Amalie Countess of Solms

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Sonnewalde Castle around 1860

Amalie Countess zu Solms (born August 6, 1820 in Prenzlau ; † July 23, 1900 in Berlin ) was a German patroness.

Life

Her father Hermann Reichsgraf von Schwerin (1776-1858) had the village and its buildings in Wolfshagen , which had been the ancestral seat of this branch of the family since Otto von Schwerin (1616-1679), by Peter Joseph Lenné in a landscape park. Her mother was Rosalie Countess von Dönhoff (* 1789 in Wolfshagen). Amalie von Schwerin married on October 4, 1840 in Wolfshagen Wilhelm Ludwig Alfred Graf zu Solms (* May 5, 1810 in Kotitz , † January 31, 1870 in Berlin) from Sonnewalde . In 1537, Count Phillip von Solms-Lich had bought the Sonnenwalde estate and thus established the Solms -Sonnewalde sideline. Alfred Graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde was a member of the Prussian manor house from 1861 until his death .

Her daughter Caecilie was born on November 23rd. However, the child died on January 4, 1843 and was buried in the Sonnewald hereditary funeral. The mother became so sad because of the pain that she had to be admitted to the Winnental Sanatorium and was treated by the famous Senior Medical Officer von Zeller (1804–1877).

It was probably through her doctor, whose father-in-law was the publisher Reimer , that Countess zu Solms-Sonnewalde got to know and appreciate the poems of Alwine Wuthenow (1820–1908). In a letter, she recommended the poet, who was suffering from a nervous disease and was therefore placed in an institution in Rostock, to seek treatment from her doctor von Zeller. When Wuthenow pointed out her lack of financial means for such treatment, Countess zu Solms made it possible for Alwine Wuthenow to stay in Winnental from April 1862 to July 1867 through financial grants.

literature

  • Eberhard Schmidt (ed.): Correspondence between Alwine Wuthenow and Klaus Groth. Büro + Service Verlag Angelika Bruhn, Rostock 2006, ISBN 978-3-89954-244-8 , p. 119 u. Picture 12.
  • Sophie Schwerin: A picture of life . Eckardt, Leipzig 1911. Vol. II, p. 79.
personal data
SURNAME Solms, Amalie Countess too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German patroness
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1900
Place of death Berlin