“The Nürnberg Stove” is a short story by Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé) included in her 1882 collection,
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Stories for Children. While it was sometimes reprinted together with “A Dog of Flanders” (1872), another children’s story by Ouida that remains well known and has been adapted numerous times for film, the popularity of “The Nürnberg Stove” declined after the early twentieth century.
In the story, nine-year-old August Strehla is one of ten children belonging to a poor salt-baker’s family in a village in Tyrol, Austria. Their sole comfort is a large, elaborate majolica stove designed by “the great potter of Nürnberg, Augustin Hirschvogel”, in 1532 (Chapter 2). The stove, which they call “Hirschvogel” after its creator, keeps the children warm, and in return
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Citation: Steere, Elizabeth. "The Nürnberg Stove". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 March 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41628, accessed 02 April 2025.]
