Karl Borromäus Rottmanner (30 October 1783 – 8 July 1824) was a German

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, and

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. Born in

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, he was the son of lawyer and agricultural reformer Simon Rottmanner (1740-1813) and his wife Maria Anna Barbara Paur (1746–1828). His first cousin once removed was German composer and organist Eduard Rottmanner. He studied law at the

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where he earned a PhD. While a student there he belonged to a student patriotic movement led by

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. After graduating, he became a member of the

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. He died in

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Works

*''Kritik der Abhandlung Jacobis'', 1808 *''Frühlingsblumen'', 1808 *''Sammlung bayrischer Volkslieder'', 1810 *''Ferner Artikel für die "Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Kunst"''

References

*Klaus Unterburger: "Rottmanner, Karl", ''

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''. 1783 births 1824 deaths 18th-century German philosophers 19th-century German philosophers 19th-century German poets Members of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni German male poets 19th-century German male writers 18th-century German poets {{germany-philosopher-stub