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Christian Gottlob Wild

1785–1839

A pastor from the Ore Mountains who helped give the Erzgebirge dialect a lasting literary voice, he is remembered as an early pioneer of regional dialect poetry. His life and work are closely tied to Johanngeorgenstadt and Breitenbrunn in Saxony.

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Interessante Wanderungen durch das Sächsische Ober-Erzgebirge

Interessante Wanderungen durch das Sächsische Ober-Erzgebirge

by Christian Gottlob Wild

About the author

Born on December 25, 1785, in Johanngeorgenstadt, Christian Gottlob Wild was a German pastor and writer. Reference sources identify him as an important early figure in Erzgebirge dialect literature, and he is often described as one of the founders of that tradition.

Wild spent his life in the Saxon Ore Mountains, and that local setting shaped the legacy he left behind. He died on March 24, 1839, in Breitenbrunn, and he is still remembered for helping bring the language and character of the Erzgebirge into literature.

Surviving online material about him appears to be limited, so many biographical details are not widely documented. Even so, his reputation as a pastor and as a founding voice of Erzgebirge dialect poetry has endured.