Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter (15 August 1873 – 4 April 1943)[1] was a German painter, poet,[2] and author.

Sophie Hoechstetter
Born
Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter

15 August 1873
Pappenheim, German Empire
Died4 April 1943(1943-04-04) (aged 69)
Dachau, Nazi Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)writer, poet, artist

Hoechstetter was born in Pappenheim as the youngest daughter of a pharmacist. She wrote numerous novels and poems. She admired George Gordon Byron and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[1] Hoechstetter died in Dachau on the farm of Carl Olof and Elly Petersen. She was buried in the St. Gallus Church in Pappenheim.

References

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  1. ^ a b Prusakow, Renate (February 2007). "Sophie Hoechstetter, Dichterin & Malerin" (PDF). alemannia-judaica. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ Paley, David William. "Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter 1873-1943". Poems Without Frontiers. Retrieved 2017-04-14.