Writer Ludwig Bechstein (1801–1860) spent nearly all his life in the Thuringian town of Meiningen. Except for the Brothers Grimm {see planet (6912)}, he is the greatest German teller of fairy tales and myths, collecting and arranging them. (M 43048) _ _.
Discovered on 23-9-1992 in Tautenburg by Borngen, F.