Christina Regina Hellwig

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Christina Regina Hellwig , née Kratzenstein, (* around 1666 ) was a German alchemist .

Life

Hellwig was the daughter of Heinrich Kratzenstein (1629–1705), who was a teacher at the Lyceum in Merseburg and most recently a Protestant pastor and rector in Erfurt . Around 1688 she married the doctor in Weißensee (Thuringia) Christoph Hellwig (* 1663 in Kölleda , died in Erfurt 1721).

After Christian Friedrich Harleß , she was known for her knowledge of pharmaceutical chemistry, medicine and alchemy. She was also a poet and a good piano player.

literature

  • Christian Friedrich Harleß, The merits of women for natural science and medicine, Göttingen 1830, p. 179, this in turn refers to the information in Christian Franz Paullini , The high and well-learned Teutsche Frauen-Zimmer. Erfurt 1705
  • Jette Anders: 33 alchemists. The hidden side of an ancient science. Past Publishing, Berlin 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical information about the family
personal data
SURNAME Hellwig, Christina Regina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kratzenstein, Christina Regina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German alchemist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1666
DATE OF DEATH 18th century