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1512, cover of the "four singing voices", the first printed German songbook by Erhard Oeglin 1517, Theuerdank, book commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I, 1459-1519, 1528, front page of the book of proverbs by Johannes Agricola, 1494 - 1566, a German reformer, 1534, a page of the first translation of the Bible by Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546, 1549, manuscript by Joerg Wickram, 1505 - 1562, an Early Modern High German writer 1551, front page by Caspar Scheidt, 1520 - 1565, a German poet 1569, page from Amadis of France, a popular romance of chivalry 1572, front page of a chapbook, Claus Narr or Claus Narren von Ranstedt, a German court jester 1595, Froschmeuseler by Georg Rollenhagen, 1542 - 1609, a German writer 1604, drinking song by Otto Siegfried Harnisch, around 1568 - 1623, German cantor and composer 1618, summer song from the popular Erfurter Volksliederbuch songbook, 1620; front page of the book Englische Comoedianten by Heinrich Julius; 1564 - 1613 1636, front page of The Fruitbearing Society, Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft or Palmenorden, the biggest literary group of the Baroque, 1659, title page by Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz also known as Andreas Henricus Bucholtz, 1607 - 1671, a German Lutheran theologian and writer of the baroque period, 1741, portrait of Johann Jakob Breitinger, 1701 - 1776, a Swiss philologist and author, 1744, symbols of the Pegnesischer Blumenorden association of poets, 1759, handwritten pages of fables of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781 1767, portrait of Johann Melchior Goeze, 1717 - 1786, a Lutheran theologian, 1767,title page from Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781 17th century, portrait of Jakob Boehme, 1575 - 1624, German mystic, philosopher Abraham by the Benedictine nun Roswitha or Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim, German poet, 10th Century, Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner, 1719 - 1800, a German mathematician Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner, 1719 - 1800, a German mathematician and poet, Achim or Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim, 1781-1831, German writer, Adalbert Stifter or Albert Stifter, 1805 - 1868, an Austrian writer, painter and teacher of the Biedermeier period, Adam Puschmann, 1532 - 1600, a German poet and Meistersinger Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack, 1815 - 1894, German poet, art and literary historian Adolf Holtzmann 1810–1870, a German professor and philologist Adolf von Wilbrandt, 1837 - 1911, German writer and director of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Aegidius Albertinus, 1560 - 1620, writer and translator Aennchen von Tharau, a song by Simon Dach, 1605 - 1659, a German poet of the baroque period, Albrecht von Eyb, 1420 - 1475, lawyer and early humanist German writer and translator Alfred Meissner, 1822 - 1885, an Austrian writer, Alfred Woltmann, 1841 - 1880, German art historian, Aloys Blumauer, 1755-1798, Austrian writer Amadis of France, a popular romance of chivalry Amalie von Sachsen or Amalie Heiter or A. Serena, 1794-1870, Princess of Saxony, composer, writer of plays and comedies, Amandus Gottfried Adolf Muellner, 1774-1829, German lawyer and writer, Ambras Book of Heroes, a handwritten collection of medieval epics, 13th Century, Ambras Book of Heroes, a handwritten collection of medieval epics, Wolfdietrich, 13th Century, Ambrosius Lobwasser, 1515 - 1585, a German humanist writer Andreas Gryphius also known as Andreas Greif, 1616 - 1664, a German poet Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz also known as Andreas Henricus Bucholtz, 1607 - 1671, a German Lutheran theologian Angelus Silesius or Johannes Scheffler, 1624 - 1677, a German poet and theologian Anna Louisa Karsch also known as Karschin, 1722 - 1791, a German poet, Anna Margaretha or Margarethe Schwan, 1766 - 1796, friend of Friedrich von Schiller, Anton Heinrich Springer, 1825 - 1891, German art historian, Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel, 1633 - 1714, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg Antonie or Toni Adamberger, 1790-1867, Austrian actress, Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher, writer and university lecturer, August Friedrich Christian Vilmar, 1800 - 1868, a German Neo-Lutheran theologian August Heinrich Hoffmann or Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1798-1874, August Kopisch, 1799-1853, German historical painter and writer, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, 1767-1845, German literary historian August Wilhelm von Schlegel, 1767-1845, German literary historian, translator, writer, philosopher Baron Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Knigge, 1752 - 1796, a German writer and educator, Baron Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, 1744-1817, archbishop and statesman, writer, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, 1776-1831, German historian, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, 1680 - 1747, a German writer Bettina von Arnim, 1785-1859, German writer Bettina von Arnim, 1785-1859, German writer of the German Romanticism, birthplace in Dresden of Carl Theodor Koerner, 1791-1813, German poet and playwright, book by Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof, 1525 -1605, a German baroque poet book illustration from the Ulm Master Terenz, 1486, a late-medieval artist book of folk songs of 1536, about the battle of Pavia bust of Frederick II, title page by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, 1725 - 1798, Carl Arnold Kortum, 1745 - 1824, a German doctor, writer Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, 1819 - 1904, a German writer and politician Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun or Heinrich Clauren, 1771-1854, German writer, Carl Johann Philipp Spitta, 1801 - 1859, a German Lutheran theologian and poet, Carl or Karl Julius Weber, 1767-1832, German writer and satirist, Carl or Karl Ritter, 1779-1859, co-founder of scientific geography, Caroline Schelling, 1763 -1809, a German writer and translator, Charlotte von Kalb, 1761 - 1843, friend of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Charlotte von Wolzogen, 1766 - 1794, childhood friend of Friedrich von Schiller, Christian August Vulpius or Anshelmo Mercello Thuring or Tirso de Milano, 1762-1827, German writer, Christian Felix Weisse, 1726 - 1804, a German writer and educator, Christian Freiherr von Wolff or Chrétien Wolf, 1679 - 1754, German polymath Christian Freiherr von Wolff or Chrétien Wolf, 1679 - 1754, German polymath, lawyer, mathematician and philosopher of the Enlightenment Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, 1739 - 1791, a German poet, organist, composer Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, 1739 - 1791, a German poet, organist, composer and journalist Christian Garve, 1742 - 1798, a German philosopher, Christian Gottfried Korner, 1756 - 1831, Christian Gryphius, 1649 - 1706, a German educator Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen, 1817 - 1903, German historian Christian Thomasius, 1655 - 1728, a German lawyer, philosopher Christian Thomasius, 1655 - 1728, a German lawyer, philosopher, university professor, Enlightenment philosopher and witch theoretist, Christian Weise or Siegmund Gleichviel, 1642 - 1708, a German writer Christian Weise, 1642 - 1708, a German writer Christine Friederike Wilhelmine Herzlieb, 1789-1865 Claus Narr or Claus Narren von Ranstedt, a German court jester codex cottonianus, a page from Heliand, an early medieval Old Saxon epic poem, Germanic saga, 9th Century Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, 1825 - 1898, a Swiss poet of realism, Conrad Gesner, 1516-1565, Swiss physician copper engraving by Pfenninger, 1789, portrait of Christian Ludwig Liscow, 1701 - 1760, a German satirist, Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schroeter, 1751 - 1802, a German singer and actress, Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, 1750 - 1819, a German poet, translator and lawyer Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, 1712 - 1772, a German diplomat and Danish minister of state, Countess Theresia Franziska von Hohenheim, 1748 - 1811, mistress, wife of Duke Carl Eugen of Wuerttemberg and Duchess of Wuerttemberg, dance songs by Neidhart von Reuental, German lyric poet of the Middle Ages, 13th Century, Danubian Passion Play, 15th Century David Friedrich Strauss, 1808-1874, German writer, philosopher and theologian, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, 1622 - 1676, a German writer Der Schwabenspiegel, legal code book created in 1275, non-Saxon law book for German Iskan, 14th Century, Der von Kuerenberg, Danubian lyric, minnesang, 12th Century Der von Kuerenberg, minnesang, Parisian Song Manual, 12th Century Dietrich's Flight, Middle High German heroic epic poem, Rabenschlacht, Raven Battle, 13th Century, Duke Ernst, a Middle High German verse novel or minstrel poetry of the High Middle Ages, 12th and 15th Century, Edmund Franz Andreas Hoefer, 1819 - 1882, a German writer, novelist and literary critic, Elizabeth Charlotte Constanzia von der Recke, 1754-1833, a Baltic-German poet, writer and creator of hymns, Emilie Friederike Henriette von Gleichen-Russwurm, 1804 - 1872, the youngest daughter of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach, 1784-1852, German writer Ernst Christoph Freiherr von Houwald, 1778-1845, German writer and playwright, Ernst Conrad Friedrich Schulze, 1789-1817, German poet of Romanticism, Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, 1806 - 1849, an Austrian popular philosopher Esopus book of fables by Burkard Waldis, 1490 - 1556, German fabulist Ewald Christian von Kleist, 1715 - 1759, a German poet Exhortatio ad plebem christianam, Old Bavarian text from the 9th Century Fanny Lewald or Marcus, 1811 - 1889, a German writer father and son Forster, Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, naturalist and Protestant-Lutheran pastor, Johann Georg Adam Forster, 1754-1794, German naturalist Felix Dahn or Ludwig Sophus, 1834 - 1912, German law professor, writer and historian, Ferdinand Raimund or Ferdinand Jakob Raimann, 1790 - 1836, an Austrian playwright Ferdinand Raimund or Ferdinand Jakob Raimann, 1790 - 1836, an Austrian playwright of Viennese popular theater, first text printed with movable type, Johannes Gutenberg, 1454 Franciscus Junius or François du Jon, 1591-1677, pioneer of Germanic philology, Franz Bopp, 1791-1867, German linguist and Sanskrit researcher Franz Leopold von Ranke, 1795 - 1886, German historian Franz Leopold von Ranke, 1795 - 1886, German historian, Franz Pfeiffer, 1815-1868, Swiss specialist Franz Ritter von Kobell, 1803 - 1882, German mineralogist and writer, Franz Theodor Kugler, 1808-1858, German historian, art historian and writer, Franz von Dingelstedt, 1814 - 1881, a German poet, journalist and theater director, Franz von Gaudy, 1800-1840, German poet and novelist, Frederick V of Denmark, 1723 - 1766, King of Denmark, Friederike Caroline Neuber, 1697 - 1760, German actress Friedrich Adolf Krummacher, 1767-1845, German Protestant theologian, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, 1785-1860, German historian and statesman Friedrich Christoph Perthes, 1772-1843, German bookseller and publisher, Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, 1776-1861, German historian, Friedrich Gerstacker, 1816 - 1872, a German writer, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, 1743 - 1819, a German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, 1743 - 1819, a German philosopher, lawyer, businessman and writer, Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué, 1777-1843, German poet, Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen, 1780-1856, Friedrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel or Einsiedel-Scharfenstein, 1750 - 1828, a German lawyer and writer, Friedrich Ludwig Schroeder, 1744 - 1816, a German actor, Friedrich Mueller also known as Maler Mueller, 1749 - 1825, a German painter, copperplate engraver and poet, Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig Freiherr von Canitz, 1654 - 1699, a German writer and diplomat, Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig Freiherr von Canitz, 1654 - 1699, German writer Friedrich Rueckert or Freimund Raimar, Reimar or Reimer, 1788-1866, German poet Friedrich Rueckert or Freimund Raimar, Reimar or Reimer, 1788-1866, German poet, translator Friedrich Spielhagen, 1829 - 1911, German writer Friedrich Spielhagen, 1829 - 1911, German writer, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, 1807 - 1887, German literary scholar Friedrich von Matthisson, 1761-1831, German poet and prose writer, Friedrich Wilhelm August Schmidt, 1764-1838, Protestant clergyman and author Friedrich Wilhelm Hacklaender, 1816 - 1877, a German writer, Fritz Reuter 1810 - 1874, German poet and writer of the Low German language, Fritz Reuter, 1810 - 1874, German poet front page by Aegidius Albertinus, 1560 - 1620, writer and translator of the Counter-Reformation, front page by Jakob Frey, 1824 - 1875, a Swiss writer, front page of a book called Die schoene Magelone, 1536, front page of the first and the second Faust book, printed by Johann Spiess in Frankfurt, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742 - 1799, a German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German scientist Georg Friedrich Benecke, 1762-1844, German philologist Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Roscher, 1817 - 1894, German historian and economist, Georg Gottfried Gervinius, 1805-1871, German historian and politician Georg Joachim Goeschen, 1752-1828, German publisher, Georg Philipp Harsdoerffer or Harsdorf, 1607 - 1658, a German poet Georg Philipp Harsdoerffer or Harsdorf; 1607 - 1658; a German poet Georg Rollenhagen; 1542 - 1609; a German writer Georg Rudolf Weckherlin 1584 - 1653, a German poet Georg Rudolf Weckherlin 1584 - 1653; a German poet Georg Waitz, 1813 - 1886, a German law historian, George Frederick Rudolph Theodor Herwegh, 1817 - 1875, a German poet George Frederick Rudolph Theodor Herwegh, 1817 - 1875, a German poet of the Vormaerz period German Alexanderlied, an epic poem by Pfaffe Lamprecht, 12th Century Gottfried August Buerger, 1747 - 1794, a German poet Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 - 1716, a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 - 1716, a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, physicist, historian and politician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 - 1716, German philosopher Gotthelf or Albert Bitzius, 1797 - 1854, a Swiss writer and pastor, Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, 1780 - 1860, a German physician, naturalist and natural philosopher of Romanticism, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel, 1736 - 1809, a German writer, military scientist Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener, 1714 - 1771, a German writer Gottlob Ferdinand Maximilian Gottfried von Schenkendorf or Schenkendorff, 1783-1817, German writer, Gottlob Leopold Immanuel Schefer or Pandira, 1784 - 1862, a German poet and composer, Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript, Codex Manesse, by Walther von der Vogelweide, from 1170 - 1230, German poet of the Middle Ages Gustav Freytag, 1816 - 1895, German writer Gustav Freytag, 1816 - 1895, German writer, Gustav Heinrich Gans zu Putlitz, 1821 - 1891, German poet, Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 - 1875, a Danish poet and writer, Hans Konrad or Conrad Dietrich Ekhof or Eckhof, 1720 - 1778, a German actor of the 18th Century, Hans Sachs, 1494 - 1576, a Nuremberg poet, playwright and Meistersinger Hans Sachs, 1494 - 1576, a Nuremberg poet, playwright and Meistersinger, Hartmann von Aue, epic poet of the Middle High German classical period around 1200 Heinrich Gotthardt von Treitschke, 1834 - 1896, a German historian, political writer, Heinrich Julius; 1564 - 1613; Bishop of Halberstadt; Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg, 1737-1823, German poet and critic, Henrich or Henrik or Heinrich Steffens, 1773-1845, philosopher, naturalist and poet, Henry Kruse, 1815 - 1902, a German journalist, poet and writer, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, 1694 - 1768, school teacher of oriental languages Hermann von Lingg, 1820 - 1905, German poet Hermann von Lingg, 1820 - 1905, German poet, Historic manuscript by Pfaffe Konrad, Conrad the Priest, Middle High German Song of Roland, 12th Century, Historic manuscript by Robert Roberthin, 1600 - 1648, a German poet, Historic manuscript of 1600, a poem by Georg Rollenhagen; 1542 - 1609; a German writer Historic manuscript of Ewald Christian von Kleist, 1715 - 1759, Historic manuscript of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet of the Enlightenment, Historic manuscript, 1640, by Andreas Gryphius also known as Andreas Greif, 1616 - 1664, a German poet Historic manuscript, 1640, mourning poem by Christian Gryphius, 1649 - 1706, a German educator and school playwright, Historic manuscript, 1767, page from Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, Historic manuscript, Johann Georg Jacobi, 1740 - 1814, a German poet and writer, Historic manuscript, of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet Historic manuscript, page of Christian Weise or Siegmund Gleichviel, Orontes, Catharinus Civilis, Tarquinius Eatullus, 1642 - 1708, a German writer, playwright and educationalist, Historic manuscript, page of Johann Christian Guenther, 1695 - 1723, a German poet Historic manuscript, page of the family register of Barthold Heinrich Brockes also known as Bertold Hinrich Brockes, 1680 - 1747, a German writer and poet of the early German Enlightenment, Historic manuscript, poem by the writer Dietrich von dem Werder 1584 - 1657, Historic manuscript, poem of Ewald Christian von Kleist, 1715 - 1759, Historic print of 1656, a song by Paul Gerhardt, 1607 - 1676, a German poet and Lutheran, Historic print of 1659, portrait of Johann Balthasar Schupp 1610 - 1661, a German satirical writer and spiritual poet, Historic print, Schimpf-Exempe", comedic writing by Johannes Pauli, c. 1455-1530 and 1533, Franciscan preacher and German book author, Historic print, 1551, front page of the fair catalogue of Frankfurt Book Fair 1564, Historic print, 1560, page from a book of folk songs, printed by Thiebold Berger, Historic print, 1570, page of a book by Johannes Nas or Nasus, 1534 - 1590, Franciscan and suffragan bishop of Brixen, Historic print, 1582, front page of the Frankfurt chapbook Historic print, 1587, text from the Faust chapbook, Historic print, 1598, front page of the book Die Schiltbuerger, a German novel, Historic print, 1599, front page of a Faust book by Georg Rudolf Widmann Historic print, 1609, front page of the world's first newspape by Johann Carolus, 1575 - 1634 Historic print, 1620, a Low German love song, Historic print, 1620, front page of the book Englische Komoedien und Tragoedien, by Heinrich Julius, 1564 - 1613, Bishop of Halberstadt, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg and prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, Historic print, 1669, piece of news about the founding of the Deutschgesinnten Genossenschaft association, Erzschrein, Historic print, 1740, a title page by Johann Jacob Breitinger, 1701 - 1776, a Swiss philologist and author, Historic print, 1740, title page by Johann Jakob Bodmer, 1698 - 1783, a Swiss philologist, Historic print, 1767, title page by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, Historic print, 1772, title page of Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781 Historic print, 2nd title of palmistry, woodcut by Johannes Hartlieb or Hans Hartlieb, 1400 - 1468, doctor, court poet and translator of the late Middle Ages, 15th Century, Historic print, around 1560 -1570, front page of the book Die Finkenritter, a chapbook, Historic print, manuscript by Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1170-1230, German poet Historic print, manuscript, Ambras Book of Heroes, a handwritten collection of medieval epics, Wolfdietrich, 13th Century, Historic print, title page of Bremer Beitraege, 1748, Neue Beitraege zum Vergnuegen des Verstandes und Witzes, a weekly journal, Historic print, woodcut, 1766, Leipzig city theatre by Adam Friedrich Oeser, 1717, Leipzig, a German painter, sculptor and book illustrator, Historic title by Georg Rudolf Weckherlin 1584 - 1653, a German poet historical manuscript and portrait of Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Mueller, 1794-1827, German poet, Historical manuscript and portrait of Karl von Holtei, 1798 - 1880, a German writer, actor, reciter, theater director and theater manager, historical manuscript and portrait of Ottilie Wildermuth, 1817-1877, German writer Historical manuscript, 1593, by Heinrich Julius; 1564 - 1613; Bishop of Halberstadt Historical manuscript, 1795, by Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, historical manuscript, 1812, and portrait, 1839, of Karl Leberecht Immermann, 1796-1840, German writer, poet and playwright, historical manuscript, 1828, and portrait of Eduard Friedrich Phillip Moerike, 1804-1875, German poet of the Swabian School Historical manuscript, 1835, and portrait of Friedrich von Sallet, 1812 - 1843, a German writer, Historical manuscript, Nibelungen manuscript, Donaueschingen manuscript, Nibelungen saga, 13th Century, Historical manuscript, poem by August Heinrich Hoffmann or Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1798 - 1874, a German university teacher Historical print, 1784, title of the first edition of Kabale und Liebe, Love and Intrigue by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Historical print, engraving, 1814, title page by Carl Theodor Koerner, 1791-1813, German poet and playwright, Historical print, illustration, 1782, National Theater in Mannheim, Historical title, Kritik der reinen Vernunft, 1781, by Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher Historischer Druck Historischer StichChristian Adolph Klotz, 1738 - 1771, a German philologist, Hyperion or The Hermit in Greece by Johann Christian Friedrich Hoelderlin, 1770 - 1843 illustrations from Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, Jakob Boehme, 1575 - 1624, German mystic, philosopher Jean Jacques Louis Angely, 1787-1835, German comedy writer, actor and director, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 - 1778, a Swiss writer, philosopher Jens Immanuel Baggesen, 1764 - 1826, a Danish writer Joachim Heinrich Campe, 1746 - 1818, a German writer Joachim Heinrich Campe, 1746 - 1818, a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher, Joachim Rachel or Der deutsche Juvenal, 1618 - 1669, a German satirist Jobsiade by Carl Arnold Kortum, 1745 - 1824, a German doctor, writer Johann Adolf Schlegel, 1721 - 1793, a German poet and Protestant priest, Johann Andreas Schmeller, 1785-1852, Bavarian linguist, Johann Anton Leisewitz, 1752 - 1806, a German writer and lawyer, Johann Arnold Ebert, 1723 - 1795, a German writer Johann Arnold Ebert, 1723 - 1795, a German writer and translator, Johann Balthasar Schupp, 1610 - 1661, a German satirical writer and spiritual poet, Johann Baptist Fischart, 1546 - 1591, an early Modern High German writer Johann Baptist Fischart, 1546 - 1591, an Early Modern High German writer Johann Baptist Fischart, 1546 - 1591, an early Modern High German writer Johann Bernhard Basedow, 1724 - 1790, a German theologian Johann Bernhard Gustav Droysen, 1808 - 1884, German historian, Johann Christian Friedrich Hoelderlin, 1770 - 1843, a German poet Johann Christian Guenther, 1695 - 1723, a German poet, Johann Christian Guenther, 1695 - 1723, German poet Johann Christoph Adelung, German grammarian Johann Christoph Adelung, German grammarian and philologist Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schmid, 1768-1854, Catholic priest and writer, author of youth literature, Johann Christoph Haug, 1761-1829, German song and epigram writer, poet, Johann Friedrich Herbart, 1776-1841, German philosopher, psychologist and educator, founder of Herbartianism, Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis, 1762-1834, Swiss poet, Johann Georg Hamann, 1730 - 1788, a German philosopher and writer Johann Georg Jacobi, 1740 - 1814, a German poet and write Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann, 1728 - 1795, philosopher, Johann Georg Sulzer, 1720-1779, a Swiss theologian Johann Georg Sulzer, 1720-1779, a Swiss theologian and philosopher of the Enlightenment, Johann Gottfried Seume, 1763 - 1810, a German writer and poet, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 1762 - 1814, a German educator and philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 1762 - 1814, a German educator and philosopher of German idealism, Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke or Johann von Madgeburg, 1771-1848, German writer and educator, Johann Heinrich Merck, 1741 - 1791, an editor, writer and naturalist Johann Heinrich Merck, 1741 - 1791, an editor, writer and naturalist, Johann Jacob Engel, 1741 - 1802, a German writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, Johann Jakob Bodmer, 1698 - 1783, a Swiss philologist Johann Jakob Bodmer, 1698 - 1783, a Swiss philologist, Johann Jakob Breitinger, 1701 - 1776, Swiss philologist and author JOHANN JAKOB WILHELM HEINSE, 1749-1803, a German writer Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, 1730-1793, a German translator, actor and musician, Johann Karl August Musaeus, 1735 - 1787, a German writer Johann Ladislaus Pyrker or Pyrker von Felsoe-Eoer, 1772 - 1847, an Austrian poet and Roman Catholic Bishop, Johann Lauremberg or Johannes Lauremberg, 1590 - 1658, Low German poet and writer Johann Lauremberg or Johannes Lauremberg, Low German poet and writer Johann Martin Usteri, 1763 - 1827, a Swiss poet Johann Michael Moscherosch, 1601 - 1669, a German statesman, satirist Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy, 1801 - 1862, an Austrian actor, singer, playwright and satirist of the Viennese popular theater, Johann Nepomuk Vogl, 1802 - 1866, an Austrian writer, poet and journalist, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter or Jean Paul, 1763-1825, German writer Johann Peter Uz, 1720 - 1796, a German poet Johann Rist, 1607 - 1667, a German poet Johann Timotheus Hermes, 1738 - 1821, a German poet Johann von Besser, 1654 - 1729, a German poet, Johann Wilhelm Daniel von Archenholz or Archenholtz, 1741 - 1812, a Prussian officer, writer and publisher, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet of the Enlightenment, Johanne Justine Renner, nee Segedin, 1763 - 1856, known as Gustel von Blasewitz, Johannes Agricola, 1494 - 1566, a German reformer Johannes Sleidanus, 1506 - 1556, a German lawyer and diplomat, Johannes von Mueller, 1752 - 1809, a Swiss historian, political writer and statesman, Joseph Maria Christoph Freiherr von Lassberg, 1770-1855 Julius Carl Reinhold Sturm or Julius Stern, 1816 - 1896, poet of the late Romantic period, Julius Mosen or Moses, 1803 - 1867, a German poet and writer Julius Rodenberg or Julius Levy, 1831 - 1914, a German journalist and writer, Julius Roderich Benedix, 1811 - 1873, a German comic poet, actor and theater director, Julius Wolff, 1834 - 1910, German poet Julius Wolff, 1834 - 1910, German poet and writer, Justinus Andreas Christian von Kerner, 1786-1862, German poet, physician and medical writer, Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae, 1726 - 1777, a German writer Justus Georg Schottelius 1612 - 1676 Justus Moeser, 1720 - 1794, a German jurist, statesman, write Justus Moeser, 1720 - 1794, a German jurist, statesman, writer and historian Karl August Koberstein, 1797-1870, German literary historian Karl Christian Ernst Graf von Bentzel-Sternau, or Horatio Cocles, 1767-1847, German statesman, publisher and writer, Karl Egon Ebert, 1801 - 1882, German-Bohemian poet, Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, 1741 - 1792, a German Protestant theologian Karl Friedrich Hartmann Mayer, 1786-1870, German lawyer and poet, Karl Friedrich Kretschmann or the bard Rhingulph, 1738-1809, a German poet, comedy writer and narrator, Karl Friedrich von Gerok, 1815 - 1890, a German theologian and poet, Karl Herlosssohn or Borromaeus Sebastian Georg Karl Reginald Herloss, 1804 - 1849, a German writer Karl Joseph Simrock, 1802-1876, German poet and pilologist Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann, 1793-1851, German classical scholar and Germanic medievalist, lecturer and professor at the University of Berlin, 19th century, Karl Ludwig von Knebel, 1744-1834, a German poet and translator, Karl or Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, 1757 - 1828, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Viktor Muellenhoff, 1818-1884, German Germanic medievaliast Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel, 1735 - 1806 Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German philosopher Karl Wilhelm Ramler and the muse, 1725 - 1798, a German poet and philosopher, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, 1725 - 1798, a German poet King John of Saxony, 1801 - 1873, translator, under the pseudonym of Philalethes, Klaus Groth, 1819 - 1899, German poet and writer, Laurin Book of Heroes, 14th century, leaflet in 1632, image of the consequences of the battle of Breitenfeld in 1631, food bank, Leopold Friedrich Guenther von Goeckingk or Goeckingk, 1748 - 1828, a German poet Lessing's wife Eva, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, Levin Schuecking or Christoph Bernhard Levin Matthias Schuecking, 1814 - 1883, German writer and journalist, Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 1786-1868, German prince of the House of Wittelsbach Ludwig Timotheus Freiherr von Spittler, 1752 - 1810, a German historian, Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched, 1713 - 1762, a German poet and translator, M. Bernigeroth, 1760, portrait of Johann Friedrich von Cronegk, 1731 - 1758, a German playwright, poet and essayist, Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer the Younger, 1719 - 1783, a German lawyer and fabulist of the Age of Enlightenment, manuscript by Dietmar von Aist, 1140 – 1171, German minnesang from the Parisian Song Manual, 12th Century manuscript by Michael Beheim, 1420 - 1470, writer, Poeta Weinsbergensis manuscript of 1425, song by Oswald von Wolkenstein, c. 1377-1445, singer, composer and poet, politician, Maria Antonia von Branconi, 1746-1793, mistress of Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Marie Nathusius, 1817 - 1857, a popular storyteller and composer of songs, Matthias Claudius also known as Asmus, 1740 - 1815, a German poet and journalist, Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker, 1811 - 1886, German historian and politician, Melchior Mey, 1810 - 1871, German poet and philosopher, Michael Beer, 1800-1833, German playwright of Jewish origin, Michael Denis, 1729-1800, Austrian Jesuit, author Michael Huber, 1727-1804, German philologist Middle High German epic poem, Nibelungen and Dietrich saga, 14th Century, Middle High German heroic epic poem, Rabenschlacht, Raven Battle, 13th Century, Middle Low German folks book Eulenspiegel from 1511 Millstaett Manuscript, 12th Century, Millstaett Manuscript, written in southern Bavarian Early Middle High German, 12th Century, minnelied, love song by Conrad or Conradin, 1252 - 1268, Duke of Swabia minnelied, love song by Conrad or Conradin, 1252 - 1268, Duke of Swabia as Conrad IV monks and clerics, historic print, 1518, Hardwin von Graetz 1480-1542, German humanist Moritz August von Thuemmel, 1738 - 1817, a German writer, Moritz Gottlieb Saphir or Moses Saphir, 1795 - 1858, an Austrian writer Moritz Hartmann, 1821 - 1872, an Austrian journalist, writer and politician, newspaper vendor of 1631, Niklaus Manuel, called Deutsch, 1484-1530, poet, painter Novalis or Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, 1772-1801, German writer Orendel, minstrel poetry, old Germanic legend, 13th Century, Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz, 1823 - 1891, a German poet, Otto Roquette, 1824 - 1896, German writer, page of Barthold Heinrich Brockes also known as Bertold Hinrich Brockes, 1680 - 1747, a German writer and poet of the early German Enlightenment page of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, 1680 - 1747, a German writer and poet page of the fair catalogue of Frankfurt Book Fair 1564 page of the world's first newspaper, by Johann Carolus, 1575 - 1634 Partonopier and Meliur, poem by Konrad von Wuerzburg or Master Conrad, 1220-1230 - 1287, German poet Paul Fleming, 1609 - 1640, a German doctor, writer Paul Gerhardt, 1607 - 1676, a German poet and Lutheran Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, 1830 - 1914, German writer Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, 1830 - 1914, German writer, Paul Melissus, 1539 - 1602, humanistic modern Latin writer Paul Melissus, or Paul Schede, Paulus Schedius Melissus, 1539 - 1602, humanistic modern Latin writer, translator and composer, Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, 1547 - 1590, humanistic philologist portrait and historic manuscript of Christoph August Tiedge, 1752-1841, German poet, portrait and manuscript of Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751 - 1826, a German poet and translator, portrait and manuscript of Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hoelty, 1748 - 1776, a German trivial poet, portrait of Ernst Kuno Berthold Fischer, 1824 - 1907, a German philosopher, portrait of Ewald Christian von Kleist, 1715 - 1759, a German poet and Prussian officer, portrait of Henrietta von Wolzogen, 1745 - 1788 portrait with autograph, Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, 1785-1863, German language and literature scholar and lawyer, collector of fairy tales and legends, Brothers Grimm, founder of German philology and classical studies, 19th century, Pruenn-Munich Manuscript, Nibelungenlied, The Song of the Nibelungs, 13th Century Rasmus Christian Rask, 1787-1832, major Danish Indo-European scholar Robert Edward Prutz, 1816 - 1872, a German writer and dramatist of the Vormaerz period, Robert Hamerling or Rupert Johann Hammerling, 1830 - 1889, Austrian poet Robert Hamerling or Rupert Johann Hammerling, 1830 - 1889, Austrian poet and writer, Rudolf Karl Gottschall, 1823 - 1909, German writer, literary historian and critic, Rudolph Friedrich Moriz Haupt, 1808-1874, German classical scholar Rudoph Zacharias Becker, 1752-1822, German folk writer Salomon Hermann Mosenthal, 1821 - 1877, a German playwright and librettist, satirical portrait of a monastery's librarian in the 18th Century, title by Baron Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Knigge, 1752 - 1796, a German writer and educator, Sebastian Muenster, 1488 - 1552, cosmographer, humanist and Hebraist, sermon by Johannes Tauler, c. 1300-1361, German theologian and preacher Shakespeare translation of Hamlet's "to be or not to be", by August Wilhelm von Schlegel, 1767-1845, German literary critic, translator Sigmund Feyerabend, 1528 - 1590, a German printer and publisher of the 16th century, Sigmund or Sigismund von Birken, 1626 - 1681, a German Protestant poet silhouette of Heinrich Leopold Wagner, 1747 - 1779, a German writer, Simon Dach, 1605 - 1659, a German poet song by Adam Puschmann, 1532 - 1600, a German poet and Meistersinger, speech by Reinmar von Zweter, from 1200 -1248, German poet symbol of the Pegnesischer Blumenorden association of poets and a figured poem written in Upper German written language by Georg Philipp Harsdoerffer or Harsdorf, 1607 - 1658, a German poet Tannhauser, folk ballad or folk song, printed by Jobst Gutknecht, The Fables of Bidpai in German from 1483, 15th Century, The Great Rose Garden of Worms, Nibelungen and Dietrich saga, 14th Century the Middle Low German folks book Eulenspiegel from 1511, The poem Männerjubel, handwritten by Johann Christian Friedrich Hoelderlin, 1770 - 1843, a German poet the Saxon Chronicle of the World, written in Middle High and Middle Low German, 13th Century, the Song of Songs by King Salomos von Williram von Ebersberg, 1010 - 1085, monk, scholar, 11th Century, The Song of the Nibelungs, epic poem in Hundeshagenschen Kodex The Wessobrunn Prayer or the Wessobrunn Creation Poem, 9th Century, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, 1741 - 1796, a German statesman, writer Thomas Abbt, 1738 - 1766, a German writer and philosopher title page by Heinrich Anselm von Ziegler and Kliphausen, 1663 - 1696, a German novelist title page by Christian Reuter, 1665 -1712, a German writer title page by Christian Wernicke, German epigrammist and diplomat title page of Engelhard, Konrad von Wuerzburg or Master Conrad, 1220-1230 - 1287, German poet title page of Insel Felsenburg, Johann Gottfried Schnabel title page of Laocoon by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781 title page of Laocoon by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, title page of Luise by Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751 - 1826, a German poet and translator, title page of the fables of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781 Ulrich von Hutten, 1488 - 1523, humanist, verses from a book of folk songs of 1536, about the battle of Pavia, Vienna manuscript by Otfried von Weissenburg, gospel book from the 9th Century Vorau Manuscript, The Emperor Chronicle, 12th Century, W. O. von Horn or Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp Oertel, 1798 - 1867, a German writer Walther von der Vogelweide, 1170-1230, Weingartner Songs by Walther von der Vogelweide, 1170 - 1230, German poet of the Middle Ages Wilhelm Carl Grimm, 1786-1859, German language and literature scholar Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Reinwald, 1737 - 1815, a German librarian and linguist, Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Koethen, 1638 - 1665, Wilhelm Raabe or Jakob Corvinus, 1831 - 1910, German writer of poetic realism, Wilhelm Scherer, 1841-1886, Austrian specialist in German studies William Henry von Riehl, 1823 - 1897, German journalist, writer and cultural historian, William Luebke, 1826 - 1893, German art historian, Wolfgang Menzel, 1798 - 1873, a German writer woodcuts from 1480 and 1490 - 1552, by Hans Brosamer, German painter, copperplate engraver and print cutter, printed around 1560 by Ulrich Han or Haan, Hahn, Gallus, one of the oldest German book printers,