Karoline Engelhard

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Karoline Engelhard (born October 25, 1781 in Kassel , † September 14, 1855 in Kassel) was a German writer.

origin

Engelhard was the eldest daughter of Johann Philipp Engelhard and his wife Philippine Engelhard , geb. Gatterer. She had nine siblings, including her brother Wilhelm Gotthelf Engelhard and sister Luise, who married the Magdeburg businessman Johann Gottlob Nathusius .

Life

Engelhard grew up in his father's house in middle-class, but modest circumstances due to the large number of children of the parents in Kassel. From the end of April 1805 to September 1806 she was a nanny for Sophie Mereau , Clemens Brentano's wife at the time in Heidelberg . Mereau was a powerful influence on them.

She was an educational writer. She became known as the author of Julien's letters, although she initially published them under the pseudonym Julie. Her identity was revealed in Philippi's Merkur (Literature Journal No. 5) in 1824 . Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder , who met Engelhard in Marburg together with Sophie Mereau, confirmed the pseudonym in its basis for a Hessian history of scholars, writers and artists .

Engelhard tries to connect poetry with the reality that surrounds it, which was not easy because: "... poetry ... freedom (wants), strict morality puts brazen fetters; I couldn't leave either of them, and that the only means of unification was also only a seed of pain, since there was not what both principles wanted ... how few inhabitants of the poetic world are truly happy; most of them go a thorn path that lacks the harmony of both worlds ... " how she wrote to Strieder. According to the contemporary literary historian Heinrich Kurz ... developed (she) just as much spirit as soul ... in her novels .

Some of her works have been published in various newspapers and compilations, such as the Morgenblatt (1808), Taschenbuch für Damen (Tübingen 1809), Gubitz ' Der Gesellschafter (1817), Zeitung for the Elegant World (1822 and 1823) and the Dresdner Morgen-Zeitung . Engelhard also wrote lyrics for songs like "Amen" and "When I get into bed".

The artist lived in Kassel and temporarily in Blankenburg in the Harz region. She stayed with her sister Luise in Althaldensleben for longer periods of time and was often visiting Berlin , Dresden (with another sister and with Elisa von der Recke ) and Marburg.

Engelhard was friends with the Brothers Grimm , who lived for a while opposite the Engelhard's father's house in Kassel, and Franz Christoph Horn . After an unhappy love she remained unmarried, founded the "Engelhard Foundation for Unmarried Daughters" and had no offspring.

Works

  • Collected letters from Julien , Leipzig 1806–1809, 4 editions
  • The chief forester Kraft and his children, depictions of domesticity and love, by the author of Julien's letters , Leipzig 1817, 2 editions
  • Life pictures. From the author of Julien's collected letters , includes: The literary housewife, Helmina, The father's custom, The election, The misogynist, The testament. Leipzig 1818, 2 editions
  • Stories by the author of Julien's letters , includes: Viola (Mährchen), Südliebe (True Story), The Singer (True Story), The Grandmother (True Story), The Gypsy (True Story), The Man Enemy, The Christ Gift. Braunschweig 1821
  • Colorful series. Collection of short stories, by the author of Julien's letters , includes: The living, dead and dead, living, chess nadir, The letter, The hypochondriac, The ball gown, The trip to Bad , Magdeburg 1823
  • Julien's estate, from the author of Julien's letters , Leipzig 1844

literature

  • Franz Brümmer: German poet lexicon. Biographical and bibliographical reports on German poets of all times. Krüll, Eichstätt u. a. 1876-1877.
  • Franz Brümmer (edit.): Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the earliest times to the end of the 18th century. Reclam, Leipzig 1884.
  • Friedrich Raßmann : Friedrich Raßmann's concise lexicon of German pseudonymous writers. From the ancient to the most recent from all fields of science. Nauck, Leipzig 1830.
  • Carl Wilhelm Otto August von Schindel: The German women writers of the nineteenth century. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1823-1825.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder: Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. From the Reformation to the present day. 1780-1863.
  • Ruth Stummann-Bowert (Ed.): Philippine Engelhard, b. Gatterer (1756-1831), "Let the art of poetry accompany me until the last life cycle". Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8260-3922-5 .
  • Journal of Luxury and Fashions. German literature, discussion of "Lebensbilder". Stories by K. Engelhard. (Leipzig, with H. Gräff) , year 34, May, Friedrich Justin Bertuch, Weimar 1820

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ References to a date of birth 1775 are to be regarded as wrong, since the parents only met in 1779
  2. ↑ according to Wolfgang Ollrog (adaptation): Johann Christoph Gatterer, the founder of scientific genealogy. An examination of the previously known sources and publications about his origins, his life and work as well as his descendants. On behalf of the Genealogical-Heraldic Society with headquarters in Göttingen, archive for family research and all related areas with practical research assistance. Volume 47, issue 81/82, February 1981, CA Starke Verlag (Ed.): Limburg / Lahn 1981, p. 41.
  3. ↑ according to Karl Ludwig Friedrich Gödeke: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. Third volume, first issue, LS Ehlermann, Dresden 1863, p. 148.
  4. ↑ according to Stefan Brakensiek: Prince servants, state officials, citizens: administration and living environment of local officials in small towns in Lower Hesse 1750-1830. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-35677-3 , p. 435.
  5. ↑ a b Karl Wilhelm Justi : Basis for a Hessian scholar, writer and artist story from 1806-1830, continuation of Strieder's Hessian scholar and writer story and addenda to this work. Chr. Garthe, Marburg 1831, p. 99 f.
  6. ↑ according to Heinrich Kurz: History of German literature with selected pieces from the works of the most excellent writers. Third volume, Teubner, Leipzig 1859, p. 528.
  7. ↑ probably meant the " morning paper for the educated stands "
  8. ↑ according to The Lied and Art Song Text Page at Recmusic.org ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.recmusic.org
  9. ↑ Recke knew Philippine Engelhard and was probably the godmother of Karoline Engelhard's youngest sister, Elise, gem. Ruth Stumann-Bowert (Ed.): Philippine Engelhard ... see LitVerz.
  10. ↑ according to Marita Metz-Becker: Women who write. Marburg writers of the 19th century. Volume 31 from: Magistrate of the City of Marburg (Hrsg.): Marburger Stadtschriften zur Geschichte und Kultur. Marburg 1990, p. 6 and p. 77.
  11. ↑ according to Ruth Michaelis-Jena : The Brothers Grimm. London 1970, ISBN 0-7100-6449-7 , p. 48.
  12. ↑ according to Journal of Luxury and Fashions. at Urmel-dl (University of Jena)

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personal data
SURNAME Engelhard, Karoline
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1855
Place of death kassel