Emma Niendorf

Emma von Suckow

Emma Niendorf (pseudonym of Emma von Suckow , nee Anna Maria Eder, ennobled Emma von Calatin ; * July 12, 1807 in Pappenheim , † April 7, 1876 in Rome ) was a German writer .

The eldest of the three daughters of the royal Bavarian adjutant general Karl Theodor Friedrich Graf and Herr zu Pappenheim from his relationship with the Pappenheim citizen daughter Anna Maria Eder, from 1819 a ennobled "von Calatin", spent part of her childhood and youth in Munich. Here she married the officer Karl Ludwig Emil von Suckow , 20 years her senior, on November 29, 1828 , a native of Mecklenburg who served the Württemberg royal family from 1807, lived with him in Ulm and Ludwigsburg and from 1837 in Stuttgart. Of their children, only Albert , born in 1828, survived .

The acquaintance with Nikolaus Lenau , whose biographer she became, Ludwig Uhland , Karl Mayer , Gustav Schwab , Eduard Mörike and Count Alexander von Württemberg inspired Emma Niendorf's literary work. She called herself “Niendorf” or “von Niendorf” after one of her father-in-law's possessions. She maintained particularly close relationships with Justinus Kerner and his Swabian circle of poets in Weinsberg ; she stayed here frequently and for long periods from 1838 onwards. In Stuttgart she ran a salon that was regularly visited by writers. Extensive travels through Germany, France, England, Spain, Switzerland and Italy brought her together with numerous literary celebrities.

Emma Niendorf summarized her travel experiences and memories in numerous books. In addition, she published in many magazines, e. B. in Cotta's "Morgenblatt". In Gustav Birnbaum's daily newspaper “Der Ungar. Pesth-Ofner Localblatt ”appeared in 1863 in ten installments of her story“ The man, ran away! ”.

After the death of her husband in 1863 Emma Niendorf lived in Stuttgart, most recently in Baden-Baden. Her last trip took her back to Italy in the summer of 1875. On April 7, 1876, she died of a heart attack in Rome.

Emma Niendorf belonged to the Serach group of poets .

Works

• Maria of Brabant. Historical-romantic story from the times of the Wittelsbachers. Hartmann, Leipzig 1835.
• Travel scenes in Bavaria, Tyrol and Swabia. Stuttgart 1840, digitized
• Wandering life at the foot of the Alps , 1843, digitized
• From the present. Duncker, Berlin 1844. Digitized
• Hiking life at the foot of the Alps. Dedicated to travelers on Lake Geneva. 1847. Digitized
• Simple stories , digitized in 1849
• Stories , 1849, digitized
• The Altmühltal. In: Morgenblatt for educated readers. No. 146–150, June 19–24, 1847. Reprint in: Collective sheet of the Eichstätt Historical Association. 84, 1991, pp. 164-169.
• Lenau in Swabia. From the last decade of his life. Herbig, Leipzig 1853. Digitized
• From today's Paris. Mäcken, Stuttgart 1854.
• From London. Dissolving Views. Stage, Berlin 1855.
• Weed Grown Over These Stories , Volume 2
• Liberated Hearts , 1863, digitized
• The man, ran away! , 1863, digitized version: first to fourth continuation ; Part five to tenth

literature

• Franz Brümmer :  Suckow, Emma von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 109 f.
• Elisa Müller-Adams: "The gigantic England and my little pen". Gender and Nation in England Travel Reports by Fanny Lewald and Emma Niendorf . In: Christina Ujma: Paths to Modernity. Travel literature by writers from the Vormärz . Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-89528-728-2 .
• Irmgard Scheitler: Emma von Niendorf as a travel writer. In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt. 84, 1991, pp. 143-169.

Web links

Wikisource: Emma Niendorf  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Emma Niendorf in the catalog of the German National Library