Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode

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Eleonore Princess Reuss around 1900
Gravestone in Ilsenburg with the title "Fürstin Reuss"

Countess Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (* February 20, 1835 in Gedern , † September 18, 1903 in Ilsenburg ) was Princess Reuss zu Köstritz and a German song poet by marriage .

Life

It came from the ruling main line of the Count's House of Stolberg-Wernigerode . Her father was Hereditary Count Hermann zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , the son of the ruling Count Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode . In autumn 1838 the von Gedern family moved to Ilsenburg. In 1855 she married the widowed Prince Heinrich LXXIV. Reuss zu Köstritz (1798–1886), who belonged to a non-ruling branch of the younger Reuss line . At the time of the marriage, Heinrich was already 57 years old. Eleonore followed her husband to the Oberlausitzer Gut Jänkendorf . After his death in 1886 she returned to Ilsenburg, where she lived with her elderly mother, Countess Emma zu Erbach-Fürstenau († 1889). In the Ilsenburg parish, von Reuss was active as a diaconal and literary figure. Her grave is still today in the cemetery next to the entrance to the Marienkirche there. The saying on the grave stone is a part of verse 13 of the song If God is for me, kick of Paul Gerhardt : "The sun, I laugh, my Lord Jesus Christ; what makes me sing is what is in heaven. "

Works

The year ends silently

At Christmas 1857 Eleonore received the news that her friend, the writer Marie Nathusius , had died. She dealt with her sadness and bewilderment in the poem, published in 1867, The year ends silently . In it she processes motifs from Psalm 126 LUT . In the text she expresses her hope for eternal life. The song is contained in the current Protestant hymn book of the German-speaking Protestant regional churches (EG 63).

I've been through the world

In this poem (set to music by Karl Kuhlo ) Reuss emphasizes the futility of human search and creation; they did not lead to real peace. She expresses her certainty of a rest that can be found through Christ's death on the cross - "for everyone, far and near in the wounds of the Lamb of God on the cross on Golgotha".

Other well-known texts

  • Life on earth is so easy
  • It is finished! The suffering is fulfilled
  • Go home, be saved, oh wonderful word!
  • Now I have you, here you have me
  • I see full of desire
  • Memories of El., 1883

Publications

  • Friederike Countess von Reden born. Freiin Riedesel zu Eisenbach. A picture of life based on letters and diaries , Berlin 1888
  • Adolf von Thadden-Trieglaff . A picture of life, Berlin 1890
  • Memories of old Wernigerode ; Wernigerode 1900
  • Philipp Nathusius youth , Berlin Verlag by Wilhelm Hertz 1896
  • Philipp von Nathusius - The life and work of the people's newspaper writer , Verlag des Lindenhof zu Neinstedt am Harz 1900

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Stolberg-Wernigerode, Eleonore to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reuss, Princess Eleonore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Gedern , Hesse
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1903
Place of death Ilsenburg