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2 unusual facts about Theodor Körner


Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

The valor of the Black Troop is commemorated in Theodor Körner's poem “Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd” (Lützow's wild, daring hunt).

Theodor Körner

:* Theodor Körner Prize (GDR), an award in the former East Germany


Lützow's Wild Hunt

The poem was written by young German poet and soldier Theodor Körner, who served in the Lützow Free Corps during the Wars of Liberation.


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Emma Körner

Theodor Körner fell in battle at Gadebusch, Mecklenburg in August 1813; two years later, Emma visited his grave in Wöbbelin with her parents.