Werther
Werther means:
- Werther (Westf.) , A town in the Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Werther (Thuringia) , a municipality in the district of Nordhausen, Thuringia,
- a literary figure in the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, related to:
- Werther (Massenet) (1892), an opera by Jules Massenet
- The new sorrows of young W. (1972), a play by Ulrich Plenzdorf
- Werther effect , the phenomenon that suicides reported in the media trigger acts of imitation
- the following films:
- Werther (1938) , directed by Max Ophüls
- Werther (2008) , directed by Uwe Janson, with Stefan Konarske and Hannah Herzsprung
Werther is the family name of the following people:
- Georg Ehrenreich von Werther (1742–1816), Royal Prussian Major General
- Gerhard Werther (1878–1939), German administrative officer, district administrator for the districts of Schleswig (1919–1933) and Plön (1933–1939)
- Gustav Werther (1815–1869), German chemist and university professor
- Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther (1772-1859), Prussian Foreign Minister
- Johannes Werther (1865–1936), German dermatologist and founder of the Friedrichstadt moulage collection
- Julius von Werther (1838–1910), German writer and theater director
- Karl von Werther (1809-1894), German diplomat and ambassador
- Karl Ludwig Werther (pseudonym Karl Lampe ; 1809–1861), German lawyer and writer
- Ludwig Werther (1769 – after 1829), German singer and actor
- Paul Werther (1908–1965), German politician (KPD / SED), resistance fighter and VVN and FDGB functionary
- Philipp August Wilhelm von Werther (1729–1802), royal Prussian lieutenant general
- Waldemar Werther (1867–1932), German colonial officer and geographer
- Wilhelm Werther (1847–1930), German publisher in Rostock, editor of the works of John Brinckman
See also:
- Werther's Original , formerly Werthers Echte , a brand for caramel candies
- Werthner
- Bankhaus Werther AG in the Westphalian town of the same name Werther (see above)
- McWherter
- Verter
