Elise summer
Elise Sommer (born October 29, 1761 in Laasphe as Anne Christiane Elisabeth Brandenburg , † August 30, 1836 in Neisse ) was a German writer and poet.
Life
Anne Christiane Elisabeth Brandenburg, or Elise Brandenburg for short, was born as the first of eight children to Joachim Friedrich Brandenburg.
Elise Brandenburg spent several years of her childhood and youth in Stralsund with her father's only sister Juliane Eleonore, wife of Dr. iur. Friedrich Berend Reincke. The environment in the big city on the Baltic Sea and in a wealthy family, which was different in every respect, had a strong impact on the adolescents.
After her mother's death in 1778, Elise Brandenburg was called home in Burbach to look after her sick father.
On November 17, 1779, she married Johann Ludwig Sommer (1749–1798) from Laasphe in Burbach, with whom she lived in Berleburg . From this marriage there were five sons and five daughters, three of whom, however, did not live long.
Since Ludwig Sommer had left no fortune, his widow was dependent on the help of relatives from Stralsund, who made it possible for the sons to study in Marburg . The rest of the family moved there as well.
Relations with Berleburg continued to exist. The Princely Government Councilor Friedrich August Jost (1774-1830) married Elise Sommer in the Lutheran Church in Marburg on July 6, 1806. They separated after a short time and the marriage was dissolved before June 6, 1809 for unknown reasons.
Elise Sommer, as she called herself again, lived from then on with her children, for example in Marburg, Darmstadt, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Kassel, Bergen on Rügen, Crossen , Neisse . She died on August 30, 1836 in Nysa and was buried on September 15, 1836 in Bergen on Rügen .
After the death of her first husband, Elise Sommer began writing and published a. a. in Christoph Martin Wieland's “ Teutschem Merkur ” and in Johann Friedrich Cotta's “ Morgenblatt für educated estates ” mishaps and poems. She received support from Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart , Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk and Karl Wilhelm Justi .
Works
- Sommer's contributions to Teutsche Merkur are available here as full text ( enter Sommer, E. as author )
- Poetic attempts. Bayrhoffer, Marburg 1806.
- Poems. Herrmannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1813.
- Poems and prose essays. With a foreword by Karl Wilhelm Justi ; also attached poems by her daughter Friederike Pauline Götze, Züllichau 1833.
Web links
- Literature about Elise Sommer in the state bibliography MV
- Elise Sommer in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Information about Elise Sommer at www.zeno.org
- Wittgensteiner family file: Elise Sommer
- Elise Sommer in the National Library
- Elise Sommer in the Berlin State Library, search entry persons / Sommer, Elise
Individual evidence
- ^ Elise Sommer in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- ^ Wilhelm Kühlmann: Killy Literaturlexikon Si – Vi , Walter de Gruyter 2011, p. 53.
- ↑ Entry by Elise Sommer , Wittgensteiner Family File, accessed on November 27, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Elise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg, Anne Christiane Elisabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laasphe |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1836 |
| Place of death | Nysa |