Education
Having attended school in Neunkirchen, Wilhelm Herchenbach decided to become a teacher himself.
Having attended school in Neunkirchen, Wilhelm Herchenbach decided to become a teacher himself.
He taught in the town of Düsseldorf, where he also founded his own boys" school in 1850. Most books were renarrations of local folk tales or told stories of his own imagination and were usually targeted at young readers, centering around issues of (Christian) morality. But Wilhelm also wrote novels with an historical background, travelogues and books of educational intent.
Publication of the books ceased in the 1930s.