Johann Thomas Ludwig Wehrs [SEP] place of death
Johann Thomas Ludwig Wehrs
Johann Thomas Ludwig Wehrs (18 July 1751 in Göttingen – 26 January 1811 in Isernhagen) was a German theologian and a founder of the Göttinger Hainbund literary group.
Wehrs, the son of an official, studied theology from 1769 to 1775. His knowledge of French, English and Italian led in 1772 to his being invited to be part of the "Hainbund". Just one poem by him appeared in the "Göttinger Musenalmanach" of 1777. The poet Hölty died in his arms in 1776
literary outlet for students at the University of Göttingen, it received contributions from Johann Heinrich Voss, Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, Johann Martin Miller and his relative Gottlob Dietrich Miller, Johann Friedrich Hahn, Johann Thomas Ludwig Wehrs, Johann Anton Leisewitz, and others. In 1774 Boie made Voss editor, but Voss soon left for Hamburg and started a competing almanac; in spring 1775, he was replaced by Leopold Friedrich Günther Goeckingk; he was joined the next year by Gottfried August Bürger, who became sole editor in 1779. After