''Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer'' is a ballad written by

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

, as part of his 1797 ballad competition with

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

Sources

* Moritz Retzsch: ''Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin: oder der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer. Mit einigen Andeutungen von Carl August Böttiger''. Cotta, Stuttgart 1837. * Ulrike Völz: ''Funktion des Mittelalters in Schillers klassischen Balladen „Ritter Toggenburg“ und „Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer“''. Hausarbeit, Universität Greifswald 1990.

External links

* Poetry by Friedrich Schiller Ballads 1797 poems {{Poem-stub