Johanna Wolf (brothel operator)

Johanna Wolf (* 1841 in Pest , Empire of Austria under the name Rose Strauss) was the widow of one of Bavaria originating bookbinder and operates a precious brothel in Vienna .

General

Since 1865 she lived and worked in Vienna as a trader and manufacturer of white goods, i.e. laundry, but above all ran a very elegant brothel. In 1887 she moved the laundry trade and other activities (with the exception of the brothel) to the expensive Wieden district of Vienna, to the house of one of her employees, Mizzi Kaspar . In 1889 she moved out again. In their brothel there were many beautiful young women who knew how to behave perfectly even in high society and who often spoke several languages ​​for distinguished foreign guests. Frequent guests included the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Rudolf and the Prussian Prince Wilhelm, who later became Wilhelm II .

Connection with Crown Prince Rudolf

Johanna Wolf played a not insignificant role in the Mayerling case . She played the "intelligence service" for the Crown Prince, who was politically powerless and bitterly fought against Prime Minister Count Eduard Taaffe . And when Prince Wilhelm went back to Berlin, she often sent a few of her girls with her, who could sniff out the prince in order to send messages to Rudolf informing him what Wilhelm or his grandfather Wilhelm I was up to .

Modern presentation

The figure of Johanna Wolf is mostly used as "Madame Wolf" in films and musicals. In the film Crown Prince Rudolf's Last Love , she is played by Michou Friesz . In the musical Elisabeth by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay , the figure of Johanna "Frau" Wolf even has her own song, just don't be shy . In the recording of the musical she is played by Luzia Nistler .

literature

• Brigitte Hamann : Crown Prince Rudolf. One life . Piper