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Sachs
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[English Version] Sachs,
Hans (5.11.1494 Nürnberg – 19.1.1576 ebd.), Sohn eines Schneiders, erlernte das Schuhmacherhandwerk…
Sachs, Hans
(292 words)
[German Version] (Nov 5, 1494, Nuremberg – Jan 19, 1576, Nuremberg), son of a tailor, apprenticed as a shoemaker; at the same time, he was introduced to mastersinging. During his journeyman travels (1511–1516), he composed his first songs and poems in rhymed couplets (
Spruchgedichte); then he settled in Nuremberg as a craftsman. Increasing prosperity later allowed him to give up shoemaking in favor of writing. The Reformation was a defining event. In 1523 he supported Luther with the
Spruchgedicht, “Die Wittenbergisch Nachtigall.” Four prose dialogues (1524), important ex…
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