Caroline von Aufseß

Carolina Augusta Sophie Wilhelmina von und zu Egloffstein , née Freiin von und zu Aufseß (born on November 19, 1768 in Erlangen ; died on July 19, 1828 in Wilhelmsthal near Weimar ) came from the Franconian knightly von Aufseß family and rose to become Chamberlain at the Princely Court Saxony-Weimar . Because of her husband's activities, she was also called the Court Marshal .

Under the name Caroline von Egloffstein , she should not be confused with her niece of the same name.

Life

Caroline von Aufseß grew up near Aufseß , in the village of Heckenhof , where she is said to have been called "the Caroline". She was close friends with Henriette von Egloffstein and was also known in this way with her brother Gottlob von Egloffstein. In 1786 he was promoted to chamberlain and councilor in Saxony-Weimar, married Caroline von Aufseß on July 8, 1787 at Plankenfels Castle and brought her with him to the residential city of Weimar . Because of her uncomplicated manner, she quickly rose to the position of chamberlain of the Duchess Mother, Anna Amalia . As their company, she traveled and met other personalities; including Queen Luise of Prussia and Germaine de Staël .

After Anna Amalia's death in 1807, she remained attached to the court in Weimar. Among other things, she took care of her nieces Caroline and Julie von Egloffstein , both ladies-in-waiting. Her husband, Hofmarschall Gottlob von Egloffstein, died in 1815. Goethe dedicated a short poem to the widow in 1816. Conversely, she is said to have given the sick Goethe an armchair in 1823, which he returned to her three years later.

Her niece Caroline entered the service of Maria Pawlowna , Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , in November 1815 , and accompanied her to Eisenach. Her aunt Caroline herself stayed in Weimar with her sister Julie. There Caroline continued to work in artistic and literary circles.

Caroline von Egloffstein died while out walking and was buried in Eisenach . A memorial stone in the castle park of Tiefurt was not executed due to lack of money. For the design of this memorial stone, Goethe noted in his diary: cheerful - smart - sociable - understanding.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Torsten Schleicher, Hans Bauer: Did Goethe die in a chair from Franconia? , In: MainPost, March 19, 2015.

literature

• Max von Aufseß: Carolina Augusta Sophie Wilhelmina Freiin von und zu Aufseß . In: Frauengestalten in Franken , ed. by Inge Meidinger-Geise. Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1985. ISBN 3-8035-1242-5 , pp. 130-134.
• Claudia Häfner: Friendship in the literary sociability of the Weimar Muse Association . In: Sisters and Friends: on the cultural history of female communication , ed. by Eva Labouvie. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar, 2009. ISBN 3-4122-0358-0 . Digitized