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Johann Kaspar Schiller as a lieutenant. Birthplace in Bittenfeld. Plaque at his birthplace. His grave in Gerlingen. Johann Kaspar Schiller (27 October 1723 – 7 September 1796) was an army officer and court gardener to the Dukes of Württemberg. He and his wife Elisabetha Dorothea are also notable as the parents of the playwright Friedrich ...
Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller was born in the town of Marburg, in the duchy of Württemburg, region of Swabia, on Nov. 10, 1759. His father, Major Johann Kaspar Schiller, had served as a soldier in the army of the Duke of Württemburg, having seen action in The Netherlands as well as in Bohemia during the Seven Years’ War.
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The house in which Friedrich Schiller was born is a short walk uphill from the best Gasthaus (to this day) in Marbach, the Goldener Löwe. This is where Johann Kaspar Schiller met his wife-to-be, the innkeeper's daughter Elisabetha. When their son was only five years old, the family moved to Lorch, where they spent the next three years.
Johann Kaspar had hoped that his son might enter the ministry, and Friedrich himself loathed the idea of entering the notoriously harsh environment of the military academy—the Duke, however, was implacable, and in 1772 young Friedrich Schiller was enrolled.
(1759–1805) Friedrich Schiller, a famed dramatist, poet, and essayist, was born in Marbach, a small town in southwest Germany, to Elisabeth Kodweiss and Johann Kaspar Schiller, a lieutenant in the army of the Duke of W ü rttemberg.
Jan 6, 2015 · Explore the life and works of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, the renowned German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright.
Oct 3, 2003 · Johann Kaspar Schiller's expertise in horticulture kindled his son's interest in natural science. In 1793 Friedrich Schiller published his father's work Von der Baumzucht im Grossen [ Concerning the Cultivation of Trees in General ].
