Kaspar von Stieler, also called Caspar Stieler (2 August 1632 – 24 June 1707), was a soldier-poet and later a linguist. He expressed the feelings of the soldiers of the

Thirty Years War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine, or disease, whil ...

in his poetry.

References

*John G. Gagliardo. ''Germany Under the Old Regime, 1600–1790''. New York: Longman, 1991. 1632 births 1707 deaths Linguists of German {{Germany-poet-stub