August Daniel Ehrenfried Stöber (1808–1884) was an Alsatian poet, scholar and collector of folklore. He was born on 9 July 1808 in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

and died on 19 March 1884 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

, where he had worked as a teacher. Stöber composed poetry and tales in the

Alsatian dialect Alsatian ( gsw-FR, Elsässisch, links=no or "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: ''Elsässerdeitsch''; french: Alsacien; german: Elsässisch or ) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed regio ...

, and studied the culture and history of his homeland.

Works

* ''Elsässisches Sagenbuch''. Straßburg 1842. * ''Die Lindenkirche''. In: ''Badisches Sagen-Buch''. 2. Band. Karlsruhe: Creuzbauer und Kasper, 1846, S. 140–141 * ''Die Sagen des Elsasses''. St. Gallen 1852.

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* 1808 births 1884 deaths Alsatian-German people German male writers French poets {{Germany-writer-stub