About Hermann Allmers
Lived 1821 – 1902 (aged 81). Hermann Allmers was a German writer, poet, farmer, historian and geographer.
Hermann Allmers (11 February 1821, Rechtenfleth – 9 March 1902) was a German poet.
He was an only child, and was privately tutored. He began his career in public education, but took over the family farm after the death of his father in 1849.
Through travel, he met a number of influential people who inspired him to take writing seriously, leading to his publication of his Marschenbuch in 1858.
He wrote the poem Feldeinsamkeit which was then made into a song by Johannes Brahms.
Allmers was born in , just north of Sandstedt, and died in Rechtenfleth also.
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German poet (1821-1902)
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Hermann Allmers was born on 11 February 1821 in Rechtenfleth.
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Hermann Allmers died on 9 March 1902 in Rechtenfleth.
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Hermann Allmers was a writer, poet, farmer, historian and geographer.
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Hermann Allmers was German.
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