daughters and gifts to the servants. The paperwork that Putyatin left behind, convinced Freymann that he was in fact the couple's son. Putyatin was unable to share this with him during his lifetime. The prince suffered greatly unter this, but felt bound by his word of honor. Prince Putyatin is still remembered in Dresden as a generous, free thinking, lovable eccentric personality. In 1997 a monument was dedicated to him in Kleinzschachwitz. Peculiarities Putyatin was full of inventions and ideas. He equipped his coach with bellows to get some cool air in the summer. His sled had a built-in oven for the winter. He invented a sugar saw, used wooden masks for wind protection and extended his umbrella with sidewalls. He was also an early protagonist of nudism, and opposed to wearing pants. Putyatin was active in music and poetry, and known as an outspoken philosopher. Buildings Villa and park in Kleinzschachwitz School house in Kleinzschachwitz (today: „Putjatinhaus“) Playground (Play temple) Mausoleum in Dessau (at the "Neue Begräbnisplatz") Philosophical Work Worte aus dem Buche der Bücher, published by A. W. Tappe, Dresden 1824. Putjatin was strongly opposed to modern French philosophers of his time such as Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marquis de Condorcet, Denis Diderot, Jean le Rond d'Alembert and other French encyclopaedists. - He was in close contact with Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, and became a friend of Johann Gottfried Herder in his last year. Literature Wilhelm HOSÄUS, Fürst Putiatin, 1749–1830, in Mitteilungen des Vereins für Anhaltische Geschichte und Altertumskunde (MittVAGA)3, 1883, S. 461 Pierer's Universal-Lexikon. Altenburg 41857-1865, Band 13, S. 707. Rudolph von Kyaw, Fürst Putjatin in Klein-Zschachwitz, Wissenschaftliche Beilage der Leipziger Zeitung, Nr.90, Sonntag 10. November 1878 Rudolph von Kyaw, Fürst Putiatin, Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte von Klein-Zschachwitz, Dresden, Officin von Wilhelm Baensch, 1883. Mentioned in Wilhelm von Kügelgen: Lebenserinnerungen eines alten Mannes available via Zelebritäten and Die Rückkehr des Königs J. P. Eckermann: Gespräche mit Goethe Karl Ludwig Blum, Ein russischer Staatsmann, Denkwürdigkeiten des Grafen von Sievers, Leipzig 1857–58, 4 Bände Karl Ludwig Blum: Graf Jacob Johann von Sievers und Russland zu dessen Zeit. Leipzig; Heidelberg: Winter, 1864. Kai Wenzel und Marius Winzler (Herausgeber), Franz Gareis (1775–1803). Zum Maler geboren. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik eines Wegbereiters der deutschen Romantik, Verlag Gunter Oettel, Görlitz 2003, (mit Porträts) Jürgen-Detlev Freiherr von Uexküll, Armeen und Amouren- Ein Tagebuch aus Napoleonischer Zeit von Boris Uexküll, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1965 External links