Anna Katterfeld

Anna Katterfeld (also: Anna Ilgenstein-Katterfeld , married name: Anna Ilgenstein , born October 14, 1880 in Kėdainiai , Russian Empire ; † February 20, 1964 in Steinen ) was a German writer .

Life

Anna Katterfeld came from a German Baltic family. She grew up in Courland and went to school in Riga . From 1899 she worked as an educator at Schloss Bujen near Hasenpoth ; from 1905 the religion teacher was at a school in Mitau . Since her ear problems had led to hearing loss at an early age , she was forced to give up her job. She began writing Protestant edification literature . From 1912 she lived mainly in Germany . In 1930 she married the Protestant pastor Wilhelm Ilgenstein, with whom she lived in Düsseldorf until 1936 . From 1936 the couple was based in Badenweiler .

Anna Katterfeld's extensive work consists mainly of stories for adults and young people as well as biographies of Protestant personalities.

Works

• Ludwig Katterfeld, the pioneer of the Inner Mission in the Baltic provinces , Munich 1913
• A Baltic deaconess life , Bethel b. Bielefeld 1920
• The first martyr in deaconess attire , Bethel near Bielefeld 1920 (biography of Marie Schlieps )
• Grete Fröhlich's mission , Bethel b. Bielefeld 1922
• Robber , Bethel b. Bielefeld 1922
• The message of Master Guntram from Augsburg , Leipzig 1923
• In the sign of the With Christ , Bethel b. Bielefeld 1923
• In Treue fest , Halle (Saale) 1924
• Beyond yourself , Bethel 1926
• Outdoors! , Basel 1927
• Which make many rich , Basel 1928
• Dr. Glück, the Sennedoktor , Bethel near Bielefeld 1929
• Hidden victories , Stuttgart 1929
• The Deaconess Mother House in Mitau in Life, Martyrdom and Construction , Mitau 1930
• Paul Wachtsmuth , Mitau 1930
• The City of Mercy , Neukirchen, Kr.Moers 1930
• The reflection , Basel 1930
• The secret of the Siberian night watchman and other stories , Stuttgart 1932
• Easter light over the cross , Hanover 1932
• The reunion in prison , Dresden 1932
• Die Reformatoren , Cologne 1933 (under the name Anna Ilgenstein-Katterfeld, together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)
• Dora Rappard , Berlin 1934
• The Queen's Maid of Honor , Stuttgart 1934
• Under God's hand , Elberfeld 1934
• Hannchen Friedberg's travel adventure , Elberfeld 1935
• The happiness of life , Berlin 1935
• Maria, the Lord's mother , Berlin 1935
• Oskar Schabert , a caller of God , Erlangen 1936
• Ursula's Journey into Life , Berlin 1936
• From I to We , Blankenburg 1936
• An adventurous journey , Bad Blankenburg 1937
• Amalie Sieveking , Berlin 1937
• The third call , Bad Blankenburg 1937
• Lights in the dark of the big city , Bad Blankenburg 1937
• How Lieselotte Weber was particularly taken , Berlin 1937
• The prophecy and other true stories from the past and present , Bad Blankenburg 1938
• For God's Kingdom , Stuttgart 1938
• Our Lord's Treasurer. A picture of the life of Countess Marie Esther von Waldersee . , Berlin 1938
• Felician von Zaremba , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1939
• Idelette , Calvin's wife , Basel [a. a.] 1939
• Lisbeth's decision , Berlin 1939
• The Angel of Siberia , Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1940
• The native children , Berlin 1940
• The saving hand , Berlin 1940
• The invisible hand , Stuttgart 1940
• Helmut's first pocket watch and Ein Disobedience , Bad Blankenburg, Thür. Wald 1941
• Brigitta's red handkerchief , Elberfeld 1941
• Great-grandfather and great-grandson in the Baltenlande , Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1941
• The right man , Lahr 1946
• In God's School , Bad Salzuflen 1947
• When " Papa Oberlin " was a boy , Stuttgart 1948
• Der Mahner , Berlin-Hermsdorf 1948
• Why Peter got in the newspaper , Giessen 1948
• The Christmas Sister , Giessen 1948
• Werner Froben's most beautiful Christmas , Stuttgart 1948
• An adventurous Christmas party , Möckmühl (Württ.) 1949
• Shining life , Stuttgart 1949
• The Steintal Pastor , Lahr 1949
• Father's Day , Lahr / Baden 1950
• Emil Frommel , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1951
• The wife of the gallery director , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1951
• Frieda Ufer-Held , Stuttgart 1951
• A wild girl and what became of her , Lahr / Baden 1951
• You are my god's gift , Stuttgart 1951 (together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)
• The very strong love , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1952
• Katharina von Bora , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1952
• Luise and her important assignment , Lahr / Baden 1952
• They followed him , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1952
• Fulfillment , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1953
• Friedrich Braun , Giessen [a. a.] 1953 (together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)
• Anna Katterfeld tells , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1954
• On the bridge to eternity , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) (together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)
  • 1. The end of life for God-blessed men , 1954
  • 2. The end of life for God-blessed women , 1954
• The forest farmer's boy from Kluppeneggerhof , Lahr / Baden 1954
• Everything is free , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1955
• Mother Heitefuss , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1955
• I don't know the way either ... , Stuttgart 1955
• The angel of all huts , Metzingen / Württ. 1957
• Pasture my lambs , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1957
• D. Ludwig Schneller , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1958
• My brother Heinrich , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1958
• The Prophecy Fulfilled , Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1959
• Fulfilled life , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1959
• The Kreuzwirt , Metzingen / Württ. 1959
• The traveling angel , Metzingen / Württ. 1959
• You have such wonderful paths , Wuppertal-Barmen 1961
• Decisive encounters , Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1963
• Still light! , Uhldingen 1979

Editing

• But when the perfect will come , Bethel b. Bielefeld 1921
• Hans Pförtner : The victory of the cross , Reutlingen 1949
• Hilda , Karlsruhe 1953 (published under the name Anna Ilgenstein-Katterfeld, together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)
• Friedrich I. and Friedrich II. , The last grand dukes of Baden , Karlsruhe 1954 (published under the name Anna Ilgenstein-Katterfeld, together with Wilhelm Ilgenstein)

literature

• Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. Vol. 2, pp. 642–647. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Anna Katterfeld. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• Katterfeld, Anna . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
• http://www.verlag-linea.de/html/katterfeld.php