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Hans Sachs
German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the poet. For other people of the same name, see Hans Sachs (disambiguation).
Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker.
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