Klaus groth biography
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Klaus Groth
Low German poet (1819–1899)
Klaus Groth (24 April 1819 – 1 June 1899) was a Low Germanpoet.
Biography
Groth was born in Heide, in Ditmarschen, the western part of the Duchy of Holstein.
He was the oldest son of Hartwig Groth, a miller, and his wife Anna Christina. He spent an idyllic childhood in Heide, which served as inspiration for many of his later poetic works. After attending the local school, he studied at the teacher training college in Tondern from 1838 to 1841.
Groth subsequently became a teacher at the girls’ school in his native village and devoted his spare time to the study of philosophy, mathematics, and the natural sciences.
Klaus Groth was a German regional poet whose book Quickborn () first revealed the poetic possibilities of Plattdeutsch (Low German).
He took an interest in local traditions and played a part in several unique to Dithmarschen. Groth did not enjoy teaching and frequently came into conflict with both the school’s board of governors and his students’ parents.[2] In 1847, he suffered a nervous breakdown.
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