Permanent exhibition about the lyricist Karl Gottlieb Lappe
● Wusterhusen
Karl Gottlieb Lappe - an almost forgotten poet (1773-1843). A permanent exhibition in Wusterhusen, near the seaside resort of Lubmin, is located in the vicarage of St. John's Church in Wusterhusen. The life and work of the poet Karl Lappe is documented here, and readings bring the poet's works closer.
Karl Gottlieb Lappe was born on April 23, 1773 in Wusterhusen as the son of the vicar. In preparation for his studies, he attended the town school in Wolgast, whose principal was none other than Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1758-1818). Kosegarten, teacher, pastor, history professor and poet, recognized and encouraged the talents of his pupils, who included Karl Gottlieb Lappe and Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810), the important Romantic painter. At Greifswald University, where Lappe studied theology, philology and philosophy, he became friends with Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), a friendship that lasted beyond his student years.
In 1798, Lappe succeeded Ernst Moritz Arndt as tutor to Kosegarten in Altenkirchen on the island of Rügen. From 1801 to 1817, Lappe was a teacher at Stralsund grammar school. For health reasons, he finally retired to the idyllic village of Pütte near Stralsund. Lappe died in Stralsund on October 28.
Opening hours: daily 10:00 to 18:00
By prior appointment with guided tour by arrangement Rev. K. Krüger: 038354 22234
Route of North German Romanticism: Wusterhusen vicarage - Romantic poetry
Lappe's extensive oeuvre reflects everyday and political events as well as his deep love for his Pomeranian homeland. In the Karl Lappe exhibition in the vicarage, a map shows which places he visited and also described in his poems. Some of his poems were set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1828), Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and Robert Schumann (1810-1856).