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„Zwillingsbrüder“ der Almanachkultur: Der Gothaische Hofkalender und seine Konkurrenz, der Göttinger Taschen-Calender, im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert

Date
15. Oct 2025, 6.15 pm
Location
CG1 – Gotha Research Library, Spiegelsaal (Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
Series
as part of the exhibition „ADEL MACHT STAAT. Der Gothaische Hofkalender 1763–1944“
Organizer
Gotha Research Library (FBG)
Speaker(s)
Dr. des. Kristina Kandler (Leipzig)
Event type
Lecture
Event Language(s)
German
Audience
public (by appointment)

As part of the programme accompanying the annual exhibition "ADEL MACHT STAAT. Der Gothaische Hofkalender von 1763 bis 1944", the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites you to another event on Wednesday, 15 October. At 6.15 pm, Dr des. Kristina Kandler will speak in the "Spiegelsaal" at Friedenstein Castle about an early chapter of the Gotha Court Calendar, which was published by Johann Christian Dieterich until 1774 and then continued by Carl Wilhelm Ettinger.

Dieterich went to Göttingen, where he also published calendars very successfully, including the famous “Göttinger Musenalmanach” and the “Göttinger Taschenkalender” published by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, which, like the "GOTHA", was published as a German-French parallel edition for "benefit and pleasure". Dieterich "always regarded this pocket calendar as the continuation of his ‘Gotha Court Calendar’", as he wrote to Lichtenberg's older brother in 1799, after his death.

The speaker, Kristina Kandler, studied at the University of Marburg and completed her doctorate on the transculturality of Almnach culture around 1800 under the supervision of the literary scholar and comparatist Professor York-Gothart Mix. All interested parties are cordially invited to her lecture, admission is free.

Due to limited capacity, please register by 13 October by calling 0361/737-5530 or sending an e-mail to veranstaltungen.fb@uni-erfurt.de.

Further information about the exhibition and the accompanying program can be found in the exhibition flyer in the downloads section.