The young writer spent some of his youth in Hof, where he lived through hard times and suffered great hardship. He wrote his most important novels here and in Schwarzenbach an der Saale. He wrote about the town, which he calls 'Kuhschnappel' or 'Flachsenfingern': "Behold Hof, where I suffered the most, but wrote the best." And yet he later recalled that he "never had more elysian days (although only in my breast and under the blue sky) back then".

Anyone who wants to find out what the "East Indian Spice Islands or Moluccas" are all about is invited to take a guided tour of the city. The secret of the "erotic academy" will also be revealed ...