Elisabeth von Schmidt-Pauli

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Elisabeth Nicoline Ida Agnes Marie von Schmidt-Pauli (born October 10, 1882 in Hamburg , † July 26, 1956 in Munich ) was a German writer . She wrote mainly theological and biographical writings and processed her material in books for young people .

Life

Elisabeth von Schmidt-Pauli was the daughter of the Hamburg merchant Edgar von Schmidt-Pauli (1853–1920) and the Hungarian baroness Josepha Fiath von Eörményes and Karansébes (1855–1945). She was the first female theology student at the University of Bonn . The Catholic finished her education in Strasbourg and Munich and traveled to the USA shortly before 1914. There she campaigned in religious circles for donations for East Prussia during the war , but she also fell ill with typhus and lost her hearing.

Back in Germany, she met Rainer Maria Rilke and Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber , about whom she wrote extensive biographies. She also described Bernhard von Clairvaux , Elisabeth von Thuringia , Niels Stensen and Maria Goretti . With a historical novel about Christopher Columbus and Isabelle of Spain , she also produced an extensive book for young people.

Baroness Schmidt-Pauli lived in Munich until her house was destroyed in World War II , then she retired to a monastery. In the post-war period, she campaigned for international youth work, arranged exchange trips to the USA and supported, among other things, the idea of children's villages .

Works (selection)

Elisabeth von Schmidt-Pauli published over eighty primarily sacred and liturgical works as well as religious children's literature. Several times, some up to the present day, were among others:

  • Jesus and I at the Holy Mass , Kirnach-Villingen 1931
  • Pilgrim on earth , Berlin 1931
  • I receive the Holy Spirit , Freiburg 1932
  • Singing, ringing Christmas path , Freiburg 1934
  • Saint Elisabeth , Meitingen 1935
  • Passion celebration hour , 1935
  • The roses of little St. Theresia , Frankfurt / Main 1937
  • Francis of Assisi , Frankfurt / Main 1938
  • Father, we call you! , 1939
  • Rainer Maria Rilke , Basel 1940
  • Columbus and Isabella , 1941
  • Pilgrims on earth , Kevelaer 1949
  • Pius XII. , The Hope of the World , Kevelaer 1952
  • The saint and her murderer. Maria Goretti's Life and Death , 1952

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Schuder (Ed. :) Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Nekrolog 1936-1970 , New York / Berlin de Gruyter 1973, ISBN 3110043815
  2. ↑ a b Ursula Köhler-Lutterbeck; Monika Siedentopf: Lexicon of 1000 women, Bonn 2000 , p. 319. ISBN 3-8012-0276-3
  3. ↑ a b c Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 415.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt-Pauli, Elisabeth von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt-Pauli, Elisabeth Nicoline Ida Agnes Marie von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1956
Place of death Munich