HOUWALD, CHRISTOPH ERNST, FREIHERR VON (1778-1845), German dramatist and author, was born at Strau pitz, Lower Lusatia, on Nov. 28, 1778. In 1821 Houwald was unanimously elected syndic for Lower Lusatia. He died at Neuhaus, near Lubben, on Jan. 28, 1845. Houwald wrote several "Fate tragedies," of which the best known as Das Bild, Der Leuclitturm, Die Heimkehr, Finch and Segen (all published in 18 21) and some excellent books for young people.
See his Sdmtliche Werke (Leipzig, 5 vols., 1851; 2nd ed., 1858-59) and 0. Schmidtborn, C. E. von Houwald als Dramatiker (Igog).