Franziska von Reitzenstein

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Grave (design by Friedrich von Thiersch ) of Franziska Reitzenstein on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Franziska Freifrau von Reitzenstein , née Countess of Nyß (born September 19, 1834 at Härdenstein Castle in Swabia, † June 4, 1896 in Munich ) was a German novelist; she wrote under the pseudonym Franz von Nemmersdorf .

biography

Franziska von Reitzenstein was born as the daughter of the Augsburg Higher Appeal Judge Peter Paul von Nyß and Babette von Epplen at Härdenstein Castle in Swabia. She was well educated in the fields of history, philosophy and anthropology and moved in aristocratic circles. In 1849 she married the royal Bavarian Rittmeister Friedrich August Freiherrn von Reitzenstein (1801-1850), who died a few months later. After the death of her husband, the young widow traveled through Italy and visited Rome and Venice. Around 1860 she began to write for various papers. Above all, Karl Gutzkow promoted the budding author. For his conversations at the home hearth , she provided several short stories since 1860. She took the male form of her first name as a pseudonym and chose Nemmersdorf as the surname , Nemmersdorf being the old name of an East Prussian settlement that today bears the name Mayakowskoje . According to Hyacinth Holland , she is said to have chosen the name after an arbitrary look at a topographical-statistical lexicon. Gutzkow conveyed her first novel Under the Ruins. A novel from the present in Rome to Brockhaus-Verlag in Leipzig. Previously, he had slightly revised and edited the manuscript at the request of the publisher. The novel, published in 1862, was dedicated to Gutzkow by the author. In her printed dedication to Gutzkow, she draws attention to his novel The Magician of Rome (1858–1861), which influenced her book.

She wrote other novels under her pseudonym, especially those with a historical background. She later followed in the footsteps of Paolo Mantegazza and dedicated her work Battle of the Sexes , which deals with relations between women and men and the issue of women's rights. She also wrote for magazines and newspapers, including the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung , the Münchener Zeitung and the associated entertainment paper, as well as for Ernst Keil's Die Gartenlaube and several newspapers in Vienna. Franziska von Reitzenstein owned a house in Munich, where she lived with her cats, which earned her the name of the cat baroness from her neighbors.

tomb

The tomb of Franziska Reitsenstein is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (New Arkadenplatz 105 at cemetery 42) location . Her grave was designed by Friedrich von Thiersch .

Works (selection)

  • From the Neva to the Vistula . In: Karl Gutzkow (ed.): Conversations at the home hearth .
  • Under the ruins . Leipzig 1862.
  • Modern society . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1863. ( digitized 1st part ), ( 2nd part ), ( 3rd part ), ( part 4 )
  • La Stella. Novel from Venice's present . Fleischmann, Munich 1863, previously published in the Neue Münchener Zeitung . ( Digitized version )
  • Doge and Pope . Breslau 1865. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 )
  • Gozzi's revenge . Bavarian newspaper 1865.
  • Alone in the world . Janke, Berlin 1868.
  • Late atonement . In Grosse 's and Franz Grandauer's Revue Propylaea . 1869.
  • Under arms . Janke, Berlin 1869, reprint 1872. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 ), ( volume 3 )
  • Knights of our time . Richter & Kappler, Nuremberg and Leipzig 1873. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 ), ( volume 3 )
  • In the coupé. 2 vols. Munich 1873.
    • Vol. 1: A demonic woman .
    • Vol. 2: The rejected and the pure .
  • A gentleman . Costenoble, Jena 1874. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 ), ( volume 3 ), ( volume 4 )
  • A marriage drama . Novel in four volumes. Costenoble, Jena 1876.
  • The masks of happiness . Berlin 1876.
  • Give space! . Baensch, Dresden 1880.
  • The riddle of life . Novel in two volumes. Leipzig 1894.
  • The Battle of the Sexes - A Study from Life and for Life . Spohr, Leipzig 1891.
  • From fermenting time - study from life . Foerster, Stuttgart 1895.

Works in magazines (selection)

  • From the Neva to the Vistula. A winter drive. In: Karl Gutzkow (ed.): Conversations at the home hearth . Leipzig, 1862 (No. 2 - No. 4)

Remarks

  1. ↑ also: Neuss cf. Intelligence sheet and weekly bulletin of the royal Bavarian city p.195 Wedding announcement
  2. ^ Daughter of Lieutenant General Anselm von Epplen († 1834), City Commander of Augsburg, cf. Allgemeine Zeitung Munich: 1834 p.132
  3. ↑ Gotha. Baronial houses to the year 1894 , p. 718 (date of marriage not recorded there.)
  4. ↑ The name also bears a today's district of Goldkronach .
  5. ↑ See Wolfgang Rasch (Ed.): Karl Gutzkow. Memories, reports and judgments of his contemporaries. De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 2011, p. 561 (life chronicle).

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personal data
SURNAME Reitzenstein, Franziska von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nemmersdorf, Franz von (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Härdenstein Castle in Swabia
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1896
Place of death Munich