Please note that this title primarily consists of content that is freely available on the internet. Johann Nikolaus Andreas Wiss (December 27, 1788, in Brotterode; January 13, 1816, in Schmalkalden) was a German poet. Andreas Wiss was the youngest son of a Protestant pastor family in the Thuringian mountain village of Brotterode, which was part of the exclave of Schmalkalden belonging to Hesse-Kassel at that time. From 1801, he attended the gymnasium in Gotha and from 1806 the lyceum in Schmalkalden. Starting in 1807, he studied theology in Rinteln and continued his studies in Marburg after the closure of the local university. From 1811, he worked as a private tutor at Wilhelmshöhe Castle near Kassel. Between 1812 and 1814, he also served as an assistant preacher in Kassel. Due to a serious illness, he passed away at the age of.