Hermann Kleinhempel

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Friedrich Hermann Kleinhempel (born February 3, 1828 in Eibenstock , † July 31, 1883 in Dresden ) was a local poet from the Ore Mountains .

Life

He was the second oldest child of the cashier Friedrich August Kaufmann († 1857) and Christiane Friedericke born at the Eibenstock Forestry Office. Narrow foot. Kleinhempel left his hometown at the age of 17 and took part in various expeditions. At the age of 20 he became a soldier in the artillery for six years.

In 1858 Kleinhempel was hired as a border guard at the Hammerunterwiesenthal (Schlössel) post in the main administrative district of Annaberg . As a border guard, he wrote poetry in his spare time, but initially did not want to bring the poems to the public. It was only when he read some of his poems to the forest workers who were present in Hammerunterwiesenthal in the hammer, and they found pleasure in them, that he founded a reading club in which he sometimes recited his poems in cheerful societies in Unterwiesenthal and Oberwiesenthal . The Obererzgebirgische Zeitung became aware of him and published some of his poems. After a number of subscribers among the dignitaries of Oberwiesenthal had found, he published the first booklet of his poems in Buchholz at JH Hollstein's in 1865 .

After his promotion and transfer to the office of the royal Saxon customs office in Zwickau , he found little time to write poetry. Due to work stress, he suffered from excessive nervousness, which led to premature death at the age of 51.

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personal data
SURNAME Kleinhempel, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kleinhempel, Friedrich Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ore Mountains native poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Eibenstock
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1883
Place of death Dresden