Louise Tittmann

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Louise Tittmann (née Louise Becker ; * 1794 in Northeim , † 1871 in Göttingen ) was a German teacher , drawing teacher and writer .

Life

Louise Becker, who was born in Northeim in the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg during the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover, married Ernst Tittmann, an attorney who was awarded a doctorate, in 1810 during the so-called “ French era ”. In 1814 their son, the later literary historian Julius Tittmann (1814-1883) was born.

"Frau Doctorin Tittmann" designed a gate of honor by the magistrate and the citizens of Northeim on the occasion of the visit of their sovereign King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland , who was also regent of the Kingdom of Hanover . The drawing made for this purpose was engraved in copper by the Hanoverian Johann Georg Schwab , and it was published and edited by the retired military surgeon Heinrich Dittmer in a collection of his complete description of all the ceremonies .

After the death of her husband in 1828, Tittmann earned her living with painting and drawing lessons. After the fire in Northeim in 1832, she moved to Hanover, where she succeeded the deceased "Frau Konsistorialrat Köster" in 1833 as the superintendent of the court daughter's school . Tittmann also lived in the school building in Burgstrasse as a “directrice” and chaperone . One of her pupils wrote in her memoirs about the elderly lady that she regularly wore “a cleaning cap on her head, the silk ribbons hanging over her chest on each side. When she came to class from her apartment, which was at school, she wore a silk mantilla around her shoulders and a pompadour in her hand ... "

In addition, Louise Tittmann continued to give painting lessons.

In 1842 Tittmann published her poem Alfhilde through the Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung in the royal seat of Hanover , actually a 230-page epic from the time of the Christianization of the pagan Saxons by the troops of Emperor Charlemagne : At the scene on the Weser , the focus is on Alfilde, daughter of Iduna, the virgin priestess of Hertha. The story tells of the connections between Alfhilde and Count Adelhart and the Saxon Duke Tialf with Suantwitha. The work was accepted in the private library of King George IV of Hanover.

Louise Tittmann died in Göttingen in 1871.

Fonts

  • Alfhilde. A poem , Hanover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1842

literature

  • Bettina Wellhausen: The conflagration and the destruction of the old Northeim town hall in 1832 in a contemporary witness report . In: Northeimer Jahrbuch: Journal for local history research, monument preservation and nature conservation , ed. from the Heimat- und Museumsverein für Northeim und Umgebung eV, Northeim, 2012, ISSN 0936-8345

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f o. V .: Tittmann, Louise in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version dated December 13, 2012, last accessed on October 16, 2019
  2. ↑ Heinrich Dittmer: Illustrations along with display of their explanations , in ders .: Authentic and complete description of all the ceremonies that took place in the Hanoverian country when his royal Majesty George Des Fourth during the month of October 1821: Decorated with the similar portrait of Sr. Königl. Majesty, George IV, and one and twenty faithful illustrations; In addition to an encore: Looking back on similar folk festivals of the Hanoverians in the 18th century / Compiled and edited by Heinrich Dittmer, Med. and K. Hannöv. retired military surgeon , Hanover: Verlag der Helwingschen Hofbuchhandlung, printed by Georg Heinrich Schlüter, 1822; P. 000; Digitization via the internet archive archive.org
  3. ↑ Festschrift of the Höhere Töchterschule I (Am Graben) to celebrate the 50th anniversary under municipal patronage , ed. on behalf of the college of Dr. Léon Wespy, Hannover 1903, p. 23f .; According to Karin Ehrich: From chaperons, assistants and senior teachers. Teachers in the public school system 1786–1933 , in Christiane Schröder, Monika Sonneck (ed.): Ausser Haus. Women's history in Hanover , ed. from the Association 750 Years of Women and Hanover eV , Hanover: Reichold Verlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3-930459-04-9 and ISBN 3-930459-04-3 , pp. 13-28; here v. a. P. 14; limited preview in Google Book search
  4. ↑ Heidelberger Jahrbücher der Literatur , 37th year, 1st half year, Heidelberg: Akademische Verlagshandlung von JCB Mohr, 1842, p. 319; Digitized via Google books
  5. ^ L. Nolte: Catalog of the private library of his Majesty the King of Hanover , Hanover: Schlütersche Hofbuchdruckerei, 1858, p. 414; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Tittmann, Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German housewife, teacher and drawing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Northeim
DATE OF DEATH 1871
Place of death Goettingen