Amalie Friedländer
Amalie Friedländer , née Amalie Heine ; (* May 8, 1800 in Hamburg ; † June 9, 1838 in Berlin ) was a cousin of the poet Heinrich Heine , who fell unhappily in love with her and who inspired her to write some of his love poems published in the Book of Songs .
She was the third daughter of the banker Salomon Heine , who had brought his nephew to Hamburg in 1816 to give him a commercial apprenticeship. There he met Amalie, who was also called Molly in the family. She did not return the young poet's love, however, so that Heine found the situation in his uncle's house increasingly depressing. Since he was unsuccessful as a businessman, he finally accepted Salomon's offer to finance his studies and left Hamburg in 1819.
After Amalie Heine married the Königsberg landowner Jonathan Friedländer (1793–1863), called John, in 1821, Heine's crush on her noticeably diminished. Instead of the even “beautifully cleaned Sunday doll, in the manufacture of which the heavenly art turner outdid himself”, in 1827, when he saw her again for the first time in 11 years, he only spoke of the “fat woman”.
Amalie Friedländer died again 11 years later. Her grave is on the Trinity Cemetery II in Berlin-Kreuzberg , field B1.
See also
Web links
- Prominent personalities with birth or work in Königsberg http://www.ostpreussen.net/index.php?seite_id=12&bericht=05&kreis=38&stadt=01
- Friedhof II der Dreifaltigkeitsgemeinde http://friedhofsfinder.stiftung-historische-friedhoefe.de/friedhof/k_berg/bergmannstrasse/dreifaltigkeit2txt.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedländer, Amalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heine, Amalie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cousin of the poet Heinrich Heine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1838 |
| Place of death | Berlin |