Adolphe Stoeber, or Adolf Stöber ( Strasbourg, 1810 –

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, 1892) was a French ecclesiastic and writer in

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from

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. He was Ehrenfried Stoeber's son and

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's brother. He studied

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and was a Protestant priest in

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(1832),

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(1836) and

, where he was president at the Reformist Assembly. In 1838, he founded the publication

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with his brother. This magazine dealt with Alsatian and Swiss legends in Alsatian.

Works

* ''Alsatisches Vergißmeinnicht'' (1825) * ''Alsa-Bilder'' (1836) * ''Reisebilder aus der Schweiz'' (1850) * ''Elsässer Schatzkästel '' (1877) * ''Epheukranz auf das Grabmal einer Heimgegangenen'' (1884) * ''Spiegel deutscher Frauen'' (1892) 1810 births 1892 deaths French writers in German Writers from Strasbourg French male writers Clergy from Strasbourg {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub