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Portrait or photograph of Heinrich von Kleist: Bildnis Heinrich von Kleist , um 1831/1837 , Zeichnung, Dresden, Sammlung Otto Krug

Virtual Memorial

Heinrich von Kleist

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Heinrich von Kleist, remembered for German drama, Novellas, The Broken Jug.

1777 - 1811Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
Portrait or photograph of Heinrich von Kleist: Heinrich von Kleist
Heinrich von Kleist Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Heinrich von Kleist Is Remembered

Heinrich von Kleist is remembered for german drama, novellas, the broken jug. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Heinrich von Kleist.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Heinrich von Kleist's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Heinrich von Kleist: Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811); 25 × 20 cm

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811); 25 × 20 cm

scannd by Michael Schönitzer unknown, Die großen Deutschen im Bild (1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Heinrich von Kleist: Heinrich von Kleist, presumably by Gerhard von Kügelgen, ca. 1809, print ca. 1900, 10 x 8 cm, private collection.

Heinrich von Kleist, presumably by Gerhard von Kügelgen, ca. 1809, print ca. 1900, 10 x 8 cm, private collection.

Gerhard von Kügelgen, Für die Freiheit - gegen Napoleon. Ferdinand von Schill, Preußen und die deutsche Nation , ed. by Veit Veltzke (Cologne, 2009), p. 228: Scan: James Steakley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Heinrich von Kleist: Stamp from Deutsche Post AG from 2002, 225th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist

Stamp from Deutsche Post AG from 2002, 225th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist

Ingo Wulff für das Bundesministerium der Finanzen und die Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche Post AG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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