauter on Several 18th Century Societies Named "Deutsche Gesellschaft"

Rauter on Several 18th Century Societies Named "Deutsche Gesellschaft"

Rauter, Thomas Charles The Eighteenth-Century "Deutsche Gesellschaft": A Literary Society of the German Middle Class. Ph.D. Thesis. Urbana, Illinois: Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1970. iv, 344 p. [In English.]

This thesis gives valuable historical information on the 18th societies bearing the name "Deutsche Gesellschaft" and residing in the following locations: Leipzig, founded 1697 (pp.19-104) Gesellschaft der Freyen Künste in Leipzig, founded 1752, ceased 1756 (pp.80, 99-100) Jena, founded 1728, still in existence in 1777, ceased by 1798 (pp.106-134) Göttingen, founded 1738, ceased by 1782 (pp.135-148 & 12) Wittenberg, founded 1738, ceased 1763? (pp.149-152) Greifswald, founded 1739, ceased 1752? (pp.152-174) Bern & Basel, founded 1739? & 1742? (pp.175-179) Königsberg, founded 1741, ceased 1939? (pp.180-212) Freye Gesellschaft zu Königsberg, founded 1743, ceased 1788 (pp.205-209) Frankfurt an der Oder, founded 1745? (pp.213-214) Helmstedt, founded 1746 (pp.215-222) Bremen, founded 1748, ceased 1793? (pp.223-233 & 12) Rinteln, founded 1750 (pp.234-236) Kiel, founded 1754, ceased 1757? (pp.236-241) Erlangen, founded 1755 (pp.242-244) Altdorf, founded 1756 (pp.245-251) Bernberg, founded 1761 (pp.252-256) Vienna, founded 1761 (pp.257-263) Giessen, founded 1763 (pp.263-264) Mannheim, founded 1775, ceased 1809? (pp.265-275) Straßburg, founded 1775 (pp.276-281) Rauter refers on p.310 to the following interesting looking set: Müller, Johannes. Die wissenschaftliche Vereine und Gesellschaften Deutschlands im 19. Jahrhundert: Bibliographie ihrer Veröffentlichungen seit ihrer Begründung bis auf die Gegenwart. (Berlin: Asher, 1883-1917. 2 vols. and supplement)