Clara Quandt

Clara Quandt (born December 1841 in Rügenwalde , Pomerania , † April 25, 1919 in Neustadt , West Prussia ) was a German writer and teacher .

Life

Quandt came from an old Königsberg bourgeois family and was a descendant of the Königsberg court preacher Johann Jakob Quandt . She was the daughter of the Protestant superintendent Johann Ludwig Quandt (1801–1871), a popular Pomeranian pulpit speaker and historical researcher at the time, who had been pastor of the Marienkirche in Rügenwalde from 1836–1849 . She had been a teacher in Stettin since 1859 and head of a private secondary school for girls in Neustadt from 1869 .

As a writer, Quandt preferred topics from the old Prussian past, especially from the time of Christianization in the East and the Reformation . She was particularly successful with her historical story Johann Knade's self-knowledge , published in 1880 during the Reformation , and published six times by 1922.

Works

Locked doors . 1874.
In old Prussia - a historical story . Edited and pioneered by M. von Nathusius , P., Quedlinburg 1875.
Johannes Knade's self-knowledge - historical story from the time of the Reformation . Verlag Wollermenn, Braunschweig 1880; 6th edition: 1922.
The Poles in Gdansk - historical narrative . Publishing house Oemler, Hamburg 1881.
Gertrud von Loden - story from the time of Sweden . 3rd edition of the locked doors . Verlag Goeritz, Braunschweig 1891.

literature

Gottfried von Bülow : Quandt, Johann Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 13. - (Additional entry in your father's article (at the end))
Lexicon of women . Encyclios Verlag, 1953, p. 998.
Wilhelm Kosch , Bruno Berger, Heinz Rupp: German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-bibliographical manual , Verlag Francke, 1990, ISBN 3317016477 or ISBN 9783317016476 , p. 433. ( excerpt )

Web links

Literature by and about Clara Quandt in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ She is often confused with Clara Bianca von Quandt (1790–1862), wife of the art writer Johann Gottlob von Quandt (1787–1859).
^ Old Prussian monthly , Verlag Thomas & Oppermann, 1879, page 629. ( excerpt )
^ Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries . A lexicon. Repertories on the history of German literature, Verlagbuchhandlung J. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3476004562 or ISBN 9783476004567 ( excerpt )

personal data
SURNAME	Quandt, Clara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quandt, Klara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rügenwalde , Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1919
Place of death	Neustadt , West Prussia

[1] She is often confused with Clara Bianca von Quandt (1790–1862), wife of the art writer Johann Gottlob von Quandt (1787–1859).

[2] Old Prussian monthly , Verlag Thomas & Oppermann, 1879, page 629. ( excerpt )

[3] Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries . A lexicon. Repertories on the history of German literature, Verlagbuchhandlung J. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3476004562 or ISBN 9783476004567 ( excerpt )