Find A Grave - Pragfriedhof

Flaischlen, Caesar Otto Hugo b. May 12, 1864 d. October 16, 1920
Author and editor. Born in Stuttgart as the son of an officer, he died in the sanatorium of Hornegg (written today as Horneck) in Gundelsheim. He studied in Berlin, Heidelberg, Zuerich, Leipzig, Freiburg, then did his PhD and moved to Berin in 1890 where he was responsible for the art magazine "Pan" from 1896-1900. His first poems were published in 1884. (Bio by: Dagmar Epple)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Goes, Albrecht b. March 22, 1908 d. February 23, 2000
Poet. Born in Langenbeutingen/Wuerttemberg, he was a Parish priest.In 1926 he began his studies in German literature and linguistics and history but then changed to study protestant theology. From 1930 onwards he worked as priest but in 1932 his first poem are published. From then on he published both prose and poetry, always discussing topical political issues in his works. His grave on the Prag Friedhof in Stuttgart is close to that of the poet and priest Eduard Moerike. (Bio by: Dagmar Epple)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Moerike, Eduard b. September 8, 1804 d. June 4, 1875
Poet. He was born as the seventh of thirteen children to the physican Carl Friedrich Moerike and his wife Charlotte Dorothea in Ludwigsburg (near Stuttgart). In 1822 he began his studies in theology in Tuebingen. He passed his exams in 1826. He was a vicar for eight years in various towns: in Oberboihingen, Moehringen, Koengen, Pflummern, Plattenhardt, Owen, Eltingen, Ochsenwang und Oethlingen.In 1832 his first novel "Maler Nolten" (Painter Nolten) appeared at Schweizerbart publishers in...[Read More] (Bio by: Dagmar Epple)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Speidel, Gen. Hans b. October 28, 1897 d. November 28, 1984
German World War II General, Professor, Author. Speidel was born in Metzingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg. His father, Dr. Emil Speidel was an upper level Forestry Council member and professor. Hans volunteered for World War I service in 1914 when he was 17 years old. In November, 1915 he was promoted to Lieutenant, fighting in Flanders, the Somme and Cambrai. Between the wars he remained in the German Army, studying history and economics in Berlin, Tuebingen and Stuttgart. In 1925 he...[Read More] (Bio by: KenOhio)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Von Hofer, Ludwig b. June 20, 1801 d. March 8, 1887
Sculptor. He was born in Ludwigsburg, died in Stuttgart. Son of a Pleidelsheim caster. Since 1840 he lived in Stuttgart, 10 years later he became the court sculptor to the King. His works are exhibited in various parks in Stuttgart. In the Schlossgarten, you can see his "Rossebaendiger" (Horsetamer) or in Schloss Rosenstein and in various other places you can see examples of his works. The marble bust on his grave was made by Theodor Bausch, who was another famous sculptor (1849-1925) in...[Read More] (Bio by: Dagmar Epple)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Waldoff, Claire b. October 21, 1884 d. January 22, 1957
Actress. She was first successful in a Berlin Burlesque playing the role of a genuine Berlin girl. Her true artistic talent came out in a satirical political revue in the bar "Roland von Berlin" in 1907 and in the "Unter den Linden" bar where she was the chief attraction for years. Recordings followed. The peak of her fame was in the 1920s. For the whole of Germany she became the very symbol of Berlin. During the Nazi Regime she wasn't allowed to perform any longer. So she retired in 1936 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Dagmar Epple)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von b. July 8, 1838 d. March 8, 1917
Aviation Pioneer. Born Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von Zeppelin in Konstanz, Prussia, the son of Amélie Françoise Pauline Macaire d'Hogguer and Friedrich Jerôme Wilhelm Karl Graf von Zeppelin, a minister to the court of the Duke of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He attended the Realschule, the Polytechnical Academy in Stuttgart, the Ludwigsburg Military Academy, and the University of Tübingen. He entered the Prussian army in 1858 and in 1863 he traveled to the United States as a military...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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