Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann (14 June 1761, in Weimar ? 4 October 1835, in Jena ) ^[1] was a German public servant and writer.

He studied in Leipzig and Jena between 1779 and 1782, and was a childhood friend of August von Kotzebue . In the following years, he worked as judiciary auditor under his father in Ilmenau , and later as private lecturer. ^[2] In 1790, he became adjunct and when his father died in 1792, Ernst Ackermann took his place as judiciary bailiff . Ackerman resigned when Ilmenau was annexed to Weimar and economic conditions became less favourable. ^[3] Consequently, he was assigned Privy Referendar at the Ministry of Justice where he stayed until 1826, when he retired.

Ackermann made a large number of anonymous contributions to different journals. After the death of Kotzebue, he remained the sole editor of the Literarisches Wochenblatt .

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