Karoline von Arnim
Karoline von Arnim , b. Countess von Bismarck-Bohlen (born March 31, 1851 in Berlin , † October 12, 1912 in Baden-Baden ) was a member of the German nobility. As a German writer , she published under the pseudonym C. von der Linde .
family
Karoline von Arnim was born in Berlin as the first child of Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen and Pauline von Below. She was married twice. On December 28, 1871, she married Georg Werner von Arnim (1845–1881) at Karlsburg Castle . After his death, she married her brother-in-law Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau († 1919) in Mellenau on July 24, 1889 .
From his marriage to Georg Werner, Count von Arnim, there were five children:
- Karoline von Arnim (born October 3, 1872, † September 12, 1947)
- Freda Marie von Arnim (* December 18, 1873; † August 25, 1939) ∞ Count Friedrich von der Schulenburg (* November 21, 1865; † May 19, 1939)
- Adolf Friedrich Heinrich von Arnim (* March 31, 1875; † April 30, 1931) ∞ Countess Sophie zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (* February 21, 1876; † August 17, 1949)
- Wolf-Werner von Arnim (1876–1904)
- Gerhard von Arnim (* May 6, 1879; † July 11, 1929) ∞ Countess Margarethe Henriette Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg (* July 31, 1887; † February 13, 1955)
Life
Karoline von Arnim was raised by private tutors. Due to numerous transfers of her father, she lived at a young age in Potsdam , Frankfurt (Oder) , Hanover , Berlin and Strasbourg , among others . At Karlsburg Castle she married the lieutenant of the Guard Corps Georg Werner von Arnim in 1871 , who died in 1881 after a long illness. In the following years von Arnim lived in Potsdam and devoted himself to raising her five children. In 1889 she married the brother of her first husband, Hermann von Arnim-Muskau, on whose estate in Muskau she lived from then on. Her parents died in 1889 and 1894, respectively, and von Arnim was also hit by the death of two brothers, who processed these losses in songs and poems, among other things. She dedicated several poems to the death of her son Wolf-Werner von Arnim, who died on August 11, 1904 in the Battle of Waterberg in German South West Africa .
Works
- Sunshine and Shadows (Old and New Songs, 1902)
- A voice sang (Old and New Songs, 1908)
literature
- Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Volume 1: Aar - Dennemark. 6th completely revised and greatly increased edition. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, p. 77 (reprint: Kraus-Reprint, Nendeln 1975).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnim, Karoline von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bismarck-Bohlen, Karoline Countess von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1912 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |