ALLMERS, HERMANN (182 1-1902), German writer, was born on Feb. 1, 1821, at Rechtenfleth, near Bremen. In 1858 he wrote Marschenbuch, in which northern lands and peoples are described. In 186o appeared his Dichtungen, and nine years later his Romische Schlendertage, both manifesting his love of land scape imagery. The drama, Elektra (1872), and his somewhat stiff lyric and ballad poetry are among other writings in his Siimtliche Werke, 6 vols. (1891).