Christoph Martin Wieland was a German poet and writer. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman, as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name. His thought was representative of the cosmopolitanism of the German Enlightenment, exemplified in his remark: "Only a true cosmopolitan can be a good citizen."
1805 portrait of Christoph Martin Wieland by Ferdinand Jagemann
Birthplace of Christoph Martin Wieland in Oberholzheim, (1840)
View of Schloss Warthausen by Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1781)
Former Komödienhaus in der Schlachtmetzig in Biberach an der Riss where in 1762, The Tempest (Shakespeare), translated by Christoph Martin Wieland was performed for the first time in Germany.
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper.
Weber in 1821, by Caroline Bardua
Carl Maria von Weber (1814) Painting by Thomas Lawrence
Weber's summer home (1818–1824) near Dresden; the Carl Maria von Weber Museum
Weber's grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden
