Elisabet van Randenborgh

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Elisabet van Randenborgh

Elisabet van Randenborgh (born December 26, 1893 in Bielefeld as Elisabeth Luise Juliane Sophie Riemeier ; † May 25, 1983 there ) was a German writer .

Life

Elisabet Riemeier was the daughter of a businessman. She attended the Ceciliengymnasium in Bielefeld , where she passed the final exam in 1914. She then studied philology and theology at the universities of Bonn , Münster and Munich . 1919 doctorate it to the University of Munich with a religious-philosophical work for doctor of philosophy and then continued her studies at the University of Goettingen away. In 1923 she married the Lic.theol. Gottfried van Randenborgh (*  September 24, 1894 ; † September 5, 1964 ), who worked as a Protestant pastor in Iserlohn and after the war held the office of senior church councilor in Bielefeld . From 1949 the family resided in Bielefeld, where Elisabet von Randenborgh lived until her death. The city of Bielefeld honored the writer in 1990 with the “Van-Randenborgh-Weg” near the Kesselbrink .

Elisabet van Randenborgh was the author of novels , short stories and plays , predominantly with Christian, sometimes also autobiographical subjects; the total circulation of her works exceeded the million mark.

Works

Randenborgh. Sun shines in your hallways ...
  • The theory of religious valuation by J. St. Mill, James, FA Lange and Vaihinger , Munich 1919 (under the name of Elisabet Riemeier)
  • Alle die Schönheit , Berlin-Dahlem 1921 (under the name Elisabet Riemeier)
  • A women's book , Berlin-Dahlem 1921 (under the name of Elisabet Riemeier)
  • Mrs. Mondschein , Berlin-Dahlem 1924
  • The closed gate , Berlin-Dahlem 1928
  • We are waiting for you , Potsdam 1930
  • My daily work was new , Berlin 1933
  • The hard glory , Berlin 1934
  • Amrie's legacy , Berlin 1935
  • About the profession of the German Protestant pastor today , Stuttgart 1935
  • Break into a paradise , Berlin 1936
  • Johann Heinrich Volkening , Berlin 1937
  • Justus and Regine , Berlin 1937
  • On the order of marriage , Berlin 1938 (together with Gottfried van Randenborgh)
  • The women of Vislede , Berlin 1939
  • The new young day , Berlin 1941
  • Do not be afraid! , Kreuztal 1948
  • Bigger than our heart , Wuppertal 1948
  • Obedient to the call , Kreuztal 1948
  • We praise your crib , Berlin-Dahlem [u. a.] 1950
  • In the shadow of your face , Hamburg [u. a.] 1950
  • Rich and poor meet each other , Hamburg 1952
  • The blind companion , Bielefeld 1953
  • The grass farmer Michl's homecoming to Landl , Bielefeld 1953
  • When God calls , Bielefeld 1953
  • Place of Honor , Bethel 1954
  • The Princess's Journey , Hamburg 1954
  • ... like the morning of the evening , Bethel near Bielefeld 1955
  • Bent over to your trail , Hamburg 1956
  • Cheerful encounters in the rectory , Hamburg 1959
  • Anna Dorothee , Hamburg 1960
  • Let the years talk , Wuppertal 1964
  • Like smoke from all roofs , Wuppertal 1966
  • Anna Margarete , Wuppertal 1970
  • The first step , Wuppertal 1971
  • The district is closed , Wuppertal 1972
  • Growing rings , Wuppertal 1978

Spiritual folk song

In 1922 Elisabet van Randenborgh composed the hymn " Sun shines in your corridors ", which was included in the Rhenish-Westphalian edition of the German Evangelical Hymnbook (DEG) under number 56 in the appendix "Spiritual folk songs" . It was not included in the Evangelical Hymnbook (EG) introduced in 1969 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nina Holley: Memory of deserving Bielefeld women. Group advocates naming streets after women . In: Neue Westfälische Bielefeld, May 14, 2004
  2. ↑ Joachim Wibbing: Elisabet van Randenborgh, the author of the “Ravensberger Trilogy”, was born 125 years ago. She was one of the first women to graduate from high school in the city of Bielefeld . In: Neue Westfälische Bielefeld, December 27, 2008 Digitized at www.joachim-wibbing.de. Retrieved on August 31, 2019
  3. ↑ Evangelical hymn book for Rhineland and Westphalia. W. Crüwell Dortmund, undated [copy c. 1960]

Web links

literature

  • Karin Koenemann: Write in a way that ordinary women can understand. The writer Elisabet van Randenborgh (1893–1983) . In: Bärbel Sunderbrink (ed.), Women in Bielefeld History. Publishing house for regional history Bielefeld 2010, pp. 215–221, ISBN 978-3-89534-795-5
  • Wilhelm Bleicher: Elisabet van Randenborgh in Iserlohn , In: Contributions to local history for Iserlohn and the Mark region, edited by the Iserlohn Museum Support Group, vol. 21, 2014, 311 – ff
  • Friedhelm Groth: Elisabet van Randenborgh . In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon , Volume XXXVIII, 2017, columns 1192–1197
personal data
SURNAME Randenborgh, Elisabet van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riemeier, Elisabeth Luise Juliane Sophie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1983
Place of death Bielefeld