Friedrich Konrad Müller (born November 14, 1823 Ummerstadt

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; † 26 April 1881 in Leipzig

Leipzig

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) was a German poet, journalist and physician. He called himself Müller von der Werra.

Life

Müller was the son of a farmer. He became an apprentice pharmacist

Pharmacist

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 in Hildburghausen

Hildburghausen

Hildburghausen is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the district Hildburghausen. It is situated on the river Werra, 20 km south of Suhl, and 25 km northwest of Coburg....

 in and the mid-forties, he went to Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, where he met the poet Wilhelmine von Chézy

Helmina von Chézy

Helmina von Chézy , born Wilhelmine von Klencke, was a German journalist, poet and playwright, most famous for writing the libretto for Carl Maria von Weber's opera Euryanthe and the play Rosamunde, for which Franz Schubert provided incidental music.This article uses material from the German...

, which supported him financially and encouraged his first works.

Because of his participation in the revolution of March 1848, he had to flee to Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and studied medicine in Zurich

Zürich

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 and Bern. Other cities were Geneva

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 and St. Gallen

St. Gallen

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. Then he returned to his homeland, going to Camburg

Camburg

Camburg is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 18 km northeast of Jena, and 13 km southwest of Naumburg. Since 1 December 2008, it is part of the town Dornburg-Camburg....

 in Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

, Weimar

Weimar

Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...

, Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

 and Gotha

Gotha (town)

Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in...

. In 1869 Müller as an honorary guest of the Khedive

Khedive

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 at the opening of the Suez Canal

Suez Canal

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. In 1871 Müller became an honorary doctorate from the University of Jena

Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...

, and a year later, an honorary citizen of his native city.

Works (selection)

• The liberty miracle horn or Rothe roses and sword sound. A. See Biel 1850 (poems).
• A German oak ring. 1857 (poems).
• St. John's dream. 1860 (story).
• Thuringia. 1861 (guidebook).
• Ererbt und ergerbt. 1871 (story).

External links

• Julius Riffert: Müller, Friedrich Konrad. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie is one of the most important and most comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language....
  
  (ADB). Vol. 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 702–704.