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 ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

and died on 19 March 1884 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

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

Alsatian dialect Alsatian ( or "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: ''Elsässerdeitsch''; ; or ) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German co ...

, 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