Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty was a German poet, known especially for his ballads.
Ludwig Hölty
Göttinger Hainbund
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The Göttinger Hainbund was a German literary group in the late 18th century, nature-loving and classified as part of the Sturm und Drang movement.
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty
…Heinrich Christian Boie, the brothers Stolberg, and others, and became one of the founders of the famous society of young poets known as the Hain, or Göttinger Hainbund. By the time he left the university in 1774, he had abandoned all intention of becoming a clergyman, but he was not to enter any profession. He died…
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