Sophie Hoechstetter
Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter (15 August 1873 – 4 April 1943) was a German painter, poet, and author. Hoechstetter was born in Pappenheim as the youngest daughter of a pharmacist. She wrote numerous novels and poems.
Sophie Hoechstetter

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- Name
- Sophie Hoechstetter
- Birth Name
- Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter
- Born
- 15 August 1873
- Birthplace
- Pappenheim, German Empire
- Died
- 4 April 1943
- Place of death
- Dachau, Nazi Germany
- Occupation
- writer, poet, artist
- Full name
- Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter.
- Nationality
- German Reich.
- Languages
- German.
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Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter (15 August 1873 – 4 April 1943) was a German painter, poet, and author. Hoechstetter was born in Pappenheim as the youngest daughter of a pharmacist. She wrote numerous novels and poems.
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She admired George Gordon Byron and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Hoechstetter died in Dachau on the farm of Carl Olof and Elly Petersen. She was buried in the St. Gallus Church in Pappenheim.
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• Name — Sophie Hoechstetter • Birth Name — Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter • Born — 15 August 1873 • Birthplace — Pappenheim, German Empire • Died — 4 April 1943 • Place of death — Dachau, Nazi Germany • Occupation — writer, poet, artist
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1873
Sophie Hoechstetter born at Pappenheim.
1943
Sophie Hoechstetter died at Dachau.
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