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Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof

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Name
  
Hans Kirchhof


Role
  
Poet

Died
  
1602, Spangenberg, Germany

Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof (1525?-1602?, sometimes known as Kirchhoff) was a German Landsknecht, baroque poet and translator. He left a rich and versatile collection of works. The Ausläufer collections contain sixteen works. The number of his printed and handwritten works are more than 60.

Selected literary works

  • Wendunmut, auch Wendunmuth (1563)
  • 5 Gelegenhetsschriften traurige und freudige Ereignisse aus dem Leben der hessischen Landgrafenfamilie (1564)
  • Militaris Disciplina (1602)
  • Schatztruhen
  • Kommentarien des Geschichtsschreibers Philipp von Commines
  • Hessisches Bühnenspiel vom Bauernkriege (1570)

    • References

    Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof Wikipedia
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