!!!Feuchtersleben, Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von

b. Vienna, April 29, 1806, 
d. Vienna, Sept. 3, 1849, physician, philosopher, poet, literary 
critic; from 1847 vice-director of the institute of medical-surgical 
studies at the University of Vienna. As subordinate Staatssekretaer he 
reformed the Austrian educational system in 1848. His poem "Es ist 
bestimmt in Gottes Rat" was set to music by F. 
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and became a well-known folk song. He was a 
friend of F.  Grillparzer and F.  Hebbel.

!Works
Gedichte, 1836; Zur Diaetetik der Seele, 1838; Almanach der 
Radierungen, 1844; Lehrbuch der aerztl. Seelenheilkunde, 1845; Geist 
dt. Klassiker, 1850-1852. - Editions: Saemtl. Werke, ed. by F. Hebbel, 
7 vols., 1851-1853; Saemtl. Werke und Briefe, Krit. Ausgabe, ed. by H. 
Seidler and H. Heger, 1987ff.

!Literature
L. Eltz-Hoffmann, F., 1956; H. Seidler, E. Frh. v. F., in: Anzeiger der oe. Akad. 
d. Wiss. 106, 1969; K. Pisa, E. Frh. v. F. Pionier der 
Psychosomatik, 1998; H. H. Egglmaier, E. Frh. v. F. als 
Bildungspolitiker, 2000.



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