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Novalis was born on May 2, 1772, he was born as Georg Philipp Friedrich Von Hardenberg at Oberwiederstedt manor to his father Heinrich Ulrich Erasmus Freiherr Von Hardenberg and his mother Auguste Bernhardine von Böltzig. His family was of Protestant Lower Saxon nobility. His father was a member of the Moravian Church and was an avid follower of pietism. Novalis coming from a low German nobility was christened Georg Philip Freidrich in the church. “It was only later that he attended the Lutheran grammar school in Eisleben” The Famous People Society for Recognition of Famous People. This demonstrates that he did not attend school until later on in life, before he started going to school he was home schooled by private tutors. He then continued
They were then engaged in 1795, Sophie then died two years after of tuberculosis. Novalis then expressed his grief in Hymnen an die Nacht. This work demonstrates how “Novalis celebrates night, or death, as an entry into a higher life in the presence of God and anticipates a mystical and loving union with Sophie and with universe as a whole after his own death” The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. This demonstrates that Novalis saw Sophie’s death as something meaningful and not just another death. Shortly after he went to the Academy of Freiberg to study mining. In 1798 Novalis became engaged to Jukie von Charpentier, a year later became a mine inspector at the saltworks at Weissenfel. He then died of tuberculosis on March 25,
He worked there for two years, he then took up the position for the Saxon government saltworks at Weissenfels. In 1797 he enrolled at the Mining Academy of Freiberg in Saxony shortly aftert he death of his fiancée. He was trained in the study of geology by his friend Professor Abraham Gottlob. While he was at Frieberg he learned a number of subjects such as mining, mathematics, biology, history and philosophy. While he was studying these subjects he started collecting material for his famous encyclopedia projects. “...published in 1798 in the Athenäum magazine under the title, ‘Blüthenstaub’ The famous People Society for Recognition of Famous People. This illustrates that his first ever written matter was published on that date, and that it was for that publication that he for the first time used his pseudonym. In 1799 he met Ludwig Tieck as well as other authors of Jena Romanticism. During that time he did not give up on his work at the Weissenfels and worked in the management of salt mines. Later on he was promoted to the position of an assessor and the director of the salt mines. In 1800, Novalis was appointed as the Supernumerar-Amtshauptmann for the directed of Thuringia, a position which is nearly the same as the present-day magistrate. In 1800, he then penned a six prose poem interspersed withe verse, entitled ,