Ludwig Eichrodt

Ludwig Eichrodt ( born February 2, 1827 in Durlach in Karlsruhe, † February 2nd 1892 in Lahr ) was a humorous poet.

Life

Ludwig Eichrodt was born the son of Mr and Mrs Ludwig Friedrich Eichrodt (1798-1844) ( ministry officials and Minister of the Interior ) and Elizabeth ( born Joos, 1809-1891 ). He studied since 1845 in Heidelberg and Freiburg, law, philosophy and history, and then lived as a magistrate in various places until he was appointed Supreme court judge in Lahr, 1871. He died on his 65th birthday. His grave is in a cemetery in Lahr. According to him, a primary school in Lahr is named.

Together with his student friend Adolf Kussmaul he invented the character of the Swabian village teacher Gottlieb Biedermeier, a man who by their characterization " help his little room, his garden close, be unsightly stains and the poor lot of a despised village schoolmaster to earthly happiness ." According to this figure, a whole era was later named.

Eichrodt was a friend of a bushel since his school days with Viktor. With the North German writer Theodor Storm - poet lawyer like himself - led Eichrodt a lively correspondence.

Works

Among his publications (some under the pseudonym of Rudolf Rodt ) we call:

  • Poems in all sorts of humours. Stuttgart 1853
  • Schneider booklet. Stuttgart 1853 ( anonymously with H. Goll )
  • Life and love. Frankfurt 1856 ( poems)
  • The Count Palatine. Lahr 1859 ( dramatic poem )
  • German boy book. World famous in rhyme sayings. Lahr 1865 ( illustrated by Schrödter and Campenhausen )
  • Alboin. Buhl 1865 ( dramatic poem )
  • Rhein- Swabian. Karlsruhe in 1869, 2nd edition 1873 ( poems in medium Baden manner of speaking)
  • Lyrical Kehraus. Strasbourg in 1869, 2 parts
  • Lyrical cartoons. Strasbourg 1869 ( anthology )
  • Biedermeier songs pleasure. Strasbourg 1870
  • Melodies. Stuttgart 1875 ( songs)
  • Hortus deliciarum. Lahr 1876-80, 6 parts ( humorous anthology )
  • Gold. Collection of originality and genius in German poetry. Leipzig 1882

Illustrations (selection)

  • German boy book: one hundred figures in words and pictures. - Lahr. Schauenburg, 1864 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
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