Emil Rittershaus
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Biography
He was born at BarmenBarmen
Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 with four other towns was merged with the city of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. Barmen was the birth-place of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the...
. His poetry, marked by simple feeling, fine diction, and original matter, won great popularity. He died in Barmen.
Works
The best known of his works are:- Gedichte (Poems; 1856; 8th ed. 1891)
- Am Rhein und beim Wein (By the Rhine and with wine; 1884; 3d ed. 1893)
- Buch der Leidenschaft (Book of passion; 1886)
- In Bruderliebe und Brudertreue (In brotherly love and brotherly fidelity; 1893)