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Franz von Seeburg
1836–1894
Known by the pen name Franz von Seeburg, this 19th-century Bavarian writer brought history, faith, and music to life in popular German books. He was also a Catholic priest, which gave his fiction and biographies a distinctive moral and cultural tone.
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Die Hexenrichter von Würzburg: Historische Novelle
by Franz von Seeburg
About the author
Born Franz Xaver Hacker in Nymphenburg, Munich, on January 20, 1836, he became a Catholic priest and wrote under the name Franz von Seeburg. He died in Munich on January 28, 1894.
Seeburg was best known as a German popular writer whose books often drew on history and religion. Among the works associated with his name are Das Marienkind, Die Fugger und ihre Zeit, and a life of Joseph Haydn, showing his interest in both devotional themes and historical biography.
His writing helped make historical subjects accessible to general readers, and his books continued to circulate in later editions after his death. Today he is remembered both for his clerical career and for the readable, story-driven style that made him a familiar literary name in his time.