Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSimon van Geldern 
Birth12 Sep 1720
Death1774
FatherLazarus Eliezer Leiser Joseph van Geldern I I (1695-1769)
MotherSara Lea Pressburg (1695-1741)
Notes for Simon van Geldern
{geni:about_me} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_von_Geldern '''Simon von Geldern'''] (1720 - 1774) was a German traveler and author. He was the great-uncle of Heinrich Heine, who describes him in his "Memoirs" as an adventurer and Utopian dreamer.
The appellation "Oriental" was given him because of his long journeys in Oriental countries. He spent many years in the maritime cities in the north of Africa and in the Moroccan states, there learning the trade of armorer, whichhe carried on with success.
Von Geldern made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and during an ecstasy of prayer, while upon Mount Moriah, he had a vision. Subsequently he was chosen by an independent tribe of Bedouins on one of the oases of the North-African desertas their leader or sheikh, and thus became the captain of a band of marauders. He next visited the European courts, and subsequently took refuge in England to escape the consequences of the discovery of his too gallant relations with a lady of high birth. He pretended to have a secret knowledge of the Cabala, and issued a pamphlet in French verse entitled "Moïse sur Mont Horeb", probably having reference to the above-mentioned vision.
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980...55C0A9629C94659FD7CF NY Times] Article about Heine commenting on Simon van Geldern
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vu écrit Chacham Shimon di Gelder?
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Die Grabschriften des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien" Band II- by Dr. Bernhard Wachstein- pg. 46
The appellation "Oriental" was given him because of his long journeys in Oriental countries. He spent many years in the maritime cities in the north of Africa and in the Moroccan states, there learning the trade of armorer, whichhe carried on with success.
Von Geldern made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and during an ecstasy of prayer, while upon Mount Moriah, he had a vision. Subsequently he was chosen by an independent tribe of Bedouins on one of the oases of the North-African desertas their leader or sheikh, and thus became the captain of a band of marauders. He next visited the European courts, and subsequently took refuge in England to escape the consequences of the discovery of his too gallant relations with a lady of high birth. He pretended to have a secret knowledge of the Cabala, and issued a pamphlet in French verse entitled "Moïse sur Mont Horeb", probably having reference to the above-mentioned vision.
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980...55C0A9629C94659FD7CF NY Times] Article about Heine commenting on Simon van Geldern
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vu écrit Chacham Shimon di Gelder?
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Die Grabschriften des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien" Band II- by Dr. Bernhard Wachstein- pg. 46