STURM, st7irm, Jumus (1816-96). A Ger man poet, born at K6stritz, Reuss. After study ing theology at Jena (1837-41), he was private tutor to the hereditary prince Henry XIV. of Reuss, then pastor at G6schitz, near Schleiz, in 1851-57, and at Kdstritz from 1857 to 1885. He died at Leipzig. All his lyrics reveal him as a poet of deep religious sentiment and genuine national spirit. The religious poems are in corporated in the collections Fromme Lieder, three parts (1852, 185S, 1892) ; Zwci Rosen oder das Hobe Lied der Liebe (1354) ; con der Pil gerfahrt (1868); Gott griisse diet (1876) ; Dem Herrn mein Lied (1884) ; Palmen und Krone (1888) ; and others; while the volumes with secular contents include: Fiir dus Haus (1861); Lieder nod Bilder (1870); Kampf- nod Sieges gediehte (1870) : Spiegel der Zeit in Fabela (1872) ; Kinderlehen (1877), illustrated by Lud wig Richter; Immergriin (1880) ; Liebe, Vaterland (1884) : In Freud nod Leid (1896).
For his biography consult Hepding (Giessen, 1896) and Hoffmann (Hamburg, 1898).—His son AUGUST ( 1852— ) , born at Coschitz, also won reputation as a poet. He studied at Jena, Leip zig, and Berlin, first afterwards law, which he practiced at Naumburg, since 1884. having in the meanwhile lived as assessor at Rudolstadt (1880-82) and, given to literary pur suits, in Berlin (1882-84). Besides the epic poems, Merlin (1892), Kaiser Friedrich der Edle (1896). liilnig La urine Rosengarten (1897), and Der KOnig von. Babel (1902), be published Hoherzollernsagem Balladen (1398) ; the lyrics Auf Plugeln des Gesanges (1S83); Lied nod Leben (1889) ; Auf der /lac (1902) and others; several dramas and the sketches in prose. Sylter Skizzen (1887) ; also a series of juridical works, notably Revision der gemein reehtliehen Lehre voin Gewohnbeitsreeht (1900).