Gustav Freiherr von Meyern-Hohenberg (10 September 1820 - 1 March 1878) was a German jurist and playwright.

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Gustav von Meyern-Hohenberg
Lithograph, 19th century
Born	10 September 1820 Calvörde, Brunswick
Died	1 March 1878 Konstanz, Baden, German Empire
Occupation	Playwright
Nationality	German
Notable works	Heinrich von Schwerin (1859)

Baron Meyern applied himself to legal studies at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In 1843 he took service with Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as appointed Geheimrat and General Intendant of the Coburg court theatre from 1860 to 1868.[1] Meyern was unsuccessful with his dramas, which have vanished into oblivion.

Works

• Ein Kaiser (1857)
• Heinrich von Schwerin, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1859)
• Ein Kind des Elsaß, Drama in 2 Akten (1873)
• Das Ehrenwort, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1873)
• Das Haus Posa, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)
• Die Cavaliere, Schauspiel in 5 Akten (1874)
• Welfenlied (1854), melodized by Henry Litolff

References