Ludwig Eichrodt


Ludwig Eichrodt was a German poet and dramatist.

Biography

Ludwig Eichrodt was the son of Ludwig Friedrich Eichrodt, an officer, and Elisabeth Eichrodt. He studied at Heidelberg and Freiburg and published in 1848 in Fliegende Blätter his comic songs, “Wanderlust,” which had great popularity.

Literary works

Gedichte in allerlei Humoren Schneiderbüchlein Leben und Liebe, poems Die Pfalzgrafen, dramatic poem Deutsches Knabenbuch; Weltruhm in Reimsprüchen Alboin, dramatic poem Rhein-schwäbisch, poem in middle-Baden dialect Lyrischer Kehraus Lyrische Karikaturen, anthology Biedermeiers Liederlust Melodien, songs Hortus dellclarum, humorous anthology Gold. Sammlung des Ursprünglichen und Genialen in deutscher Lyrik
His collected works were published in 1890 at Stuttgart.