Mittwochsgesellschaft

Mittwochsgesellschaft, a Berlin literary circle which had its regular meetings on Wednesdays and was founded in 1824 by J. E. Hitzig. Its members included at various times W. Alexis, A. von Chamisso, J. von Eichendorff, and K. von Holtei. Among its critics were K. Gutzkow and M. G. Saphir, founder of the Berliner Sonntagsverein, renamed Der Tunnel über der Spree.