Hermann Löns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermann Löns

German poet, writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1866

Place of Birth: Chełmno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1914

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, author, journalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hermann Löns (29 August 1866 – 26 September 1914) was a German journalist and writer.
He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony.
Löns is well known in Germany for his famous folksongs.
He was also a hunter, natural historian and conservationist.
Löns was killed in World War I and his purported remains were later used by the Nazi government for propaganda purposes.