Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof

Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof or sometimes Kirchhoff (1525?-1602?) was a German Landsknecht, Baroque poet and translator. He left a rich and versatile collection of works. The Ausläufer collections contain sixteen works. His printed and handwritten works number more than 60.[1]

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)

Online editions

gollark: What are you *doing*, anyway?
gollark: Pastebin it.
gollark: It's an arcsin.
gollark: It's a cos.
gollark: So I can constantly misquote Stallman.

References

  1. ADB, NDB

Sources

  • Hermann Oesterley: Kirchhof, Hans Wilhelm. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), p.8. Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882 (online version)
  • Bodo Gotzkowsky: Kirchhof, Hans Wilhelm. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), pp.645 f. Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977 ISBN 3428001923 (online version)


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