Elsbeth by Nathusius

Elsbeth von Nathusius, detail from a photo from around 1875

Elsbeth Luise Friederike von Nathusius (born January 17, 1846 in Königsborn (near Magdeburg) , † July 10, 1928 in Merxhausen near Kassel ) was a German novelist.

Life

Her father was the manor, politician and scientist Wilhelm von Nathusius , her mother Marie, nee. of Meibom (1820-1878). She had five siblings. Her younger brother Wilhelm was an officer. One sister, Susanne , was a well-known portrait painter in Halle . Elsbeth von Nathusius himself remained unmarried and had no children.

She grew up on her father's estate in Königsborn, where Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben dedicated twelve songs to the toddler in 1847 on the occasion of a visit to her father (such as “For Elsbeth Nathusius”) as part of the “Elsbeth album”. In 1890 she moved to Halle with her widowed father for two years. From 1912 she lived in Kassel, initially in a guesthouse, later with her brother Wilhelm and in a “women's home” in the Wilhelmshöhe district.

Nathusius published stories in the high-circulation family magazine “ Daheim ” in the 1880s under the pseudonym “FL Born” (formed from the first letters of their first names Luise and Friederike and the final syllable of their birthplace Königsborn) . Books later appeared under her name, including Memories of Johanne Nathusius , which referred to her aunt Johanne Nathusius , and Johann Gottlob Nathusius. A pioneer of German industry for the life of her grandfather Johann Gottlob Nathusius , who was "... more aimed at the world of men ...". She also published articles on her great grandmother, Philippine Engelhard .

After losing her sizable inherited fortune in the hyperinflation of the early 1920s, she lived in modest circumstances until the end of her life. She died of pneumonia in the Merxhausen nursing home.

Johann Gottlob Nathusius. A pioneer in German industry

Old fairy tales. Retold to the children

Works (selection)

Under a pseudonym in the magazine "Daheim":

• Our Nephew , 8 sequels, 1886
• Dorothee , 3 sequels (Issues 35–37), 1887
• For the third time , 5 sequels (issues 27–31), 1888

Under your own name:

• Old fairy tales. Retold to the children , with decorations by Otto Fikentscher , Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle / Saale 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1910
• Memories of Johanne Nathusius , Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle / Saale approx. 1905
• Johann Gottlob Nathusius. A pioneer of German industry , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart and Berlin around 1912
• Philippine Gatterer , in: Hessenland , No. 33, 1919
• Philippine Engelhard. A German poet from the good old days

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to Nathusius, Miss Elsbeth von . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 76 ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ according to August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Choice in three parts. Poems of time, occasional poems and toasts. Volume 3, Olms, 1973, p. 362 and Heinrich Gerstenberg, Hoffmann's works collected by Fallersleben. Volume 2, F. Fontane, 1891 and August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Mein Leben. Records and memories. Volume 4, Carl Rümpler, Hannover 1868, p. 372
3. ↑ according to Meyers Konversationslexikon , 17th supplementary volume , at Retrobibliothek.de
4. ↑ according to a review by: Karl Borromäus, Die Bücherwelt. Journal for Libraries and Books , Karl Borromäus (Ed.), 1916, p. 45
5. ↑ published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt in several editions, here: 3rd edition from 1915
6. ↑ according to Literarisches Zentralblatt für Deutschland , Volume 70, Edward Avenarius, 1919 p. 134

literature

• Lilly von Nathusius: Johann Gottlob Nathusius (1760-1835) and his descendants and his nephew Moritz Nathusius with his descendants , Detmold 1964, p. 149
• Nathusius, Miss Elsbeth von . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 76 ( digitized version ).