Karl Borromäus Rottmanner (30 October 1783 – 8 July 1824) was a German poet, philosopher, and politician. Born in Munich, he was the son of lawyer and agricultural reformer Simon Rottmanner (1740-1813) and his wife Maria Anna Barbara Paur (1746–1828). His first cousin once removed was German composer and organist Eduard Rottmanner. He studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he earned a PhD. While a student there he belonged to a student patriotic movement led by Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis. After graduating, he became a member of the Landtag of Bavaria. He died in Ast. Works Kritik der Abhandlung Jacobis, 1808 Frühlingsblumen, 1808 Sammlung bayrischer Volkslieder, 1810 Ferner Artikel für die "Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Kunst" References Klaus Unterburger: "Rottmanner, Karl", Neue Deutsche Biographie. 1783 births 1824 deaths German philosophers 19th-century German poets Members of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni German male poets 19th-century German male writers