Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof (sometimes Kirchhoff, – ) was a German

Landsknecht The (singular: , ), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly of pikemen and supporting foot soldiers, their front line was ...

, Baroque poet and

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. He left a rich and versatile collection of works. The Ausläufer collections contain sixteen works. His printed and handwritten works number more than sixty.ADB, NDB

Selected literary works

* ''Wendunmut, auch Wendunmuth'' (1563) * ''5 Gelegenhetsschriften traurige und freudige Ereignisse aus dem Leben der hessischen Landgrafenfamilie'' (1564) * ''Militaris Disciplina'' (1602) * ''Schatztruhen'' * ''Kommentarien des Geschichtsschreibers Philipp von Commines'' * ''Hessisches Bühnenspiel vom Bauernkriege'' (1570)

Online editions

Kirchhof, Hans Wilhelm: Wendunmuth. Darinnen fünff und fünnfzig höflicher, züchtiger ...
vollständig digitalisierte Ausgabe (1565) des Wendunmuth der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek *
aus Wendunmut
''Ein reicher Bauer heiratet zum Adel'' und andere Schwänke)

References

Sources

* Hermann Oesterley: ''Kirchhof, Hans Wilhelm''. In: ''

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'' (ADB), p.8. Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882
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* Bodo Gotzkowsky: ''Kirchhof, Hans Wilhelm''. In:

Neue Deutsche Biographie (''NDB''; Literal translation, literally ''New German Biography'') is a Biography, biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 27 volumes published thus far co ...

(NDB), pp.645 f. Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977
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