Wilhelm Hertz
Illustration — Wilhelm Hertz Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz (24 September 1835 – 7 January 1902) was a German writer. He was born in Stuttgart.
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Wilhelm Hertz
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- Born
- 1835 · Stuttgart.
- Died
- 1902 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- historian · writer · lyricist · songwriter · university teacher · poet · germanist
- Education
- Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium · University of Tübingen
- Honours
- Commander of the Friedrich Order · Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Wilhelm Hertz Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz (24 September 1835 – 7 January 1902) was a German writer. He was born in Stuttgart.
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Wilhelm Hertz studied at Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium and University of Tübingen. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Technical University of Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Friedrich Order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
• Dramatische Märchenspiele (between 1847 and 1848) • Lancelot und Ginerva (1860) • Das Rolandslied (1861) • Der Werwolf (1862) • Marie de France (1862) • Hugdietrichs Brautfahrt (epic from 1863) • Aucassin und Nicolette (translation from 1865) • Heinrich von Schwaben (epic from 1867) • Gottfried von Straßburg (translation from 1877) • Bruder Rausch (epic from 1882) (ISBN B0000BRKXY) • Spielmannsbuch (translation from 1886) • Am Grabe der Mutter • Ezzelin (presumed lost) • Geist der Jugend from Album für Deutschlands Töchter
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• Hermann Greiner: Wilhelm Hertz – ein Tübinger Franke (Tübingen 1996) • Gerhard Hay: W. Hertz in Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd. 8. (Hrsg.: Historische Kommission der bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) (Berlin 1969) • Isolde Kurz: Aus meinem Jugendlande (Tübingen 1975) • Erich Müller: Wilhelm Hertz als Epiker (Dissertation München 1922) • Helene Raff: Wilhelm Hertz – Zum 100. Geburtstag des schwäbischen Dichters (In: Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt, Nr. 444) (21. September 1935) • Rudolf Reiser: Thomas Mann – ein vergessener TH-Student (In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 32) (4 February 1994) • Kurt von Stutterheim: Wilhelm Hertz als Lyriker (Dissertation Tübingen 1913)
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- 1.Kösener Korps-Listen 1910, 194, 192.
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