This monument stands in a quiet area of the Hofgarten Ansbach nearby Denkmal Kaspar Hauser. Johann Peter Uz (October 3, 1720 - May 12, 1796) was a German poet born and died in Ansbach. He studied law in 1739-43 at the University of Halle where he associated with the poets Johann Gleim and Johann Nikolaus Götz, and in conjunction with the latter translated the Odes of Anacreon (1746). In 1748 Uz was appointed unpaid secretary to the Justizcollegium, an office he held for twelve years; in 1763 he became assessor to the Imperial Court of Justice at Nürnberg, and in 1790 was made a judge. To commemorate his 300th birthday, a literary city tour entitled "In the footsteps of Johann Peter Uz" took place on October 4, 2022 after it was forcefully delayed due to pandemic. read more

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