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* HBEMANN. '■ contain some poems. Consult: Jahn, Gottfried Hermann, einv Ucdachtnisredi- (Leipzig, 184'J) ; Kiklily. (lotllriiil IJtrmiiiin (Heidellierg. 1874) ; Biirsiaii. titsihichlf dt-r klassisvhen Fhilologie in Vtul.idil'uul I. Munich, 1883). HEBMANN, K.kl Feieubicu (1804-55). A (ii'iiimii clii>?sii;il irliular. He was bum at Frankfort onllie-MaiM, and was educated at Hei- delberg and Leipzig. In 1S32 lie was appointed proftssor of clnssici'l pliiloloj^- at the University of .Marburg, and in 1842 succeeded U. Milller as professor ol philologj' and archaeology at the University of Gottingen. where he remained until liis death. His principal works were his J.chr- tuch dcr nri'diixvl'iii A>ili?chner, Xiir Eriniierung an Karl Friedrich Hermann (Berlin, 18(54). HERMANN, RonERT ( 18C9— I. A Swiss con poMi. born at I'.crn. He studied music at the Frankfort Conservatory in 1891, and with Hunipcrdinek (18!)3-91). "in 1895 the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra gave his Siiniphonii in (', and since that time liis compositions have met with increasing favor in fjcrmany. Ills works include pieces for violin and piano, songs, a conc-ert overture in D minor, quintets, trios, etc. HERMANNSTADT, her'man-stit. Hung. NAGY-SZEBEN, nod'y'-s^'bSn (Lat. CifciiiiHm). Am important tovn of Hunjr.iry, formerly the capital of Transylvania. l)eautifully situated on the Cihin, or Zibin (Himg. S:cbcn). an affluent of the Aluta. about 70 miles west-northwest of Kronstadt (Map: Hungjiry, ,1 4 I . Hermannstadt is the seat of a Greek archbishop and of a Lu- theran superior consistory, possesses many fine schools, a library of 40.000 volumes, and a num- ber of fine churches. There are extensive bar- racks. Tanning, wax-bleaching, and the making of cloth, combs, paper, and gunpowder are among the chief industries. Population, in 1800. 21.500: in 1900, 20,077. of whom two-thirds are Germans and the rest Magjars and Rumanians. Her- mannstadt is the principal town in the so-called Saxon Land, ami is supposed to have been founded by German colonists in the twelfth cen- tury. HERMANN TJND DOROTHEA. i5ont dor*- tfi'A. An idyllic poem by Gfwthe (1707). The plot was suggested bv the apnearance in Weimar and Eisenach of French emigrants who had been driven from Wiirzburg by the Bishop. This re- minded Goi'the of the historic expulsion, in 1731, of several hundred Protestants from his territory by the Archbishop of Salzburg, and on this the fioom was basf-d. The scene is laid in a small German town in 179(5. Hermann, the son of an innkeeper of the town, meets Dorothea among the exiles and falls in love with her. The opposition of his father is overcome, and after clearing up the misconception of Dorothea, who at first under- stands that Hermann is seeking her as a servant for his father's household, Hermann wins her love. The poem is in nine cantos and contains 2000 hexameter verses. Goethe acknowledged indebtedness to Voss's Luise for the idea of his poem, which, however, surpasses Vosa's work in all particulars. HERMANN VON FRITZLAB, fon frit*'- liir. A (icrnian mystic of llic fourteenth century. Oi his life we know merely that he came from Fritzlar, in Hesse, and that he traveled through Europe, visiting the tombs of the saints. It is surmised that he was a rich layman. He wrote Die Hlume dcr •Schauumj. a siwculalive work now lost, and a mystical llciliyenlcben, preserved in a manuscript written under his own super- vision. This valuable document for the recon- struction of German mjsticism in the fourteenth century is edited by PfeilTer, in his Deutsche Ml/St ikcr. HERMANN VON BEICHENATJ, ri'Kc-nou, ILekm.v.n.v der Laiime, or iLtKM..N.Mjs Contrac- tus (1013-54). A German poet and mathemati- cian. He wn3 the son of the Swabian Count W'ol- verad. From childhood his limbs were painfully contracted, whence the name by which he ia ^cneiMlly known. He attended a mona.stic school at Reichenau, and at the age of thirty joined the brotherhood. He was an earnest and a success- ful teacher, and drew about him a zealous body of |)upils from various places. He wrote a treatise on the abacus (published by Treutlcin in the lioncompaijni Bullettino, vol. x., Rome, 1877 1 : and did much to extend the knowledge of the column computation. Unlike Gerbert ( see Sylvester ). however, he seems to have had no knowledge of the Hindu numerals. He also wrote on a number-game. 'Rhitmomachia,' and on the use of the astrolabe (q.v. ). He is best known, however, for his Chronicon, a work on history down to the year of Hermann's death. !t was continued by Berthold (edited by Pertz, vol. V. of Monumenia Germania Uislorica, 1844; and translated by Nobbe. 1802). Among hij poems are: De Oclo Vitiis Principalibii» (ed. by Diimmler. in Zeilschrift fiir deutsches Allerlum, vol. xiii.). and the Latin hymns. Sahe liegina and Alma Redemptoris Mater. Consult Hans- jakob, Hermann der Lahme von der Reichenau (Mainz, 1875). HERMANN VON SALZA, ziil'tsft ( M239). A granil mastir of the Teutonic Order, probably descended from tlie lords of Salza. in Thurin- gia. He became grand master in 1210, and raised the Order to an enviable position l)oth in the Fast and in Europe. Ho made his headquar ters in Venice, though his duties kept him con- tinually traveling in Egj'pt. Palestine, Italy, and (Jermany. and several times he acted as arbitra- tor in the frequent quarrels between the Pope and the Hohenstaufcn Emperor Frederick II. Carlyle says of him: "He is reckoned the fir»t great Hochmeister . . . fourth in the series of masters : perhaps the greatest to be found there at all. though many were considerable." Consult: Carlyle. Uistory of Frederick the Great, vol. i. (London. 1858-65) : Koch, Hermann von (ialza, ifeisler des Deutachen Ordens (Leipzig, 1S85I. HERMANRICH, her'mSn-riK (c.260 375). King of the Ostrogoths, variously called Herman- rich. Ermanarich, Ermanrich. and in myth Erm- rich. He was the founder of a great Ostrogothic power about the middle of the fourth century, when he conquered many Slavic and Finnish triljes. so that the sasra makes him rule from the Black Sea to the Baltic. This story makes him
 * HERMANRICH.