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Uhland, Ludwig (1787-1862)

Famous German poet who figured posthumously in an interesting lawsuit in Berlin over ownership of a holograph parchment apport obtained in a séance with Else Arnheim in 1920. The medium, in trance, described the presence of Ludwig Uhland. There appeared in her hands, which were tightly clasped by a well-known German author, a yellowed piece of parchment with two short verses scrawled on it, signed: "Uh-land, 1920."

The handwriting was pronounced identical to that of Uhland's, the parchment was of his era, and the verses were in genuine Uhland style. A clairvoyant, to whom Uhland's handwriting and the parchment were shown, declared after touching both papers that they were written by the same hand but that a long interval had elapsed between the writing of them.

The German author whose hand had encircled the medium's when the parchment appeared claimed the paper. Since witnesses stated that it had been thrust into the medium's hand, the court decided that the parchment belonged to the medium.