Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme

Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme

Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme (25 December 1827, Assinghausen – 2 April 1887, Münster) was a German regional (Sauerland) 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 (1854) and at the Paulinum in Münster (1855).^[1] From 1856 to 1872 he was a teacher at the Theodorianum in Paderborn, then later relocated to Heiligenstadt as director of the Catholic gymnasium (1872–85).^[2][3]

The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Grimme-Weg, is an 85 km hiking trail maintained by the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (SGV, Sauerland Mountain Association).^[4]

Published works (selection)

• Schwänke und Gedichte in sauerländischer Mundart (1861, 10th edition 1902) – Anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect.
  • I. Sprickeln un Spöne.
  • II. Spargitzen.
• Das Sauerland und seine Bewohner (1866, 3rd edition 1905) – Sauerland and its inhabitants.
• De Koppelschmid : Lustspiel in sauerländischer Mundart (2nd edition, 1875) – 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 (4th edition 1881) – Grain Tuig; anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect.
• Deutsche Weisen : Gedichte, 1881 – German ways: Poems.
• Galantryi-Waar : Schwänke und Gedichte in sauerländischer Mundart (3rd edition, 1884) – Galantryi-Waar; anecdotes and poems in the Sauerland dialect.
• Diusend Plasäier : Lustspiele in sauerländischer Mundart, 1890 – Diusend Plasäier; comedies in the Sauerland dialect.

In the field of botany, he was the author of "Uebersicht der Flora von Paderborn" (1867) and "Flora von Paderborn" (1868).^[5]

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