Wuppertal poets' circle

An 1859 caricature by Johann Richard Seel [de] that depicts Siebel (top-left), Rittershaus and Carl Michels.

The Wuppertal poets' circle (German: Wuppertaler Dichterkreis or Wupperbund) was a literary circle that existed during the 1850s, remaining active into the 1870s and 1880s. The core of the loosely-knit group consisted of seven poets born in or around Wuppertal, Germany: the merchants Reinhart Neuhaus [de], Emil Rittershaus, Friedrich Roeber, Adolf Schults, Wilhelm Wens, Carl Siebel, Karl Stelter,[1] and the bookseller Hugo Oelbermann. The circle "opposed gloomy Wuppertal Pietism with a free and joyful view of existence."[1]

  1. ^ a b "Stelter, Karl". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon [Meyers Lexikon] (in German). Vol. 18. Leipzig, Germany: Bibliographisches Institut. 1909. p. 925. Retrieved 10 May 2024.