Berta Bethge

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Berta Bethge (born January 1, 1829 in Calbe , † July 30, 1905 in Dresden ) was a German writer . She also wrote under the pseudonym Caritas .

Life

Bethge was born in Calbe on the Saale. She had three sisters with whom she ran a cleaning business in Magdeburg for several years. On October 15, 1885, she entered the Magdeburg Georgenstift as a preamble . Here she began to devote herself to writing. Her publications dealt mainly with the history of Magdeburg. Bethge died with a sister in Dresden, where she was also buried.

Works

  • Ruth. Story from Archbishop Otto's time. Fricke, Halle 1885.
  • Otto and Editha. Tale from the 10th century. 2 volumes. Fricke, Halle 1887.
  • The presbyter Johannes and his house. Narrative. Fricke, Halle 1889.
  • The white rose of Tichfield. Story from the English Revolution. Fricke, Halle 1891.
  • Lucretia Schmidt. Story from Magdeburg's darkest days. Fricke, Halle 1892.
  • The trumpet player. Story from the time of the wars of freedom. Fricke, Halle 1894.
  • The Grammonts. Story from the Huguenot period. Fricke, Halle 1897.
  • From Ursula's religious letters.
  • Hilda. Narrative. Fricke, Halle 1903.

literature

  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, p. 217.
  • Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , ( Repertories on the history of German literature 9), p. 25.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To be found only under the author's name "Caritas".
  2. ↑ To be found only under the author's name "Caritas".
  3. ↑ To be found only under the author's name "Caritas".
  4. ↑ No copy can be found
  5. ↑ To be found only under the author's name "Caritas".
personal data
SURNAME Bethge, Berta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caritas (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Calbe (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1905
Place of death Dresden