Lovica from Pröpper

Lovica von Pröpper , actually Ludovica von Pröpper (* 1810 , † 1898 ) was a German cookbook author.

life and work

Ludovica von Pröpper was the daughter of Baron Joseph von Pröpper , the first Prussian district administrator in the Grevenbroich district and owner of Hülchrath Castle .

She emerged mainly as an author of cookbooks; Numerous recipe collections and special cookbooks originate from her pen. The cookbooks, some of which have survived to this day and are kept in the Neuss district archive, are also important as a source for life at Hülchrath Castle towards the end of the 19th century and for the von Pröpper family, as Ludovica processed numerous details and everyday experiences of life at Hülchrath Castle here.

She was not closed to innovations. This is how Lovica von Pröpper described in a letter to the company Dr. Oetker uses their baking powder as a "great relief". With this letter the company Dr. Oetker in 1916.

Cover picture of Güldenes ABC for gentlemen and servants , edition from 1875

Works (selection)

Waidmann's kitchen
Home cooking
Domestic pastry shop
Game cuisine
Güldenes ABC for gentlemen and servants , shepherd and son, Leipzig 1875 - digitized ( DjVu )
Lent kitchen. Contains 1000 receipts plus food labels for all fasting and abstinence days of the year , Schöningh, Paderborn 1878
The coffee and tea table with recipes and serving cards , 1882
Potato Kitchen , 1888

literature

Friedrich Schmitz: Famous women in Grevenbroich . In: Bürgererschützenverein 1849 Grevenbroich e. V. (Ed.): Festschrift zum Schützenfest 2002 . Grevenbroich 2002, p. 146-161 .

Web links

Commons : Lovica von Pröpper - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Lovica von Pröpper - sources and full texts

Literature by and about Lovica von Pröpper in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Carsten Sommerfeld: Old recipes from Hülchrath . A Hülchratherin was one of the most respected cookbook authors of the 19th century: Ludovica von Pröpper, born 200 years ago, wrote over 30 works with thousands of recipes. Friedrich Schmitz collected them. In: Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung of September 30, 2010, page C3 (issue GV-L3).

personal data
SURNAME	Pröpper, Lovica from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pröpper, Ludovica von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cookbook author
DATE OF BIRTH	1810
DATE OF DEATH	1898

[1] Carsten Sommerfeld: Old recipes from Hülchrath . A Hülchratherin was one of the most respected cookbook authors of the 19th century: Ludovica von Pröpper, born 200 years ago, wrote over 30 works with thousands of recipes. Friedrich Schmitz collected them. In: Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung of September 30, 2010, page C3 (issue GV-L3).