Alberta from Freydorf

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Alberta von Freydorf, disguised as a Constance citizen's wife, around 1910

Alberta von Freydorf (born Albertine Freiin von Cornberg; born February 19, 1846 in Paris , † November 8, 1923 in Karlsruhe ) was a German writer .

Life

Alberta (actually Albertine; as a writer she called herself Alberta) von Freydorf was born in Paris in 1846 as the third child of Otto Karl Wilhelm Joseph Freiherr von Cornberg and the actress Wilhelmine Thoene. She came from the old Cornberg family from the Electorate of Hesse and grew up in Karlsruhe since 1851, where her mother got a permanent position at the court theater . She attended the secondary school for girls and the private school Boisot; she spent the years 1859 to 1862 in the Sacré-Cœur monastery near Kinzigheim in Alsace .

In 1866 she completed a three-month traineeship at the Hoftheater Stuttgart . On November 6th of the same year she married the Baden state official and later Minister Rudolf von Freydorf, 27 years her senior . From this marriage two sons emerged (Eugen, 1867–1914, and Rudolf, born 1868). Freydorf's duties of representation as a politician's wife contributed to making her the center of a Karlsruhe circle of artists. She was friends with the mother of Joseph Victor von Scheffels , Josephine Scheffel ; after the death of her husband the poet also took over the guardianship of the two sons.

Since the death of her husband in 1882, she began to become more active as a writer, probably also to supplement her narrow widow's pension. She wrote numerous short stories , fairy tales , novels and (occasional) poems - some of them together with or as successor to Josefine Scheffel - many of which appeared in newspapers, magazines and calendars. Her first book Rhodopis was published in 1885. Biographies of Grand Duke Friedrich and Empress Augusta also emerged from their relationships with the Baden court. She also wrote festivals and organized live pictures .

Alberta von Freydorf died in 1923 at the age of 78. During her lifetime she enjoyed relatively great popularity, but her work was quickly forgotten. Her estate is now in the Baden State Library .

Works

  • Rhodopis. A fairy tale (1884)
  • Ring, wreath and veil. A fairy tale as the bride's welcome (1885)
  • The source of love from Spangenberg. A short story (1885)
  • Forest princess. A fairy tale (1885)
  • The roses of St. Elizabeth. A legend in three acts, dramatized (1886)
  • In the Gaisblattlaube. A fairy tale bouquet (with Josefine Scheffel) (1886)
  • All sorts of stories about flowers, children and birds (1887)
  • God wanted it. A funeral wreath laid on the tomb of the most blessed Prince Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden (1888)
  • The violinist of Thun (1888)
  • Cornflowers and Bay Leaves (Poems) (1889)
  • Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden. A picture of a German prince (1892)
  • Hail to our prince! A portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden (1896)
  • The powder makers of Nuremberg (opera libretto) (1901)
  • The fairy tale of the thimble (with Josefine Scheffel) (1905)
  • Malcha and Thorild. Black Forest song from the 30 Years War (with Josefine Scheffel) (1905)
  • Zeppelin poems from significant days (1909)
  • Empress Augusta. In memory of the 100th birthday (1911)
  • numerous unpublished works

literature

  • Wilhelm E. Oeftering: History of literature in Baden. Volume 3, Müller, Karlsruhe 1939, pp. 23-24.
  • K. Preisendanz: The handwritten estate of Alberta von Freydorf. In: The pyramid. Weekly for the Karlsruher Tagblatt , No. 20/11, 1931, p. 41.
  • Kristiane Schmalfeld: Freydorf v., Albertine (Alberta). In: Badische Biographien , New Series, Volume 3, 1990, pp. 91–92. ISBN 3-17-009958-2 .
  • Freydorf, Alberta Wilhelmine Henriette von. In: German Literature Lexicon. Volume 5, Francke, Bern / Munich 1978, Sp. 621.

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personal data
SURNAME Freydorf, Alberta from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freydorf, Albertine von; Cornberg, Albertine of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1923
Place of death Karlsruhe