Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1751 - 1760	Our information about the history of this society is drawn from a biographical article on Johann Heinrich von Brandenstein in the LiteraturPortal - Bayern. This article indicates that Brandstein established a reading society in Oettingen called the Gesellschaft der schönen Wissenschaften, for which he (as President) designed and published the Statutes in 1751. It also indicates that the journal Gesammlete Früchte der Bemühungen was published in six issues from 1751 to 1751. The article goes on to say that in 1755 Branderstein published another work: Kurzgefaßte Nachrichten von den Dichtern der im neuesten Oettingischen Gesangbuch enthaltenen heiligen Lieder Also the article indicates that the society ceased after the principal actors moved from Oettingen, which was around 1760.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Oettingen im Ries Germany	This location is supported by the name of its journal.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1751 - 1760	Gesellschaft der schönen Wissenschaften (Oettingen)	A biographical article on Johann Heinrich von Brandenstein in the LiteraturPortal - Bayern.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1751/53,1-6[?]   A	Gesammlete Früchte der Bemühungen der zu Oettingen im Ries vereinigten Gesellschaft der Schönen Wissenschaften [GBV German Union cat.]	Früchte der Bemüh. der Gesellsch. zu Oettingen [Reuss, v.7, p.3 cites B. I, S. 495.] Früchte der Bemühungen der Gesellsch. zu Oettingen [Reuss, v.9, p.143 cites B.I, S.81.; p.156 cites B. I, S. 113 and B. I, S. 382.; p.166 cites B. I, S. 495).] Gesammelte Früchte der zu Oettingen vereinigten Gesellsch. der Schönen Wissensch. [Reuss, v.8, p.347 cites B. I., S. 265.]