Hedwig Haberkern
Hedwig Haberkern , b. Stenzel, pseud .: Aunt Hedwig (born April 16, 1837 in Breslau ; † 1901 (other information: 1902) ibid (?)) Was a German author and teacher .
Life
Haberkern was the daughter of the historian Gustav Adolf Harald Stenzel . The botanist Karl Gustav Wilhelm Stenzel was her brother. She initially worked as a kindergarten teacher and then ran a kindergarten in Wroclaw. In 1866 she married and went to Myslowitz , from 1878 to Beuthen in Upper Silesia . Most recently she worked as a teacher again in her hometown of Wroclaw.
As an author, she wrote various stories for children. In 1869, in her first work, Tante Hedwig's Stories for Little Children, the story of the snow cloud appeared , in which the song snowflake from heaven appears. This text is known and loved to this day as the winter song Snow Maiden, White Skirt .
Works
- Aunt Hedwig's Stories for Young Children. A book for narrative mothers, kindergarten teachers and young readers. With six colorful pictures by Louise Thalheim. Eduard Trawendt, Breslau 1869 (2nd increased edition. With four colorful pictures by Marie Stüber. Eduard Trewendt, Breslau 1887. - 3rd increased edition. Priebatsch, Breslau 1910).
- Two ways to the light. Eduard Trewendt, Breslau 1871 (2nd edition. Hirt & Sohn, Leipzig 1889. 3rd edition 1901).
- Garden, forest and field, my child's magic world. A greeting to the dear little ones and their mothers, a help booklet for kindergarten teachers. A. Pichler, Vienna 1877 (2nd edition 1888).
- Lifestyles of two friends. Stories for young girls by Marie L., Aunt Hedwig and Helene. Wiegandt & Grieben, Berlin 1884.
- In the old house. Christmas stories from 4 floors. Weiske, Dresden 1889.
literature
- Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon (= repertories on German literary history . Volume 9). Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , p. 112 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Aiga Klotz: Children's and Young People's Literature in Germany 1840–1950. Complete list of publications in German. Volume 2: G-K. Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-476-00703-0 , p. 117 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . Volume 7. Franke, Bern 1979, ISBN 3-7720-1461-5 , Sp. 25.
- Sophie Pataky : Lexicon of German women of the pen. A compilation of the works by female authors that have appeared since 1840, along with the biographies of the living and a list of pseudonyms. Volume 1: A-L. Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 300 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Peter Thiel (ed.): Literary yearbook. 1st year 1902. Hoursch & Bechstedt, Cologne 1903, p. 207 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hedwig Haberkern in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. St .: Hedwig Haberkern †. Author of “Two Paths to Light”. In: The Teacher in School and House 18 (1901/1902), volume 5, pp. 196–198, dated November 13, 1901 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . Nekrolog 1901-1935. 1936, p. 250 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Karl Gustav Wilhelm Stenzel: Gustav Adolf Harald Stenzel's life. Perthes, Gotha 1897, p. 457 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Claudia Becker: This is how winter loses its horror. In: Welt Online . January 5, 2009, accessed November 20, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haberkern, Hedwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stenzel, Hedwig (maiden name); Aunt Hedwig (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | before November 13, 1901 |
| Place of death | unsure: Breslau |