Marie Cäcilie Heine

Marie Cäcilie Heine (born March 17, 1778 ; died May 8, 1854 ), known as Heinemöhn , was a German farmer and song keeper. She lived in Menzenberg near Bad Honnef .

Life

She was the daughter of Wilhelm Riffler or Riveler (1744-1829) and his wife Helena Gertrud Vreden (1749-1819) and thus came from long-established families in the area. In her youth, the winery worker Marie Cäcilie Riffler had learned numerous folk songs by heart and saved them for posterity. In 1808 she married Johann Peter Heinen (1783–1850), with whom she leased a winery and between 1809 and 1822 had six children. The three sons died at a young age, the last at the age of 23.

Because of her wisdom and intelligence, Heine was known in the wider area as Heinemöhn (about: old mother Heine); it kept old, local sagas and songs. The philologist Karl Simrock , who had a winery in Menzenberg, got to know her after 1840, asked her to recite her songs to him and enthusiastically called her the “Menzenberger Nachtigall” because of her wealth of knowledge. His collection “German Folk Songs”, published in 1851, was largely drawn from this source. Simrock placed a portrait of Heinemöhn in his study.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johannes Jansen: Honnefer Volkszeitung, September 3, 1991; Digitized
2. ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 395.