Scholz, Bernhard Wilhelm

Writer, Editor

born: 16.09.1831 in Wiesbaden

died: 11.12.1871 in Wiesbaden

Scholz was the son of Karl Wilhelm Scholz (1797-1832), the owner of the Josef Scholz company. He was born in the Cetto house, which had belonged to his family since 1818. He studied natural sciences in Marburg and Bonn, but broke off his studies, wrote the tragedy "Konradin von Schwaben" in 1852, went to Munich in 1853 and devoted himself to art studies.

In 1856, he became editor of the new "Nassauische Zeitung" in Wiesbaden. In 1857, he moved to the "Donauzeitung" in Vienna despite his pro-Prussian political views. As a reporter for the "Wiener Presse", he went to London in 1862, where he successfully wrote about the World Exhibition. In 1863/64 he lived in Wiesbaden again and tried to found a newspaper here. The Nassau government made it a condition that Scholz edited his paper in a conservative, Greater German spirit. However, he was not prepared to do this. Instead, Scholz took over the editorship of the popular "Fremdenblatt" in Vienna. After the war of 1866, the end of which he had correctly foreseen, he returned to Wiesbaden, which was now Prussian. Now he was able to found the "Rheinischer Kurier", which first appeared on November 20, 1866. The newspaper was soon widely read and was renamed "Wiesbadener Zeitung" in 1908.

In 1870, Scholz gave the speech for Beethoven's 100th birthday at the theater. He wrote further dramas such as "Maske für Maske oder Gustav Wasa" (1870), which also found their way onto German stages. From his estate, "Rheinbilder und Alpenblumen" (1873) and stories from the Rheingau under the title "Die Jericho-Rose" (1906) were published. Scholz was buried in the Old Cemetery.