Eva von Baudissin

Countess Eva von Baudissin, 1901

Eva Fanny Bernhardine Countess von Baudissin , b. Türk, (born October 8, 1869 in Lübeck , † February 11, 1943 in Munich ) was a German writer . She also wrote under the pseudonym Bernhard von Brandenburg .

Life

She was born as the daughter of the medical officer and later city ​​physician Carl Türk and the writer Emmy Eschricht (1834–1900) in Lübeck. Her grandfather was the legal historian Karl Türk , her older brother Titus Türk was known as a naval officer.

She attended the secondary school for private daughters in Lübeck and successfully completed her teacher training in 1888. This was followed by a long stay with friends in England . Back in Lübeck in 1891 she married the officer and writer Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin ; the marriage came from the son Wolf (1894-1924) and the daughter Lieselotte. The family lived in Hamburg until 1895 , in Schleswig until 1899 and then in Dresden until 1906 . Countess von Baudissin divorced her husband in 1906.

Various trips followed. In 1908, Countess von Baudissin settled in Munich, where she died in 1943.

Von Baudissin had published her first work in 1892: The story Das Wegdewood-Weibchen appeared in the magazine Zeitgeist . She published humoresques, short stories and novels under the pseudonym Bernhard von Brandenburg . Her complete oeuvre comprises almost 60 works, including a biography about the singer Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient .

The Lübeck Museum Behnhaus keeps a portrait of her by August Godtknecht (1873).

Works (selection)

Autobiography

• From the youth . The experiences of Eva Countess v. Baudissin. With Ill. Arthur Lewin. Hillger Verlag, Berlin 1914, 112 pages (Kürschner's Büscherschatz, Vol. 937)

Edits

• The dead guest . Romantic story by Heinrich Zschokke . Arrangement by Eva v. Baudissin. H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin & Leipzig 1908. (1001 stories for young and old, vol. 30)
• The Lexicon of Fine Customs . Practical handbook and reference book for all cases of social intercourse. Founded by Kurt Adelfels d. i. Jacob Stern . Newly edited and edited by Eva Gräfin v. Baudissin. Schwabacher Verlag, Berlin 1928. 34. – 36. Td., 235 pp.

stories

• The Wegdewood female . In: Zeitgeist . 1892.
• Self-inflicted . Two stories. H. Steinitz, Berlin (1898?), 234 pages (new edition: Globus-Verlag, Berlin 1925). (Yellow novels, issue 1, 87 pages)
• On the hills of Wales . Novella. DVA, Stuttgart 1902.
• The Rastedts . A cheerful travel story (from Orient and Occident). H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Leipzig 1907, 279 p. (New edition: 1914, 192 p., Kürschners Bücherschatz, Vol. 961/962).
• War comrades and other stories . Reclam, Leipzig 1917, 95 p. (Reclam Universal Library, Vol. 5917)
• Sanssouci farmhouse . Narrative. Hillger Verlag, Berlin 1918, 9i4 pp. (Kürschner's book treasure, vol. 1157)
• Ahoy! Three sea tales. Verlag von Grethlein & Co., Leipzig 1919, 128 pp.
• Comrade . Narrative. Publishing house, Hesse & Becker, Leipzig 1919.
• Lu's marriage . German book workshops, Dresden 1919 (Salon books; 9).
• The Webers children . A story for young girls. Union DVA, Stuttgart-Berlin-Leipzig 1927, 280 pp.
• Sanssouci farmhouse . Erzlg. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Leipzig 1932, 94 pages (Kürschner's book treasure trove (new editions) vol. 209).

Humoresques

• At home and outside . Humoresques. Reclam, Leipzig 1900.
• Our menagerie and other humoresques . Illustrated by Wilhelm Roegge. H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Eisenach - Leipzig 1903, 108 pages (Kürschner´s Büscherschatz, Vol. 366)
• From near and far . Humoresques. Reclam, Leipzig 1907, 95 p. (Reclams Universal - Bibliothek vol. 4910)

Novels

• On the border . H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Eisenach - Leipzig 1898, 126 p. (Kürschner´s Bücherschatz Vol. 87)
• Love fights . H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Eisenach - Leipzig 1899.
• Luck . H. Steinitz, Berlin 1900.
• The good Erich . Otto Janke, Berlin 1900. (New edition, Hillger, Berlin - Leipzig 1910, 112 pages - Kürschner's book treasure, vol. 746)
• In a narrow circle . Engelhorn publishing house, Stuttgart 1900.
• a. D . H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin 1903.
• Drifting wrecks . DVA, Stuttgart 1904.
• Grete Wolters . Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Stuttgart 1905.
• One lucky hand . Minden Verlag, Dresden 1906.
• In the trench . Minden Verlag, Dresden & Leipzig 1907, 273 pp.
• Children of a family . 1908.
• The sisters . H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Leipzig 1908, 112 p. (Kürschner's book treasure, vol. 614)
• Power of the past . Elischer, Leipzig 1910, 274 pp.
• For love of Russia . 2nd Edition. Minden Verlag, Dresden - Leipzig 1911, 316 pp.
• The quarterly philister . Seyfert Verlag, Dresden 1914, 256 pp.
• "You" on the rope . Schmidkunz Verlag, Munich 1914. VIII, 174 pp.
• In the doctoral house . H. Hillger Verlag, Berlin - Leipzig 1916, 110 pp.
• A modern girl's winter . Verlag Vogel & Vogel, Leipzig 1916 (Lipsia books, Vol. 11).
• The lantern over the door . Ullstein - Verlag, Berlin - Vienna 1917, 187 pages (Ullstein - Bücher, Vol. 94)
• Small town frenzy . Verlag der Bücherfreunde, Berlin 1918.
• The nightingale bushes . Ullstein, Berlin - Vienna 1918, 249 p. (Ullstein - books, vol. 105)
• One of three . Scherl Verlag, Berlin 1919, 307 pp.
• The great wave . Verlag Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1919, 284 pp.
• Mrs. Gisela! Engelhorn publishing house, Stuttgart 1921.
• The Boz family . A novel for young girls. Meidinger Verlag, Berlin 1930, 208 pp.
• Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient . The fate of a great artist. Drei-Masken-Verlag, Berlin 1937, 265 pp.

Non-fiction

• Speemann's golden book of custom . (Spemann's house studies; 4). Spemann Verlag, Berlin 1901, 363 pages, by Count Wolf and Countess Eva Baudissin.
• The golden book of custom . A home customer for everyone. (Spemann's house studies; 4). Spemann Verlag, Berlin 1904 (together with Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil von Baudissin).
• The golden book of sports (Spemann's homework). Spemann Verlag, Berlin 1909 (together with Major Steinitzer).
• Holidays in Bavaria . Travel description. With Illustr. by Elisabeth von Rommel. Hugendubel, Munich 1936, 87 pages, 1 plate.

Plays

• The betrothed . Comedy in three acts. Verlag F. Bloch, Berlin 1906, 88 pp.

Translations

• John Paris : Kimono . Wieland Verlag, Munich 1923.
• Leonora Christina Ulfeldt : Jammersminde . Leonora Christina, Countess von Ulfeldt, handwritten description of her imprisonment in the Blue Tower in Copenhagen from 1663–1685. German Transferred by Eva Countess von Baudissin. Verlag Morawe & Scheffelt, Berlin (1917), 187 pages (Nordland - books, volume 20).

literature

• Franz Brümmer : Baudissin, Eva Countess von . In: Ders .: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present, Volume 1 . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, pp. 134-135.
• Elisabeth Friedrichs: Baudissin, Eva Gfn. v. In: Dies .: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , (Repertories on the History of German Literature 9), p. 16.
• Baudissin, Countess Eva v. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 41 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Baudissin, Countess Eva v. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 477 ( digitized version ). - Addendum
• Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. German business publisher, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Eva von Baudissin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of Eva von Baudissin
• Eva and Wolf EHE von Baudissin: Spemann's golden book of custom in full text on zeno.org
• Estate of Eva von Baudissin in the culture portal bavarikon
• The estate is in the Bavarian State Library
• Bavarian writers and the bourgeois women's movement around 1900 Exhibition with documents and correspondence from Eva von Baudissin and other authors on bavarikon

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Joachim Frank: Literature in Schleswig-Holstein . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1995, p. 136.
2. ↑ The Lübeckers in portrait 1780-1930. Lübeck: Museums for Art and Cultural History of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1973, p. 84 (Inv. No. 1943/40)