Hedwig Kiesekamp

Hedwig Kiesekamp

Hedwig Kiesekamp , b. Bracht; (* July 21, 1844 in Henrichenburg ; † March 2, 1919 in Münster ), actually Hedwig Carolina Theodora Maria Huberta Philomene Kiesekamp , lived and worked as a singer and writer in Münster (Westphalia). She wrote under the pseudonyms “L. Rafael "and" Helene Kordelia ".

Life

Hedwig Kiesekamp was born on the Henrichenburg manor as one of seven children of the tenant Hermann Bracht in Westphalia. She attended the local village school until she was 14, where she was taught by a clergyman in French and geography, among other things. After her father's death, she attended an Ursuline convent school in Marseyk in Belgium for a year before returning to Westphalia. In 1864 she married the mill owner and later President of the Chamber of Commerce Wilhelm Kiesekamp and moved to Münster, where she lived until her death. A memorial stone on the west wall of the central cemetery in Münster commemorates her. A street in Castrop-Rauxel is named after her.

Kiesekamp first wrote fairy tales for her own children. Levin Schücking supported her with her first literary rehearsals. As a writer, Kiesekamp wrote short stories, poetry, dramas and literature for young people, some of which saw several editions.

Hedwig Kiesekamp was also successful as a singer. Important composers like Max Reger wrote songs for the concert and oratorio singer, Hans Pfitzner set her poems to music. Kiesekamp was friends with Johannes Brahms .

Works

• New fairy tale treasure for dear children. Bagel, Mühlheim 1876.
• At the chimney. Fairy tale Munster 1878.
• Fresh fairy tale bouquet for dear children. Bagel, Mühlheim 1880.
• How to sing in the forest and what the birds tell each other. Spring fairy tales for young and old. Schöningh, Paderborn 1884. ( digitized version )
• At the lake Garda. Stories, fairy tales and sketches. Emmert, Arco 1888.
• What the storm sang. Fairy tale. Album Foundation, Berlin 1888.
• Poems. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1888. (3rd edition 1901) ( digitized version )
• Winter dreams. New fairy tales for adults. Pierson, Dresden / Leipzig 1892.
• New poems. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1893.
• Ebb and flow. Poems. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1896. ( digitized version )
• Grandmother tells us. Fairy tales, stories, poems. Aschendorff, Münster 1896.
• Love wins! Comedy in one act. Kösel, Kempten 1898.
• Heinrich. Family drama. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1898.
• The prince is coming. Comedy in three acts. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1898.
• Young hearts. Novellas. Habbel, Regensburg 1899.
• Evening gluten. Poems, 4th collection. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1901.
• From the old Saxon tribe. Novellas. Amelang, Leipzig 1905.
• Depths of longing. New poems. Amelang, Leipzig 1906.
• Schultsch Ebbinghaus and her unique one and other stories. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1907.
• From the sketchbook. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1908.
• The Spökenkieker and other Westphalian stories. Fredebeul & Könen, Essen 1908.
• Goldgretel's Christmas Book. Children's poems. Coppenrath, Münster 1910. ( digitized version )
• The song of St. Cecilia. Brought home. Doris. 3 stories. Aschendorff, Münster 1910.
• Dream and life. Narrative. Habbel, Regensburg 1919.

literature

• Kiesekamp, ​​Mrs. Hedwig . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 425 f. ( Digitized version ). Also:
  • Kiesekamp, ​​Hedwig (addition) . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 522 ( digitized version ).
  • Cornelia, Helene . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 135 ( digitized version ).
  • Kornelia, Helene . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 448 ( digitized version ).
  • Rafael, L. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 164 ( digitized version ).
• Fritz Abshoff: Forming Spirits . Volume 1. Oestergaard, Berlin 1905, p. 59.
• Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 3. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, pp. 458f.

Web links

Wikisource: Hedwig Kiesekamp  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Hedwig Kiesekamp in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Hedwig Kiesekamp  in the German Digital Library
• Hedwig Kiesekamp in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Hedwig Kiesekamp collection in the University and State Library of Münster