Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme
Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme was a German regional writer and poet.
From 1847 he studied philology and theology at the University of Münster, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the gymnasium in Arnsberg. Afterwards he taught classes in Brilon and at the Paulinum in Münster. From 1856 to 1872 he was a teacher at the Theodorianum in Paderborn, then later relocated to Heiligenstadt as director of the Catholic gymnasium. Grimme was one of the 56 founding members of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift.
The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Grimme-Weg, is an 85 km hiking trail maintained by the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein.
Published works (selection)
Schwänke und Gedichte in sauerländischer Mundart - Anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect.- * I. Sprickeln un Spöne.
- * II. Spargitzen.Das Sauerland und seine Bewohner - Sauerland and its inhabitants.De Koppelschmid : Lustspiel in sauerländischer Mundart - Koppelschmid; comedy in the Sauerland dialect.Die Kinder aus der Musengasse : Lustspiel in zwei Akten, 1875 - The children from Musengasse; comedy in 2 acts. Grain Tuig : Schwänke und Gedichte in sauerländischer Mundart - Grain Tuig; anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect.Deutsche Weisen : Gedichte, 1881 - German ways: Poems.Galantryi-Waar : Schwänke und Gedichte in sauerländischer Mundart - Galantryi-Waar; anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect. Diusend Plasäier : Lustspiele in sauerländischer Mundart, 1890 - Diusend Plasäier; comedies in the Sauerland dialect.