resting_place death_date death_place birth_place birth_date language image article_title name occupation alma_mater
mannheim 23 march 1819 mannheim weimar 03 may 1761 german august von kotzebue.png august von kotzebue
 august von kotzebue writer university of duisburg
august von kotzebue

august friedrich ferdinand von kotzebue -lrb- ; -- -rrb- was a german dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in russia and germany .
in 1817 , one of kotzebue 's books was burned during the wartburg festival .
he was murdered in 1819 by karl ludwig sand , a militant member of the `` burschenschaften '' .
this murder gave metternich the pretext to issue the carlsbad decrees of 1819 , which dissolved the `` burschenschaften '' , cracked down on the liberal press , and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the german confederation .
