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Auguste von der Betten (1827–1908)
Auguste with her husband, Major Hieronimus von der Betten, a photograph from 1861
Novel by Auguste von der Elbe: Chronicle of a traveling student - C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1880 (continuation of the fragment from 1818 " From the Chronicka of a traveling student " by Clemens Brentano ) Illustration of the illustrated edition with pictures by Franz Hein
Clemens Brentano ( Emilie Linder , after 1833)
Roman: The brewing years 1885 - now in the Gutenberg project

Auguste von der Betten , née Auguste Meyer , (born November 30, 1827 in Bleckede ; † April 25, 1908 in Hanover ) was a German writer who wrote several short stories and 50 novels under the pseudonyms A. von der Elbe and A. vd Elbe published.

Life

Auguste was born as the fifth of six children to the Hanoverian judicial officer Heinrich August Meyer zu Bleckede and his wife Henriette Büchting. She grew up in Bleckede Castle , located "high on the Elbe" , which was the official seat of the executive and judicial administration ("Amtshaus"). Her father previously held high offices during the French occupation. From 1809 to 1810 he was the first police director at the Hanover Police Department . He was appointed travel marshal by King Jérôme von Westphalen for an inspection tour through northern Germany in 1810. Heinrich August Meyer was considered a talent for organization and after the trip was appointed prefect for the newly founded department of the Elbe and Weser estuaries , which existed from September 1, 1810 to December 31, 1810 with its seat in Stade. After further professional positions, including in Hamburg, he came to Bleckede in 1819. According to a diary from the years 1809 to 1812, which has now disappeared, and various family papers in her novel The Brothers Meienburg , Auguste von der Betten processed the life of her father .

In 1849 she married the Hanoverian major of the cavalry Hieronymus von der Betten in Lüneburg . Hieronymus (1818–1875) grew up in Balje in the Kehdingen region near Freiburg / Elbe . She lived with her husband in various garrison towns. In the battle of Langensalza in 1866 he led the Hanoverian Guard du Corps . When the Kingdom of Hanover became Prussian, he said goodbye to military service. After 1866 they lived near Göttingen . In 1873 the couple moved from the ceiling to Meiningen . There Hieronymus became chamberlain in Saxony-Meiningen in southern Thuringia on April 2, 1875, a few months before his death . A long-term friendship developed in Meiningen between Auguste von derdecke and Ellen Franz , who also came from middle-class circles and was ennobled when Helene von Heldburg was ennobled shortly before her wedding to Duke Georg II (Saxony-Meiningen) . The von der blankets had no offspring.

After Hieronymus' death in 1875, Auguste wrote stories under her pseudonyms "A. von der Elbe" and "A. vd Elbe", which she published in newspapers. As a teenager she showed her talent for storytelling early on when she led small family performances. The first anonymous publications took place between 1856 and 1865. The first verifiably attributable publication dates from 1861. In the 19th century it was common to use stars instead of the author's name if the authorship was to remain hidden. Later, Auguste von derdecke was heavily influenced literarily by Hermann Allmers , with whom she also had a friendship for decades. He wrote the preface to some of her early books. In the foreword to the work: "Lüneburg Stories" he wrote the first short biography about Auguste von der Betten. He gave the year of birth 1828. This demonstrably wrong year of birth is often taken over by other reviewers to this day. The birth entry in the Bleckede church register took place after the baptism on January 8, 1828 for November 30, 1827.

From 1883 the poet lived in Hanover .

From 1877 onwards she wrote 50 novels, some of which had large editions. With her imaginative and by no means mundane stories she quickly conquered larger audiences. The mostly homeland-related novels often had a historically true starting point and were exciting entertainment literature. Examples are The Counts of Roden about the noble family of the Counts of Roden , which died out in 1553 and played an important role in the urban development of Hanover, or the book Der Bürgermeisterturm , which connects the Lüneburg Prelate War with a love story. Her books appeared in many editions, and some were printed until 1930. Reprint editions appeared in 1986 (Der Bürgermeisterturm), 1991 (Souverän), 2012 (Brothers Meienburg) and 2013 (The long guy).

She chose the pseudonym A. von der Elbe because she did not want to discredit the family name von derdecke through her writing. On the other hand, it was also an homage to her place of birth, Bleckede, because she was fascinated by the Elbe as a child. She chose the abbreviation of the first name because at first she did not want to be recognized as a writing woman. In the 19th century it was still the exception for women to write. In some reviews of the time, "the author" is also used. Later it was no longer a secret that she was a writer and her real name was also known at that time through her own contribution in Hannoversche Writers of the Present from 1888 with the well-known photo of her as well as through entries in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon from 1892 and in " Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon "from 1893.

Works

Chronological index of the 50 books
  1. Junker Ludolfs Gedenkbüchlein - Nordwestdeutscher Volksschriften Verlag, Bremen 1877
  2. Chronicle of a traveling student - C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1880 (continuation of the fragment from 1818 from the Chronicka of a traveling student by Clemens Brentano )
  3. The Ricklinger - O. Janke, Berlin 1881 *
  4. The Meienburg Brothers - A short story from the French period - C. Winter, Heidelberg 1881, limited preview in the Google book search
  5. Lüneburg stories - Spemann, Stuttgart 1883, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 6: 1-225980
  6. The Heliandsinger - Spemann, Stuttgart 1884
  7. Aref the Hindu - Kiepert, Freiburg i.Br. 1884
  8. The mayor's tower - G. Grote, Berlin 1885
  9. Years of brewing, pictures from Weimar's heyday - Keil, Leipzig 1885 Auguste von der Betten : Years of brewing in the Gutenberg-DE project and a limited preview in the Google book search
  10. Sleeping Beauty - Böhme Nachf., Leipzig 1885
  11. Sovereign - Pierson, Dresden 1886
  12. Around a count's castle - O. Janke, Berlin 1887
  13. The Junkers of Lucerne - Pierson, Dresden 1888
  14. One son - Kiepert, Freiburg i.Br. 1888
  15. Apollonia von Celle - Böhme Nachf., Leipzig 1889
  16. An old guilt - O. Janke, Berlin 1889
  17. Count Floris - Pierson, Dresden 1889
  18. True love - Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1891
  19. In his footsteps: A novel from Lüneburg's prehistory - G. Grote, Berlin 1891
  20. The world of appearances - Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1892
  21. Eigenart - German publishing house, Stuttgart 1893
  22. The power of the small - O. Janke, Berlin 1894
  23. The Younger Princes - Association of Book Lovers, Berlin 1894
  24. Fought for luck (2 stories) - HJ Meidinger, Berlin 1896
  25. Funny stories - A. Schumann, Leipzig 1896
  26. Wartburggeschichten - Bookshop of the Berliner Stadtmission, Berlin 1896
  27. Astolf, the Cheruscan - HJ Meidinger, Berlin 1897
  28. The Colonel's daughters - Hermann Costenoble, Jena 1897
  29. Sowing and harvesting - C. Reissner, Dresden 1897
  30. Isabella's estate and other stories - Paul List, Leipzig 1898
  31. The last dark shop - Hermann Costenoble, Jena 1899
  32. Uncle Wilhelm's guests - C. Reissner, Dresden 1899
  33. Seekönig's daughters - Otto Janke, Berlin 1900
  34. The funny Heinz confessions - Otto Janke, Berlin 1901
  35. Kaiser and doctor - Ulrich Meyer, Berlin 1901
  36. Harriet's marriage - L. von Vangerow, Bremerhaven 1902
  37. Mrs. Leonie's secret - Pierson, Dresden 1903
  38. Ambition - Otto Janke, Berlin 1903
  39. Found home - Ulrich Meyer, Berlin 1903
  40. A fresh rice - L. von Vangerow, Bremerhaven 1904
  41. A dangerous man. His child. (2 novellas) - Enßlin and Laiblin, Reutlingen 1904
  42. A sin of life - Hillger, Berlin 1905
  43. The fate of three women - Unterborn, Berlin-Schöneberg 1906
  44. The Eiken von Eikenheide - C. Reissner, Dresden 1907
  45. Summer love - Sarganek, Berlin 1907
  46. In gangs - L. von Vangerow, Bremerhaven 1907
  47. The castle on the lake - Seyfert, Dresden 1908
  48. The Counts of Roden - E. Ungleich, Leipzig 1908
  49. Nemesis - L. von Vangerow, Bremerhaven 1908
  50. The long guy - Seyfert, Dresden 1909 (published posthumously)
*The novel Die Ricklinger is actually the second work by Auguste von der Betten and appeared as a sequel to the Bremer Nachrichten in 1878 . The novel was not printed in book form until 1881, as stated above.
Stories in magazines and newspapers
  • The old armchair - published anonymously in the Lüneburger Zeitung in 1861. First version, which still differs greatly in length and style from the second version published 16 years later: "Der stille Freund", which has already been revised by Hermann Allmers. Three stars instead of the author's name.
  • The silent friend - published anonymously in the newspaper Bremer Nachrichten in 1877 . Four stars instead of the author's name. The revised version, for the first time under the pseudonym "A. von der Elbe", appeared in 1883 in the book Lüneburg Stories .
  • Anna's heart - magazine: From rock to sea, Spemann 1882/83 1st vol.
  • Laurel and Myrtle - Library of Entertainment and Knowledge, Herm. Schönlein, Stuttgart 1883
  • A loyal servant - magazine: Vom Fels zum Meer, Spemann 1883/84 1st vol.
  • Summer Flowers - Library of Entertainment and Knowledge, Herm. Schönlein, Stuttgart 1884
  • Marzillas apprenticeship years - magazine: Das Kränzchen, Spemanns Illustrated Mädchen-Jahrbuch, 3rd year Stuttgart 1890
  • The diamonds of the Duchess - newspaper: Thorner Presse, 1892
  • Flamma - a fairy tale for tall people - monthly sheets for German literature 5th year, Herm. Beyer, Leipzig 1901
  • Christinens Kummer - Trowitzsch's Volkskalender, Berlin 1902
  • Heavenly or earthly love - Reclams Universum, Leipzig 1905
  • Out of spite - German Roman Library, Volume 35.2, Stuttgart 1907
  • The stumbling block - Yearbook: Neue Christoterpe 1907, C. Ed. Müller's publishing bookstore
  • Verstrickt - newspaper: Bote vom Untersee (Switzerland) No. 34/1917 - 103/1917
Poems
  • Die Bake von Bosch-Plat (Novellette in Versen) - magazine: Velhagen and Klasings monthly books, volume 1, September 1894
Historical
  • From Lüneburg's history - Hannoversche writer of the present , W. Otto 1888
Autobiographical
  • Memories - in: Allmers-Buch, Festgabe on the 80th birthday of Hermann Allmers. FA Lattmann 1901
  • Why A. von der Elbe? - in: Anny Wothe (Ed.): Selbsterlebtes. From the workshops of German poetry and art . L. von Vangerow, Bremerhaven and Leipzig 1904

Web links

Commons : Auguste von der Ceilings  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blankets, Auguste v. the . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 145 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Hannoversches biographical lexicon: from the beginnings to the present, Dirk Böttcher 2002 p. 91 at Google Books
  3. ↑ database Niedersächsische people there looking with: Name ceiling Auguste
  4. ↑ a b c Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon from 1905 Volume 4 S.570
  5. ↑ Genealogical tables of the von derdecke family, Herwart and Thassilo von derdecke 1994, p. 130.
  6. ↑ Lexicon of German Women in Feather, Sophie Pataky 1898, p. 91
  7. ^ Hannoversche writer of the present, publisher: Otto 1888
  8. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Leipzig 1892
  9. ^ Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon from 1893
personal data
SURNAME Blankets, Auguste von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Auguste (maiden name); Elbe, Auguste von der (pseudonym); Elbe, A. von der (pseudonym); Elbe, A. v. the (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Bleckede
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1908
Place of death Hanover