Karl Stieler (December 15, 1842 in

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– April 12, 1885 in Munich) was a German

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Life

Stieler was the son of the painter

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and his wife, the poet Josephine von Miller. After graduating from school, he studied law at the University of

. He later transferred to the University of

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, where he earned his PhD in 1869. He subsequently worked as a lawyer for about a year, but abandoned that career in favour of extensive travel through

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, and

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. Stieler earned his living by writing about these journeys, and other articles, mostly for the '. Stieler returned to Munich to settle down, where he quickly became acquainted with fellow writers

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and

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; these two introduced him into the Munich literary circle (''The Crocodiles''). During these years he became the editor of the ', and was influenced in his writing by

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. In 1882, Stieler was promoted to Archive Assessor of the

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n Public Records Office in Munich. He died of

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there, at the age of 43, on April 12, 1885. At his request, he was buried in . The community of commissioned the sculptor Thomas Dennerlein to create a memorial for Stieler.

Works

* ''Aus deutschen Bergen'' (1871) * ''Aus Fremde und Heimat'' (1886) * ''Bergbleamln'' (1865) * ''Durch Krieg zum Frieden'' (1886) * ''Elsaß-Lothringen'' (1877) * ''Habt's a Schneid?'' (1877) * ''Hochlandlieder'' (1879) * ''A Hochzeit in de Berg'' (1884) * ''In der Sommerfrisch'' (1883) * ''Italien'' (1875) * ''Kulturbilder aus Bayern'' (1885) * ''Natur- und Lebensbilder aus den Alpen'' (1886) * ''Neue Hochlandlieder'' (1883) * ''Rheinfahrt'' (1877) * ''Um Sunnawend (1878) * ''Wanderzeit'' (1882) * ''Aus der Hütten'' (1887) * ''Weidmanns Erinnerungen'' (1871) * ''Weil's mi freut!'' (1876) * ''Winteridyll'' (1885)

References

* Pikola, Rudolf: ''Karl Stieler'' : seine Zeit, seine Familie, sein Werk. - Hausham : Fuchs, 1985 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stieler, Karl 1842 births 1885 deaths 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers Writers from Munich