Edward Samhaber

St. Barbara Cemetery Linz, honor grave of Edward Samhaber

Memorial plaque on the town hall of Freistadt

Edward Samhaber (born December 26, 1846 in Freistadt , † March 27, 1927 in Linz ) was an Austrian literary historian , poet , playwright and, among other things, a high school teacher in Freistadt.

Samhaber is known as the author of formally masterful lyric poetry and of adaptations of Old and Middle High German texts.

Honors

In 1885 he became an honorary member of the Carniola Graz fraternity .
In 1926 he was given honorary citizenship in Freistadt. Samhaber is buried at the St. Barbara Cemetery in Linz.
In 1935 the Samhaberplatz in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) was named after him.

In his honor there is a plaque on the town hall of Freistadt.

J. Lachinger: Samhaber Edward (Eduard Mathias). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 409 f. (Direct links on p. 409 , p. 410 ).
Collected works in five volumes. I: poems; II: Epic Poetry; III: dramas; IV: Walther von der Vogelweide; V: mosaics. Munich / Leipzig, Georg Müller 1909–1910.
Hermann Bahr : A great Austrian poet. Neue Freie Presse , (1927) # 22483, Morgenblatt, 37. (April 17, 1927)
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 597-598.

personal data
SURNAME	Samhaber, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian literary historian, poet, playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freistadt , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1927
Place of death	Linz