Johanne von Gemmingen

Johanne von Gemmingen born Petershagen (born June 10, 1901 in Schwetzingen , † September 13, 2001 in Ulm ) was a German writer. In particular, she wrote children's books and fairy tales.

Life

After attending secondary school in Ulm and the early death of her father, she worked for the army administration and then for the Neu-Ulmer Zeitung , where she did regional reporting as well as film and theater reviews and book reviews. After the Second World War, she worked for a youth book publisher from 1946 to 1951, after which she worked as an author for fairy tales and radio plays for Südwestfunk and Bayern 1 .

family

On October 3, 1932, she married Joachim Eberhard von Gemmingen (1893–1967) in Ulm , who had three children born between 1915 and 1920 from his first marriage with Marianne von Palm (1889–1977), who had divorced in 1930. The daughter Kristin, born in 1938, came from his marriage to Johanne. The couple later split up. Johanne stayed with her daughter in Neu-Ulm while her husband lived in Munich.

Works (selection)

The circus , 1946
The old tree and other fairy tales , 1946
Four bells , 1947
It's Christmas , 1947
Funny fair , 1948
Easter week , 1949
The day before yesterday - yesterday - today. Stories, poems, sketches from five decades , 1981
A strange couple. Encounters and Stories , 1982
Heart Stories , 1984
The Swabians and other people. Almost all true stories , 1988

literature

Gerhard Kaiser: Johanne von Gemmingen - living with the muses. Memories and time images from a century , in: Ulm and Oberschwaben 52 , 2001, pp. 19–90.
Maria Heitland: Family chronicle of the barons of Gemmingen. Continuation of the chronicles from 1895 and 1925/26 , Elztal 1991, pp. 117/118.

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personal data
SURNAME	Gemmingen, Johanne von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petershagen, Johanne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwetzingen
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 2001
Place of death	Ulm