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Eugen von Hammerstein
1804–1851
A restless 19th-century German writer and former officer, he turned travel, adventure, and sharp observation into fiction and memoir. His surviving work suggests a life shaped by movement across Europe and by a strong interest in the society around him.
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Aristipp in Hamburg und Altona: Ein Sitten-Gemälde neuester Zeit
by Eugen von Hammerstein
About the author
Born in 1804, Eugen Freiherr von Hammerstein was a German officer and writer. Standard biographical records describe him as both a soldier and an author, and literary catalog records also identify him as a travel writer and jurist.
Sources on his life are brief, but they point to an unusually varied career. Antiquarian and library records connected with his books describe him as having studied in Göttingen, served as an officer in Hanoverian service, and later joined the French Foreign Legion in 1833, with service in North Africa, southern France, and Spain.
He is remembered today mainly through works such as Memoiren des Freiherrn Eugen von Hammerstein and Aristipp in Hamburg und Altona, which reflect an interest in contemporary life as well as personal experience. The available records give his death year as 1851.