Karl Stelter


Karl Stelter was a German poet, writer and merchant who was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle.

Life

Stelter was born in Elberfeld, Germany on 25 December 1823. He worked in a silk weaving mill until 1880.
For the 1861 coronation of Emperor Wilhelm I, Stelter wrote a patriotic festival play, which was performed at the Elberfeld City Theater, as well as a Kaiserlied. His memoirs titled Experiences of an Eighty-Year-Old were published in 1903.
He lived in Wiesbaden for some portion of his life and died there on 13 May 1912.

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