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L. (Ludwig) Würdig
1818–1889
Best remembered for a sweeping history of Dessau and for writing popular historical works, this 19th-century German author had a clear gift for turning the past into lively reading. His surviving books suggest a writer deeply interested in regional history, biography, and the dramatic turns of European life.
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Prince Eugene, the Noble Knight
by L. (Ludwig) Würdig
About the author
Born in 1818 and died on February 13, 1889, Ludwig Würdig was a German writer. Deutsche Biographie lists him simply as a Schriftsteller—a writer—which fits the range of work still associated with his name.
One of his best-documented books is Chronik der Stadt Dessau: Von den frühesten Zeiten bis Ende 1875, published in Dessau in 1876. It is a large local history of the city, and its scale alone shows how seriously he took historical research and record-keeping.
Würdig is also linked to Prince Eugene, the Noble Knight, a historical work on Prince Eugene of Savoy that later appeared in English translation in 1910. Taken together, the surviving record points to an author who wrote with a strong interest in history and in presenting the lives of notable people and places to general readers.