Der Zobtenberg-Garten und Eichendorffs frühe Raumkonzepte

On the example of a diary fragment describing a May journey from Breslau to Zobten in Lower Silesia it should be shown, that the diaries of the German writer Eichendorff are not a simple mimetic records (as it was assumed by the researchers), but intentedly constructed diary pieces. According to the rule: „Das ewig wandelbare Neue mit dem ewig Bestehenden zu vermitteln und somit erst wirklich lebensfähig zu machen“ constructs or deconstructs Eichendorff on the Zobtenmountain a symbolic landscape of Christian origin, which could suit to a different perception of Eichendorffs generation. The whole Zobtenregion including the moving and perceiving subject is being projected as a landscape garden, which transmits old, conservative subjects in a new way.