Un Observator Prusian in Țările Române acum un Veac
A Prussian Observer of the Romanian Lands a Century ago

Author(s): Victor Papacostea
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, 18th Century
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Keywords: Prussia; Frederic the Great from Prussia; Grigore Ghica; Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur;
Summary/Abstract: The book has originally been published in Bucharest in 1942 by an unnamed Publishing House. This research is dealing with Prussian relations to Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Since his accession to the throne of Prussia Frédéric the Great paid great attention to Eastern politics. His adversaries were — as is well known — Russia and Austria. Naturally, he sought the alliance of Sweden against the Russians and the alliance of the Turks against Austria. At the center of this great diplomatic action are the Romanian Principalities — with all their little political significance. In the summer of 1741, Frédéric sent to the court of the Moldavian prince Grigore Ghica the skilled diplomat Seewald to ask him to broker an alliance with the Gate. But the focus of the research is in hundred years later and main attention is dedicated to Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur. In the late 1830s, Neigebaur (actually Neugebauer) had himself reactivated for the Prussian diplomatic service and was the first Prussian Consul General to be appointed by the Foreign Ministry for the now independent Danube Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia. He was sent to Jassy for two and a half years without pay.

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