2007-06-02 20:34:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family. Both of his parents served with a Basel Mission to India, where Hesse's mother Marie Gundert was born in 1842
2007-06-02 20:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by ellison_james_01 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family. Both of his parents served with a Basel Mission to India, where Hesse's mother Marie Gundert was born in 1842. Hesse's father, Johannes Hesse, was born in 1847 in Estonia, the son of a doctor. The Hesse family had lived in Calw since 1873, where they operated a missionary publishing house under the direction of Hesse's grandfather, Hermann Gundert.
2007-06-02 20:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family.
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2007-06-03 02:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hermann Hesse's mother--MARIE GUNDERT--was born in India in 1842.
2007-06-03 16:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is BORN, not "borned."
2007-06-02 20:41:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋