Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold (27 February 1797Bridgwater (2000), p. 213. – 30 November 1851) was a Pomeranian priest and author.

Life

Meinhold was born in

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on the island of Usedom, where his father Georg Wilhelm Meinhold (1767–1728) was a Lutheran priest. Growing up in the atmosphere of the Napoleonic Wars, he enrolled as a student at the University of Greifswald in Swedish Pomerania in the fall of 1813. After his theological education, he was priest in Koserow on Usedom from 1821 until 1827.Goetz (2007), p. 81. For the next 17 years, he was priest in

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, also on Usedom, before he relocated to Farther Pomerania. He retired early on account of his insubordinate behavior and died in 1851 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.Dubilski (2003), p. 109. Meinhold was a poet, playwright, and novelist.Mike Ashley (1977) ''Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction'', p. 130.

Works

Meinhold's best known works are two historical Gothic romance novels: * ''Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe'', which was first published anonymously in 1838. It was translated into English as ''

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'' by Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (1821–1869) in 1843. * ''Sidonia von Bork, die Klosterhexe'' (1847), which was translated into English as ''Sidonia the Sorceress'' by Jane Wilde, the mother of

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, in 1849. The book was printed by William Morris' Kelmscott Press in 1894. (See Sidonia von Borcke.)

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Sidonia von Bork die Klosterhexe, original German Text 1847-1848
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