Elsa Plath-Langheinrich

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Elsa Plath-Langheinrich , née Elsa Langheinrich , (born January 21, 1932 in Gersfeld ) is a German author and local history researcher .

Life

She was born in the rectory in Gersfeld (Rhön) and grew up with her six siblings. She attended the Marienschule in Fulda and in 1950 began studying catechetics and church music at the church music school in Schlüchtern . There she met her future husband Richard Plath (born August 19, 1930 in Kiel; December 23, 2010 in Uetersen). After completing her studies, she got a position as cantor and organist at St. Thomas Church in Lübeck . She gave up these activities in 1956 and followed Richard Plath , the future cantor and church music director of the Uetersen monastery church, to Uetersen to marry him there. As a wife, Elsa Plath-Langheinrich remained professionally committed and gave piano lessons, supported her husband's work even after their three children were born (second born: Ulrike Streck-Plath ). In addition, she began with intensive historical studies of the Uetersen monastery , the most important result of which was the book Als Goethe nach Uetersen wrote in 1989 : The life of the Conventual Augusta Louise was Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg . In addition to her work as an author, she also looks after the historical archive of Uetersen Monastery. She also founded the “Klostertage Uetersen” association, which organizes concerts and lectures every two years.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • The flying violin in Uetersen. A story from the time the Uetersen church was built in 1749. Written according to historical sources and according to your own imagination. (= Uetersenensien. Vol. 1, ZDB -ID 2294691-3 ). With photos by Gerd Nelaimischkis and drawings by Ulrike Plath. Self-published, Uetersen 1983.
  • From Ueterst End to Uetersen. An entertaining walk through 750 years of Uetersen history. On the basis of traditional history, set in rhymes for a play by the monastery children's choirs on the anniversary of their homeland. 750 years of Uetersen (= Uetersenensien. Vol. 3). Self-published, Uetersen 1984.
  • The wrong horn in the monastery church in Uetersen . A story. Self-published, Uetersen 1985.
  • When Goethe wrote to Uetersen. The life of Conventual Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1989, ISBN 3-529-02695-6 .
  • Theodor von Kobbe : The Swedes in the Uetersen monastery. Eerie stories in a historical context (= Uetersenensien. Vol. 5). Released to light for today's readers 162 years after its publication. With illustrations by Lieselotte Schönfelder. Self-published, Uetersen 1992 (revised edition of the novel).
  • The Uetersen Christmas game. For the Protestant church “Am Kloster” in Uetersen (= Uetersenensien. Vol. 6). With illustrations by Ingrid Rudloff-Kramme. Self-published, Uetersen 1995.
  • as editor: Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Letters to Augusta Louise zu Stolberg. Goethe's letters in the Holstein monastery in Uetersen. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1999, ISBN 3-529-02682-4 (4th, revised and improved edition, ibid 2010, ISBN 978-3-529-02682-9 ).
  • The angel concert in the monastery church in Uetersen. A contemplation of the ceiling painting in verse. With illustrations by Helmut Seestädt. Self-published, Uetersen 2000, ISBN 3-00-006242-4 .
  • Today I want to be happy, happy ... About the friendship between the Uetersen conventual Augusta Louise Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg and the Wandsbeck Bothen Matthias Claudius . Bringing cheerful and serious things to light from letters, old writings and archives. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2005, ISBN 3-529-02605-0 .
  • The monastery at the Uetersten End. A small guide through the historic park of the former Cistercian monastery and later aristocratic women's monastery Uetersen. CDC Heydorns Verlag, Uetersen 2008, ISBN 978-3-934816-04-6 .
  • From the Cistercian convent to the aristocratic women's monastery in Uetersen in Holstein. From eight centuries. = Uetersen Monastery in Holstein. With Cistercian women and noble nuns through eight centuries. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-02813-7 .
  • Goethe's flirtation with Schleswig-Holstein. Letters to Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg in the Holstein monastery in Uetersen . Boyens Buchverlag, Husum 2018. ' ISBN 978-3-8042-1483-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Plath-Langheinrich, Elsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langheinrich, Elsa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Gersfeld