Friedrich Roeber

Johann Friedrich Gerhard Roeber was born on 19 June 1819 in Elberfeld, Germany{{Sfn|Roeber|Keller|1871|p=5}}—the son of a woodturner, he attended the Elberfeld secondary school.{{Harvnb|Knieriem|1994|p=xvi}}: "Roeber besuchte die Elberfelder Realschule, die zwar mit einem sogenannten Abitur abschloß, das aber keineswegs zu einem Universitätsstudium berechtigte." ["Roeber attended the secondary school in Elberfeld, which, although he graduated with a so-called Abitur, did not entitle him to study at university."] In 1834, he began an apprenticeship at the {{ill|Bankhaus von der Heydt-Kersten & Söhne|de}} (a credit bank). There he became a clerk, received power of attorney, and in 1872 became a partner. He left the company in 1879 and moved to Düsseldorf in 1894.

In the early 1840s, he participated in an Elberfeld literary circle, which included, among others, Adolf Schults, {{ill|Carl de Haas|de}}, and Friedrich Engels.{{Harvnb|Engels|1974|p=xi}}: "Anfang März 1841 nahm das Kränzchen nach einigen Rückschlä- gen festere Gestalt an, und de Haas konnte sogar eine Einteilung der Mitglieder nach Literaturgattungen vornehmen. Dem Zirkel insgesamt gehörten außer de Haas, Schults, Roeber, Keller und Engels noch an: Friedrich Plümacher, Gustav Feldmann, Rudolf Nielo, Julius Bloem, Richard Seel, ferner Brune, Trespe, Bredow und Gantzer." ["At the beginning of March 1841, after a few setbacks, the circle took on a firmer shape and de Haas was even able to categorise the members according to literary genre. In addition to de Haas, Schults, Roeber, Keller and Engels, the circle as a whole also included Friedrich Plümacher, Gustav Feldmann, Rudolf Nielo, Julius Bloem, Richard Seel, as well as Brune, Trespe, Bredow and Gantzer."] He later distanced himself from Engels, in 1886.{{Harvnb|Engels|1974|p=x}}: "Distanzierte sich 1886 deutlich von Engels, ohne ihre ge- meinsame Zusammenarbeit im »Kränzchen« zu erwähnen." ["He distanced himself significantly from Engels in 1886, without mentioning their joint collaboration in the 'Kränzchen'."]{{Sfn|Roeber|1886|pp=74, 146}} In 1847, he married Maria Wilhelmine Elise (née Kretzmann). At this time, he became known as a playwright, novelist, and historian.

Roeber served as the Procurator for Elberfeld at some point.{{Cn|date=May 2024|reason=Was based on Fritz Roeber article, but no citation is given there}}

In the early 1850s, Roeber was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle ({{Lang|de|Wuppertaler Dichterkreis}}).{{Sfn|Hermand|1998|p=124}} When this dissolved, a Sunday circle ({{Lang|de|Sonntagskränzchen}}) was formed, meeting at Roeber's house{{Sfn|Hermand|1998|p=125}} and consisting of poetry recitations, music and discussions—the formation of which was described by Carl Siebel in a letter to Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter in June 1853:{{Sfn|Brandt-Schwarze|1998|p=390}}

{{Blockquote|text=The founding of a poets' association [Dichtervereins] has recently been projected by Roeber, Schults, and myself—starting from the idea that all elasticity of the mind is formed purely through the exchange of ideas—we planned to meet every 4 weeks or 14 days to discuss set topics. Each person should draw their acquaintances as corresponding members, thus aiming for the greatest possible expansion gradually.}}

Between 1860 and 1864, he distinguished himself with publications in the literary journal Morgenblatt für gebildete Leser. A year and a half before his death, Roeber suffered a stroke. In a moment of mental confusion, he burned numerous letters from Schults and de Haas to him.{{Sfn|Knieriem|1994|p=x}}

He died on 12 October 1901 in Düsseldorf. Five years after his death, a monument was erected to him on Carnapsplatz in the Elberfeld Nordstadt (later destroyed in World War II). Another monument was erected in Düsseldorf by Karl Janssen.{{Cite web |last=Kirschbaum |first=Jan Niko |date=29 April 2012 |title=Friedrich-Roeber-Denkmal |trans-title=Friedrich Roeber monument |url=https://www.denkmal-wuppertal.de/2012/04/friedrich-roeber-denkmal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322035150/https://www.denkmal-wuppertal.de/2012/04/friedrich-roeber-denkmal.html |archive-date=22 March 2023 |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=www.denkmal-wuppertal.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Grabmal Friedrich Roeber - Werk des Bildhauers Karl Janssen 1855 - 1927 |trans-title=Friedrich Roeber tomb - work of the sculptor Karl Janssen 1855 - 1927 |url=https://www.janssenart.de/pjalt/karljanssen/GrabmalRoeber.html |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=www.janssenart.de |language=de}}

File:Grab Stele mit Büste Friedrich Roeber geschaffen von Der Düsseldorfer Bildhauer Karl Janssen, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf.jpg

The painters {{ill|Ernst Roeber (painter)|lt=Ernst Roeber|de|Ernst Roeber}} and Fritz Roeber were his sons.

• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Tristan und Isolde. Eine Tragödie in Arabesken |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hx5dAAAAcAAJ |date=1856 |language=de |trans-title=Tristan and Isolde. A tragedy in arabesques |oclc=504476178 |author-mask=1 |publisher=Julius Baedeker}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |author-mask=1 |year=1863 |title=Aus dem Wupperthale |trans-title=From Wuppertal |journal=Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände |language=de |location=Stuttgart |publisher=Johann Friedrich Cotta |issue=16 |pages=381–383}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=König Manfred. Oper in fünf Akten. Musik von Carl Reinecke |publisher=Breitkopf & Härtel |year=1867 |location=Leipzig |url=https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0005/bsb00057369/images/index.html?id=00057369&groesser=&fip=yztsewqeayayztsfsdrsdaseayasdas&no=3&seite=5 |author-mask=1 |access-date= |language=de |trans-title=King Manfred. Opera in five acts. Music by Carl Reinecke}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Sophonisbe. Tragödie |publisher=Julius Baedeker |location=Iserlohn |language=de |trans-title=Sophonisbe. Tragedy |author-mask=1 |date=1884}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Marionetten. Ein Roman |edition=2nd |publisher=Julius Baedeker |location=Iserlohn / Grumbach, Leipzig |language=de |trans-title=Marionettes. A novel |author-mask=1 |date=1885 |url=https://archive.org/stream/marionetteneinr00roebgoog#page/n8/mode/2up}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1002451409 |title=Litteratur und Kunst im Wupperthale bis zur Mitte des gegenwärtigen Jahrhunderts |publisher=Julius Baedeker |year=1886 |location=Iserlohn |language=de |trans-title=Literature and art in Wuppertal up to the middle of the present century |oclc=681545248 |ref=- |author-mask=1}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Börsenringe. Schauspiel |publisher=Julius Baedeker |location=Leipzig |language=de |author-mask=1 |date=1891}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Malermodelle. Lustspiel in einem Akt |publisher=Julius Baedeker |location=Leipzig |language=de |trans-title=Painter's models. Comedy in one act |author-mask=1 |date=1892}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |title=Lyrische und epische Gedichte, Fest- und Märchenspiele |edition=3rd (presumably) |publisher=Julius Baedeker |location=Leipzig |language=de |trans-title=Lyrical and epic poems, festival and fairy tale plays |author-mask=1 |date=1897 |url=https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/epnresolver?id=1157040535}}

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• {{Cite book |last=Bark |first=Joachim |title=Der Wuppertaler Dichterkreis; Untersuchungen zum Poeta minor im 19. Jahrhundert |publisher=H. Bouvier |year=1969 |location=Bonn, Germany |trans-title=The Wuppertal Poets' Circle; Studies on the poeta minor in the 19th century |oclc=4240725}}
• {{Cite book |last=Brandt-Schwarze |first=Ulrike |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-476-03621-6 |title=Handbuch literarisch-kultureller Vereine, Gruppen und Bünde: 1825 - 1933 |date=1998 |publisher=J.B. Metzler |isbn=978-3-476-03621-6 |editor-last=Wülfing |editor-first=Wulf |series=Repertorien zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte |location=Stuttgart Weimar |pages=389–392 |language=de |trans-title=Handbook of literary and cultural associations, groups and societies 1825-1933 |chapter=103. Roebersches Sonntagskränzchen [Elberfeld/Bannen] |trans-chapter=103. Roeber's Sunday circle [Elberfeld/Bannen] |doi=10.1007/978-3-476-03621-6 |editor-last2=Bruns |editor-first2=Karin |editor-last3=Parr |editor-first3=Rolf |url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite book |last=Engels |first=Friedrich |url=https://archive.org/details/coladirienzieinu0000enge |title=Cola di Rienzi: ein unbekannter dramatischer Entwurf |date=1974 |publisher=Hammer |isbn=978-3-87294-070-4 |editor-last=Knierem |editor-first=Michael |editor-link=Michael Knieriem |edition= |series=Schriften aus dem Karl-Marx-Haus, Trier |location=Wuppertal |language=de |trans-title=Cola di Rienzi: an unknown dramatic sketch |oclc=954247756 |url-access=registration}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hermand |first=Jost |url= |title=Die deutschen Dichterbünde: von den Meistersingern bis zum PEN-Club |date=1998 |publisher=Böhlau |isbn=978-3-412-09897-1 |location=Weimar Wien |pages=124–126 |language=de |trans-title=The German Poets' Associations: From the Meistersingers to the PEN-CLUB |chapter=Die Wuppertaler Dichterbünde |oclc=39515747 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/diedeutschendich0000herm/page/124/mode/1up |url-access=}}
• {{Cite book |last=Joesten |first=Joseph |title=Friedrich Roeber. Zur Feier der Enthüllung seines Denkmals in Elberfeld |publisher=Martini & Grüttefien |year=1906 |location=Elberfeld |trans-title=Friedrich Roeber. To celebrate the unveiling of his monument in Elberfeld}}
• {{Cite book |last=Knieriem |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Knieriem |title="Wir wollen dem Wuppertale einen Namen machen..." Eine Dokumentation zur Entstehungsgeschichte des Elberfelder Literaturkränzchens 1838–1844 |publisher=Stadt Wuppertal |year=1994 |series=Nachrichten aus dem Engels-Haus |location=Wuppertal |language=de |trans-title='We want to make a name for the Wuppertal...' A documentation of the history of the Elberfeld literary circle 1838-1844 |oclc=34645266 |issue=10}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Roeber |first1=Friedrich |author-link= |url=https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11014461 |title=Friedrich Röber: mit Biographie |last2=Keller |first2=Gottfried |author-link2=Gottfried Keller |publisher=Herrmann Julius Meyer |year=1871 |series=Meyer's Groschen-Bibliothek der deutschen Classiker für alle Stände |volume=350 |location=Hildburghausen |language=de |trans-title=Friedrich Röber: with biography}}
• {{Cite book |last=Roeber |first=Friedrich |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1002451409 |title=Litteratur und Kunst im Wupperthale bis zur Mitte des gegenwärtigen Jahrhunderts |publisher=Baedeker |year=1886 |location=Iserlohn |language=de |trans-title=Literature and art in Wuppertal up to the middle of the present century |oclc=681545248}}
• {{Cite book |last=Wolff |first=Heinz |title=Wuppertaler Biographien, Folge 13 |publisher=Born |year=1977 |isbn=978-3-87093-025-7 |series=Beiträge zur Geschichte und Heimatkunde des Wuppertals |volume=25 |location=Wuppertal |trans-title=Wuppertal biographies, Episode 13 |chapter=Friedrich Roeber (1819–1901) |editor-first1=Michael |editor-last1=Metchies}}
• {{Cite news |date=19 June 1899 |title=Zu Friedrich Roeber's 80. Geburtstag. 19. Juni 1899 |trans-title=On the occasion of Friedrich Roeber's 80th birthday. 19 June 1899 |work=Generalanzeiger für Düsseldorf und Umgegend}}

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• {{DNB-Portal|116579757}} {{in lang|de}}
• [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/116579757 Works by and about Friedrich Roeber] in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) {{in lang|de}}
• {{Zeno-Autor|Literatur/M/Roeber,+Friedrich}}
• [https://www.duesseldorf.de/heineinstitut/archiv-bibliothek-dokumentation/archiv/gesamtbestand/roeber-friedrich.html Estate of Friedrich Roeber] at the {{Ill|Heinrich-Heine-Institut|de}} (also, an overview of his literary works) {{in lang|de}}

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