{"id":1733,"date":"2023-06-07T14:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T12:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frlm-mv.de\/about-fritz-reuter\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:08:05","slug":"about-fritz-reuter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frlm-mv.de\/en\/about-fritz-reuter\/","title":{"rendered":"About Fritz Reuter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1733\" class=\"elementor elementor-1733 elementor-252\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9db739 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9db739\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b3f928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b3f928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Fritz Reuter<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-254 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frlm-mv.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fritz-Reuter-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frlm-mv.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fritz-Reuter-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/frlm-mv.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fritz-Reuter.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>Fritz Reuter was the most important German poet of Low German. Together with Klaus Groth, he is considered the founder of modern Low German literature.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in Stavenhagen on 7th November 1810, the son of the mayor, Georg Johann Jakob Reuter, and his wife, Johanna Luise Sophie, n\u00e9e Oelpke. Fritz received private tuition, albeit on a disorganised and sporadic basis. In 1824, he was admitted to the school for scholars in Friedland. In 1831, he passed his Abitur school leaving certificate in Parchim and then went on to study Law in Rostock and later in Jena. There, he joined the &#8216;Germania&#8217; fraternity. He was arrested in Berlin in 1833 for his alleged political activities during the Vorm\u00e4rz period. He was sentenced to death in 1836 for l\u00e8se majest\u00e9 and attempted high treason. This sentence being commuted to 30 years imprisonment in a fortress. After spending time in several prisons, including D\u00f6mitz Fortress, Fritz Reuter was released in 1840. In 1842, he took up a position as a volunteer with a landowner and met his future wife, Louise, during this time. His literary work began in 1845 with an anonymous publication in &#8220;Mecklenburg. Ein Jahrbuch f\u00fcr alle St\u00e4nde&#8221;. Fritz Reuter subsequently wrote about his experiences in numerous works. His works are characterised by satire, humour and a clear view of the ordinary people in his Mecklenburg homeland. In 1857, he published his socially critical work &#8220;Kein H\u00fcsung&#8221;. In 1863, the Reuters moved to Eisenach in Thuringia, where Fritz continued to write.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz Reuter died in his Eisenach villa on 12th July 1874. His wife, Louise, being his sole heir. She died on 9th June 1894.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz Reuter&#8217;s works have been translated all over the world . 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