Eichendorff, Joseph von

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Eichendorff, Joseph von

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  1. Eichendorff, Joseph Carl Benedikt Freiherr von
  2. March 10, 1788 in Schloß Lubowitz (Oberschlesien)
  3. November 26, 1857 in Neiße
  4. Lyriker, Dramatiker, Erzähler, Übersetzer, Jurist
  5. Breslau, Heidelberg, Berlin, Wien

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Eichendorff, Joseph von
(Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph von Eichendorff as a young man (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff, etching by Franz Kugler, 1832 (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff's birthplace, Lubowitz Castle, Ratibor (photo from 1939). It was destroyed in March 1945 during the Upper Silesian Offensive. The territory was awarded to Poland after World War II. (Source: Wikimedia)
The remains of Lubowitz Castle, Racibórz (Poland), 2008. Note Eichendorff's portrait on the wall. The German inscription (Keinen Dichter noch ließ seine Heimat los) translates to "No poet's homeland has ever relinquished its hold on him", a quote from his novel Dichter und ihre Gesellen. (Source: Wikimedia)
Matthias Claudius' works, vol.1 (Source: Wikimedia)
Heidelberg Castle by Carl Blechen, 1829 (Source: Wikimedia)
Lützow Free Corps by Richard Knötel, 1890 (Source: Wikimedia)
Family arms of von Larisch (Source: Wikimedia)
Cave in the Harz Mountains, Caspar David Friedrich, sepia, ca. 1811 (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff residence in Köthen, where he lived from April to October 1855 (Source: Wikimedia)
Grave of Joseph von Eichendorff in Nysa (Neiße), Poland (Source: Wikimedia)
Friedrich Schlegel, painting by Franz Gareis, 1801 (Source: Wikimedia)
Josef Görres by August Strixner, lithograph (after a painting by Peter von Cornelius) (Source: Wikimedia)
Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1806, a major influence on Eichendorff's poetry (Source: Wikimedia)
Title page of third edition of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808 (Source: Wikimedia)
Title page of Eichendorff's Gedichte (Poems), Halle, about 1907 (Source: Wikimedia)
Wanderschaft by Ludwig Richter, illustration for Eichendorff's poem The Happy Wanderer, woodcut 1858–61 (Source: Wikimedia)
Monument to Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid (Source: Wikimedia)
Frontpage of Robert Schumann's Liederkreis, op. 39, published 1842 in Vienna (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff monument in Prudnik, erected in 1911 (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff monument in Ratibor by Johannes Boese. Erected in 1909, it was removed in 1945 when the Soviets occupied Silesia and disappeared shortly thereafter. A replacement was put up in 1994. (Source: Wikimedia)
Monument in front of Silesia House (Source: Wikimedia)
The poet as a German 10-penny stamp, 1957 (Source: Wikimedia)
Eichendorff Museum Wangen im Allgäu, (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph von Eichendorff memorial monument in Ratibor Poland today (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Carl Otto Berger - 1854/1885 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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