Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber (1761 - 1841)

Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber

Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber was a German historian, professor of aesthetics, and writer.

Schreiber was a versatilely gifted intellectual-humanitarian, with interests ranging from aesthetics to court, theater, and travel history. He collected folkloric sagas and songs, published journals, and tried his hand at various literary genres, but readers especially loved his descriptions of his travels along the Rhine and its environs. In 1806 the book "Picturesque Views of the Rhine from Mainz to Düsseldorf" was published. Of particular value is Alois Schreiber's descriptive and illustrative work on the costumes, folk festivals and typical occupations of the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Baden. In 1813.

In 1813, Schreiber was appointed court historian of Karlsruhe, and in this capacity he contributed not only to the cultural but also to the political recognition of the region with his illustrated books.