Karl Stelter

Karl Stelter (25 December 1823 – 13 May 1912) was a German poet, writer and merchant who was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle.

Life
Stelter was born in Elberfeld, Germany on 25 December 1823. He worked in a silk weaving mill until 1880.

For the 1861 coronation of Emperor Wilhelm I, Stelter wrote a patriotic festival play (a Festspiel), which was performed at the Elberfeld City Theater, as well as a Kaiserlied (Imperial Song). His memoirs titled Experiences of an Eighty-Year-Old (Erlebnisse eines Achtzigjährigen) were published in 1903.

He lived in Wiesbaden for some portion of his life and died there on 13 May 1912.