About Karl Stelter
Lived 1823 – 1912 (aged 88). Karl Stelter was a writer and bank officer.
Karl Stelter (25 December 1823 – 13 May 1912) was a German poet, writer and merchant who was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle.
Life Stelter was born in Elberfeld, Germany on 25 December 1823. He worked in a silk weaving mill until 1880.
For the 1861 coronation of Emperor Wilhelm I, Stelter wrote a patriotic festival play (a ), which was performed at the Elberfeld City Theater, as well as a Kaiserlied (Imperial Song). His memoirs titled Experiences of an Eighty-Year-Old were published in 1903.
He lived in Wiesbaden for some portion of his life and died there on 13 May 1912. Works
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Who was Karl Stelter?
German poet, writer and merchant (1823–1912)
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Karl Stelter was born on 25 December 1823 in Elberfeld.
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Karl Stelter died on 13 May 1912 in Wiesbaden.
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Karl Stelter was a writer and bank officer.
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