The Hölderlinturm (English: Hölderlin's Tower ) is a building located in Tübingen , Germany that served as the place of residence and death in the final years of poet Friedrich Hölderlin . He lived there from May 3, 1807 until his death in 1843. The building is located on the Neckar riverfront and is one of the most popularly known sites in Tübingen.
5-446: The construction of the building traces back to the 13th century. The stone foundation originates from the medieval city wall that originally ran along the northern bank of the Neckar. Hölderlin was forcibly admitted by his family to the clinic of physician Johann Autenrieth on September 15, 1806. The 34-year-old master carpenter Ernst Friedrich Zimmer acquired the property in 1807. Hölderlin
10-564: Is now the seat of the Hölderlin Society ( Hölderlin-Gesellschaft ). Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth (20 October 1772 – 2 May 1835) was a German physician born in Stuttgart . He studied medicine at Karlsschule Stuttgart , and following graduation attended lectures by Antonio Scarpa (1752–1832) and Johann Peter Frank (1745–1821) at Pavia . Afterwards he accompanied his father to
15-566: The United States, where he practiced medicine for several months in Lancaster, Pennsylvania . In 1797 he was appointed professor of anatomy , physiology , surgery and obstetrics at the University of Tübingen . In 1805 he founded an in-patient clinic at Tübingen, where in 1822 he was appointed chancellor of the university. Autenrieth specialized in forensic medicine , and was considered one of
20-440: The pseudonym Scardanelli. He also received visitors from the neighboring Tübinger Stift , the school Hölderlin himself had once attended. A visit to the ailing Hölderlin by Eduard Mörike and Wilhelm Waiblinger , both known for their relationship to Hölderlin, is documented by Hermann Hesse in his 1914 short story " Im Presselschen Gartenhaus " ("In Pressel's Garden-House"). The building has since been extensively renovated and
25-476: Was released on May 3, 1807, around the same time as Zimmer's purchase, with a prognosis of incurable illness and three years to live ("höchstens noch drei Jahre"). Autenrieth, meanwhile, had encouraged Zimmer to take Hölderlin into his home, and, looking back on the situation, Zimmer wrote: Hölderlin moved into the first floor of Zimmer's residence the day after his release and lived there until his death in 1843. During Hölderlin's tower period, he often wrote under
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