the environmental effect of large numbers of visitors to the grave. Finding a suitable burial place became an issue for the top echelons of the regime, including Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Joseph Goebbels, Werner von Blomberg and even Adolf Hitler. On 30 November 1934, members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), apparently on orders from Goebbels, removed the remains from the graveyard chapel in Fallingbostel where they were awaiting reburial. They buried them near the roadside of what was then Reichsstrasse 3 (now Bundesstrasse 3 or B3) south of Barrl, near the area known presently as Reinsehlen Camp. However, on 2 August 1935, the anniversary of the start of World War I, on the initiative of von Blomberg, Minister of War, the Reichswehr exhumed the remains and transferred them to the Tietlinger Wacholderhain near Walsrode, where an earlier (1929) memorial had been erected, for a ceremonial reburial. Later reception After 1945, Löns remained a bestselling author. The company that published most of his works estimated that by 1966 they had sold 7.5 million books written by him. The 1932 movie Grün ist die Heide (Green Is The Heath) was based on Löns' writings. It was remade with great commercial success in 1951, featuring Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack, and again in 1972. In 1956, Dieter Borsche featured as Löns in , a German movie based on Löns' autobiography Das zweite Gesicht. Memorials There are 113 memorials total to Löns in Germany plus eight in Austria and 19 in other countries. Additionally, 247 streets and roads in Germany have been named for him. Twelve schools have his name. Finally, there is Hermann Löns Stadium at Paderborn. Bibliography Mein goldenes Buch, 1901 Ausgewählte Werke von Fritz von der Leine, 1902 Mein braunes Buch, 1906 Mümmelmann, 1909 Contributions to Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt (edited by Hermann Meerwarth), 1910–12 Mein blaues Buch, 1909 Der letzte Hansbur, 1909 Dahinten in der Haide, 1910 Der Wehrwolf, 1910 Der kleine Rosengarten, 1911, from which the song Auf der Lüneburger Heide was derived. Das zweite Gesicht, 1912 Auf der Wildbahn, 1912 Mein buntes Buch, 1913 Die Häuser von Ohlendorf, 1913 References External links Hermann-Löns-Verband e.V. (German) Tomas Axelzon: Hermann Löns. A short introduction to the poet of the Heath. (Nov. 2011) Der Wehrwolf in German at Projekt Gutenberg 1866 births 1914 deaths People from Chełmno People from the Province of Prussia Culture of Lower Saxony German journalists German male journalists