1. Yes, they were written in French, except for the very occasional German word (like Polterabend ("Stag night") in reference as to what he was doing with Heinrich in his old flat) or sentence (AW's remark "Ich aber stehe für nichts ein, wenn ich König sein werde, denn alsdann fährt der Teuffel in uns!")
2.) No, as far as I know, they were never published in the original language. By the time the Lehndorff family made them available for publication, knowledge of French among the general German reading public was far, far less familiar. So it made sense to publish them in a German translation.
3.) Sadly, only a part of the original manuscripts exist anymore, as I now know through the 2007 reprint with an additional foreword. Some got lost in 1945 for the usual historical reason, though thankfully not all. The diaries 1753 ff, 1770 - 1775, 1786 - 1788 and 1799 ff still exist. For the rest, research has to rely on the translation made by Schmid-Lötzen in 1907 (and following years for the other volumes).
Re: Toppings of all types, continued
1. Yes, they were written in French, except for the very occasional German word (like Polterabend ("Stag night") in reference as to what he was doing with Heinrich in his old flat) or sentence (AW's remark "Ich aber stehe für nichts ein, wenn ich König sein werde, denn alsdann fährt der Teuffel in uns!")
2.) No, as far as I know, they were never published in the original language. By the time the Lehndorff family made them available for publication, knowledge of French among the general German reading public was far, far less familiar. So it made sense to publish them in a German translation.
3.) Sadly, only a part of the original manuscripts exist anymore, as I now know through the 2007 reprint with an additional foreword. Some got lost in 1945 for the usual historical reason, though thankfully not all. The diaries 1753 ff, 1770 - 1775, 1786 - 1788 and 1799 ff still exist. For the rest, research has to rely on the translation made by Schmid-Lötzen in 1907 (and following years for the other volumes).