Carl August

Japanese: カール･アウグスト（英語表記）Carl August

1757‐1828
Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Grand Duke from 1815). An enlightened absolute monarch of a small German country. He invited Goethe to his post and appointed him as minister, and together they made the provincial city of Weimar the center of German spiritual culture. He is also known for having issued a constitution that recognized "freedom of the press" early on (1816) and for protecting the Burschenschaft movement that originated at the University of Jena within his domain. He was a strong-willed monarch who could not be confined to the framework of a small country. [Sakai Eihachiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1757‐1828
ザクセン･ワイマール公(1815以降大公)。ドイツの代表的な小国啓蒙絶対君主。ゲーテを招いて大臣に任用し，両人相携えて一地方都市ワイマールをドイツの精神文化の中心となした。また〈出版の自由〉を認める憲法を早期に発布し(1816)，領内イェーナ大学に発するブルシェンシャフトの運動を保護したことでも知られる。小国の枠にはまり切らぬ剛腹の君主であった。【坂井栄八郎】

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