Hedwig von Redern

Hedwig von Redern (born April 23, 1866 in Berlin , † February 22, 1935 in Berlin) was a German narrator and hymn poet.

Life

Hedwig von Redern comes from the Brandenburg nobility family von Redern and is the eldest child of Lieutenant General Hermann von Redern (1819–1886). She first grew up on the Brandenburg estate Wansdorf in the Osthavelland . When she was 20 years old, her father died and her home was destroyed by fire. The family then moved to Berlin, where Hedwig lived in relatively poor conditions.

In Berlin, Hedwig von Redern became Count Andreas Bernstorff's employee at Sunday School . She was also active in the Moabit Municipal Hospital and initiated Bible studies for nursing staff . She also worked in the service of police officers and their wives, which General von Schulzendorf began with her and which soon found imitation in many German cities.

Inspired by the pietistic preacher Elias Schrenk , she found her purpose in life in faith and published her first poems.

In 1900 she founded the German Women Missions Prayer Association (DFMGB) with like-minded people.

After the death of her mother in 1924, she moved with her eldest brother Wilhelm to Gumbinnen in East Prussia , where he became government vice-president . In 1928 she moved to Potsdam . After an operation in October 1933, she was ill until her death in 1935.

In addition to numerous Christian songs (including I don't know the way with the melody by John Bacchus Dykes , Ev. Hymnal (Lower Saxony / Bremen edition) No. 591 or (Rhineland, Westphalia and Lippe edition) No. 650, Mennonite hymn book No. 362), song translations and poems, Hedwig von Redern wrote a multitude of stories shaped by faith.

Fonts

Andreas Graf von Bernstorff . A picture of life based on his letters and personal notes . 2nd Edition. Railway, Schwerin 1909

literature

Sigrid Fillies-Reuter: Hedwig von Redern. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 1462-1464. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Beate Scheffbuch, Winrich Scheffbuch : Sing the grief from your heart . Hänssler-Verlag Neuhausen / Stuttgart, 2/1998, pp. 44-50
Kurt Scherer: Hedwig von Redern . 2nd Edition. Johannis Verlag, Lahr 1996, ISBN 3-501-01264-0
Walter Schulz: Reich singer. Key to the German Reichsliederbuch . Gotha 1930

Web links

Literature by and about Hedwig von Redern in the catalog of the German National Library
Short biography and poems by Hedwig von Redern

Individual evidence

↑ Scheffbuch, Scherer et al. Indicate May 22, 1935 as the date of death for Hedwig von Redern

personal data
SURNAME	Talking, Hedwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German narrator and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	February 22, 1935
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Scheffbuch, Scherer et al. Indicate May 22, 1935 as the date of death for Hedwig von Redern