Anne Babette von Belderbusch

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Babette Koch, anonymous portrait, probably from the end of the 18th century.

Anna Barbara von Belderbusch , née Koch (born June 28, 1771 in Bonn ; † November 25, 1807 ibid) was a childhood friend of Ludwig van Beethoven and the wife of Anton Maria Karl von Belderbusch .

Life

Anna Barbara Koch, called Babette, came from the host family of the Gasthaus Zehrgarten on the market square in Bonn , which also owned a small bookshop. Many of the guests were students from Bonn University and members of the Bonn Reading Society , including Ludwig van Beethoven, with whom she was on friendly terms. Babette Koch married Count Anton Maria Karl von Belderbusch on June 9, 1802 and lived with him at Miel Castle . She died in 1807 giving birth to her fourth child.

Honors

In Bonn, the Babette-Koch-Weg is named after her; it is behind the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

literature

  • Max Braubach : About the people and life in Bonn at the time of the young Beethoven and Babette Koch-Belderbusch. New research findings . In: Bonner Geschichtsblätter 23/1969 . Pp. 51-121.
  • Max Braubach (Ed.): The family books of Beethoven and Babette Koch . Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-88188-008-9 .
  • Josef Niesen : Bonn Personal Lexicon. Bouvier, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-416-03159-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Babette-Koch-Weg in the Bonn street cadastre
personal data
SURNAME Belderbusch, Anne Babette from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koch, Babette (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German woman, childhood friend of Ludwig van Beethoven and wife of Anton Maria Karl von Belderbusch
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1807
Place of death Bonn