Christian Felix Weiße

Weiße was among the leading representatives of the Enlightenment in Germany and is regarded as the founder of German children's literature.

When Weiße was one year old, the family moved to Altenburg, Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig, where he then attended the Gymnasium and made his first attempts at writing poetry.

In 1790, the patronage of Count Schulenburg allowed him to acquire the castle in Stötteritz [de] (today part of Leipzig).

The property changed from an estate to a summerhouse and garden where a salon sees guests like Christian Garve, Christoph Martin Wieland, Moritz August von Thümmel and Jean Paul.

Ludwig van Beethoven set Weiße's poem "Der Kuß" (Ich war bei Chloën, ganz allein) to music in 1822.