Bernhardine from Wintgen
Bernhardine von Wintgen (born May 13, 1789 in Münster , † February 15, 1855 at Ermelinghof house in Bockum-Hövel ) was a German canon and translator.
Life
Bernhardine von Wintgen was born as the daughter of Josef Anton von Wintgen and his wife Anna Bernhardine von Korff called Schmising . Her brother Franz Otto was married to Caroline von der Heiden-Baak, her sister Anna married one von Höfflinger. Her grandfather Franz Anton and his ancestors were land rent masters and officials in the service of the prince. Bernhardine was a canoness in Borghorst . After the secularization of the monastery, she lived temporarily in Münster and temporarily at the Ermelinghof family home .
She translated various works from English into German and anonymously published the text “ Novena der Bedrängten. Nine days of devotion and mass prayers invoking St. Walburga, drawn from her heavenly fountain of grace. Along with the biography of the saints. "
In Münster it was the focus of a literary salon , to which the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , the lawyer and writer Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur (1783–1866) and other authors had contact.
literature
- Annette von Droste-Gesellschaft, Droste-Jahrbuch 1997, Verlag Regensberg, Münster 1997, ISBN 3792305410
- Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, The letters of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 1, Verlag Jena Diederichs (1944), 1st edition, OCLC 174668719, pages 437, 505, 577;
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wintgen, Bernhardine von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1855 |
| Place of death | House Ermelinghof , Bockum-Hövel |