Heinrich Hössli
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Glarus
Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....
- December 24, 1864 in Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
), sometimes written as Hößli, was a Swiss hatter
Hatter
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and author
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. His book Eros Die Männerliebe der Griechen (2 vols., 1836, 1838) surveyed references to same-sex love in ancient Greek literature and more recent research, and was one of the first works in the 19th century that defended love between men.
Biography
Hössli was born on 6 August 1784 in Glarus in Switzerland, 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.Back in Glarus
Glarus
Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....
he worked as hatter and also started a business in trading women's clothing. His hats for women were famous in the region.
In 1811 he married Elisabeth Grebel, and had two sons, who immigrated to the United States. For most of his marriage his wife and sons lived in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
while he himself lived in Glarus.
He died on 24 December 1864.
Works by Hössli
- Eros, Die Männerliebe der Griechen, ihre Beziehungen zur Geschichte, Erziehung, Literatur und Gesetzgebung aller Zeiten (vol. 1: GlarusGlarusGlarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....
1836; vol. 2: Sankt GallenSankt GallenSankt Gallen may refer to:* St. Gallen, town in Switzerland* Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland* Sankt Gallen, Austria, town* St. Gall...
1838), reprint Berlin, Verlag rosa Winkel, 1998, vol. 1: ISBN 3-86149-056-0, vol. 2: ISBN 3-86149-057-9 - New vol. 3: Documents by Heinrich Hössli with an introduction by Manfred Herzer, a short biography by Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, and a reprint of the novella Der Eros (1921) by Heinrich Zschokke, ISBN 3-86149-058-7
- Hexenprozeß- und Glauben, Pfaffen und Teufel. Leipzig, 1892, 80 pages
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Further reading
- Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, Der Putzmacher von Glarus Heinrich Hössli, ein Vorkämpfer der Männerliebe. Ein Lebensbild (Max SpohrMax SpohrJohannes Hermann August Wilhelm Max Spohr was a German bookseller and publisher. He was one of the first publishers worldwide, who published LGBT publications...
, Leipzig 1903; ND New York: Arno Press 1975) - Pirmin MeierPirmin MeierPirmin Adrian Meier is a Swiss author and teacher . To fellow writer Hansjörg Schneider, Meier is "der eigenständigste und eigenwilligste Schweizer Geschichtsschreiber seiner Generation" .-Life and career:Pirmin Meier was born into a...
, Mord, Philosophie und die Liebe der Männer. Franz Desgouttes und Heinrich Hössli - eine Parallelbiographie (Zürich 2001) ISBN 3-86612-023-0 - Bernd-Ulrich HergemöllerBernd-Ulrich HergemöllerBernd-Ulrich Hergemöller is a German historian specializing in the Middle Ages and the author of several books on LGBT history and medieval European history....
, Mann zu Mann, Pages 366 - P. Dercks, Die Schande der Heiligen Paderastie: Homosexualitat und Offentlichkeit in der deutschen Literatur 1750-1850 (1990)
- Documents of the Homosexual Rights Movement in Germany 1836-1927 (1975)