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Biography

Ludwig Eichrodt was the son of Ludwig Friedrich Eichrodt (1798-1844), an officer, and Elisabeth (née Joos, 1809-1891) Eichrodt. He studied at

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'' his comic songs, “Wanderlust,” which had great popularity.

Literary works

* ''Gedichte in allerlei Humoren'' (Stuttgart 1853) * ''Schneiderbüchlein'' (anonymous with H. Goll, Stuttgart 1853) * ''Leben und Liebe'', poems (Frankfurt 1856) * ''Die Pfalzgrafen'', dramatic poem (Lahr 1859) * ''Deutsches Knabenbuch; Weltruhm in Reimsprüchen'' (Lahr 1865) * ''Alboin'', dramatic poem (Bühl 1865) * ''Rhein-schwäbisch'', poem in middle-Baden dialect (Karlsruhe 1869, 2. Aufl. 1873) * ''Lyrischer Kehraus'' (Straßburg 1869, 2 Teile) * ''Lyrische Karikaturen'', anthology (Straßburg 1869) * ''Biedermeiers Liederlust'' (Straßburg 1870) * ''Melodien'', songs (Stuttgart 1875) * ''Hortus dellclarum'', humorous anthology (Lahr 1876-80, 6 Teile) * ''Gold. Sammlung des Ursprünglichen und Genialen in deutscher Lyrik'' (Leipzig 1882) His collected works were published in 1890 at Stuttgart.

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External links

Karlsruhe:Ludwig Eichrodt

Bücher von und über Ludwig Eichrodt bei der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

1827 births 1892 deaths 19th-century German poets People from the Grand Duchy of Baden German male poets German male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German male writers {{Germany-poet-stub