Meta Heusser-Schweizer

Meta Heusser-Schweizer
Born
Meta Schweizer

(1797-04-06)6 April 1797
Hirzel, Switzerland
Died2 January 1876(1876-01-02) (aged 78)
Hirzel, Switzerland
OccupationPoet
Literary movementWürttemberg Pietism
Spouse
Johann Jakob Heusser
(m. 1821; died 1859)
Children6, including Johanna Spyri
RelativesGeorg Gessner (uncle)

Meta Heusser-Schweizer (née Schweizer; 6 April 1797 – 2 January 1876) was a Swiss poet. Born in Hirzel as the niece of Georg Gessner, she wrote several collections of poems associated with the Württemberg Pietism movement. She was the mother of Johanna Spyri, best known for her children's novel Heidi.