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Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

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Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

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Location: Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 18, 2025

On the site of today's house at Schlossplatz 12 b stood the house in which, after the death of his father in 1779, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter and his mother, Sophia Rosina Richter, lived in poverty from 1784 to 1797. Here, he, who later called himself Jean Paul as a successful writer, "suffered the worst and wrote the best." A memorial plaque commemorates the house, which was demolished in 1875 due to its dilapidated condition.

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

April 27, 2022

Here was the house in which Jean Paul temporarily lived during his Hof years. The house was demolished in 1875 due to dilapidation and the current building was erected in its place. There have been memorial plaques on the houses here since 1863.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

September 27, 2021

Jean Paul is considered one of the most eloquent European prose writers. It occupies a special position between classic and romantic. Celebrated as a successful author during his lifetime and read more than Schiller and Goethe, the extremely high degree of difficulty of his writing style prevents a broad reading public in our time. He is still the favorite author of writers and musicians because of the musicality of his fluency in language and the imagery of his expression.

The famine years in Hof had a formative influence on his work. Here and in Schwarzenbach a. d. Saale he wrote his most important novels ("Schulmeisterlein Wutz", "Invisible Lodge", "Siebenkäs", "Hesperus"). About the city, which he calls "Kuhschnappel" or "Flachsenfingen", he writes: "Besehet Hof, where I suffered the most, but wrote the best."

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Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

1. St. Marien Church (Hof) – St. Michaelis Church (Hof) loop from Altstadt

2. Untreusee – Wooden Bridges Over the Untreusee loop from Hof-Neuhof

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