Gustav von Meyern Hohenberg

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Occupation Playwright Nationality German		Name Gustav Meyern-Hohenberg Role Playwright

Notable works Heinrich von Schwerin (1859) Died March 1, 1878, Konstanz, Germany

Gustav Freiherr von Meyern-Hohenberg (10 September 1820 - 1 March 1878) was a German jurist and playwright.

Baron Meyern applied himself to legal studies at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In 1843 he took service with Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as appointed Geheimrat and General Intendant of the Coburg court theatre from 1860 to 1868. Meyern was unsuccessful with his dramas, which have vanished into oblivion.

Works

Ein Kaiser (1857)

Heinrich von Schwerin, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1859)

Ein Kind des Elsaß, Drama in 2 Akten (1873)

Das Ehrenwort, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1873)

Das Haus Posa, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)

Die Cavaliere, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)

Welfenlied (1854), melodized by Henry Litolff

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