Wilhelm Meinhold

German priest and author, best known for writing "Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe" (1838, "The Amber Witch"), a literary hoax which purported to be an actual 17th-century chronicle. Real name: Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold Born: 27 February 1797 in Lütow Died: 30 November 1851 in Charlottenburg