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Karl Christian Gottfried Nadler (* August 19 1809 in Heidelberg; † August 26 1849) Was a Jurist and Palatinate dialect poet.

Life
Nadler studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg from 1826 to 1831 and then worked as a lawyer in his hometown. Between 1838 and 1845 he was a member of the Grand Citizens' Committee in Heidelberg.

Artistic creation
The Palatinate poet Karl Gottfried Nadler became known for his dialect poems and his ridiculous poems about the March Revolution of 1848. His most famous work is Das Guckkasten-Lied vom Großer Hecker, a mock ballad about the Baden revolutionary leader, his former colleague Friedrich Hecker , who after the defeat of the Heckerzuges appeared in late April 1848.

Because of this ballad, which begins with the lines "Look, there is the big hecker, / a feather on the hat, / see, there is the Volkserwecker, / longing for tyrant blood!" And was distributed as a pamphlet, two of Heckers' followers perpetrated an assassination attempt on Nadler, which he barely survived, and the consequences of which he later died at the age of 40.

After Nadler's death, his work, the Fröhlich Pfalz Collection, God receives it , was given an extended new edition in 1851, in which the ballad by the Great Hecker was also published.

Karl Gottfried Nadler died in Heidelberg. He was buried in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery. His final resting place in (Dept. D). is located above the so-called professors row near the grave of Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Works

 * Merry Palz; God keep it, collection of poems, 1847
 * Peep box song from the great, Spottballad, 1848

Honors

 * In his honor, a street in Heidelberg's old town was given the name Nadlerstrasse.

Literature

 * Franz Brümmer: Nadler, Karl Christian Gottfried. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 209 f.

Itemization
Landscape Office of the City of Heidelberg.

Weblinks

 * Originaldruck des Guckkasten-Liedes vom großen Hecker
 * Originaldruck des Guckkasten-Liedes vom großen Hecker

Category:19th-century literature Category:German-language literature Category:1809 births Category:1849 deaths Category:Men