Heinrich Hössli

Heinrich Hössli (August 6, 1784 in Glarus - December 24, 1864 in Winterthur), sometimes written as Hößli, was a Swiss hatter and author. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Glarus (German) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Winterthur (pronounced Ger /vɪntərtur/ Eng /tʊər/ is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation "Mad as a hatter" redirects here For the Batman episode see Mad as a Hatter (Batman The Animated Series. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created

Hössli wrote the book Eros. Die Männerliebe der Griechen, which was one of the first books that defended love between men in 19th century, and used as its philosophical foundation the Greek writings on pederasty. ^[1]

Hössli was born the oldest of 14 children to hatter Hans Jakob Hössli (1758-1846) and Margreth Vogel (1757-1831). He learned his father's occupation in Bern. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal ^[2] Back in Glarus he worked as hatter and also started a business in trading women's clothing. Glarus (German) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. His hats for women were famous in the region of Glarus. In 1811 he married Elisabeth Grebel and had two sons who immigrated to the United States. For most of his marriage, his wife lived and sons lived in Zurich. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Hössli lived in Glarus.

Works by Hössli

• Eros, Die Männerliebe der Griechen, ihre Beziehungen zur Geschichte, Erziehung, Literatur und Gesetzgebung aller Zeiten, 2. B#nfr (1. Band: Glarus 1836; 2. Glarus (German) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Band: Sankt Gallen 1838), Reprint Verlag Rosa Winkel, Berlin 1998, Band 1: ISBN 3-86149-056-0, Band 2: ISBN 3-86149-057-9
• New Band 3: Documents by Heinrich Hössli with introduction by Manfred Herzer, short biography by Karsch and novelle Der Eros von Zschokke, ISBN 3-86149-058-7
• Hexenprozeß- und Glauben, Pfaffen und Teufel. Leipzig, 1892, 80 pages

Heinrich Hössli in older years

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