Andreas Wiß
Johann Nikolaus Andreas Wiß (born December 27, 1788 in Brotterode , † January 13, 1816 in Schmalkalden ) was a German poet .
life and work
Andreas Wiß was the youngest son of a Protestant pastor family in the Thuringian mountain town of Brotterode in the Schmalkalden exclave, which at that time belonged to Hessen-Kassel . From 1801 he attended the grammar school in Gotha and from 1806 the lyceum in Schmalkalden. From 1807 he studied in Rinteln theology and continued after the closure of the local university to study at the University in Marburg on. From 1811 he worked as a private tutor at Wilhelmshöhe Castle near Kassel (at that time the residence of Jérôme Bonaparte ). Between 1812 and 1814 he also worked as an assistant preacher in Kassel. Due to a serious illness, he died at the age of only 27 on January 13, 1816 in Schmalkalden.
His poems, which were unprinted during his lifetime, appeared in a narrow octave volume in the edition of his brother, Christoph Wiß, in the year he died. Family, nature, religion and love are the themes of his poetry, which lives from a romantic and religious mood.
literature
- Andreas Wiß: Poems . Ed .: Robert Eberhardt. Wolff Verlag, Schmalkalden 2008, ISBN 978-3-941461-01-7 , pp. 200 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Know, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiß, Johann Nikolaus Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brotterode |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1816 |
| Place of death | Schmalkalden |