Luise von Kobell

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Franziska Maria Louise Karoline von Kobell , married Lusie Eisenhart (born December 13, 1827 in Munich ; died December 28, 1901 there ) was a German writer from the Kobell family of artists .

Life

Kobell was the daughter of the mineralogist and dialect poet Franz von Kobell and Karoline von Kobell, a cousin of the father. Both through her parents' house and through her marriage (1857) to August von Eisenhart , the cabinet secretary of King Ludwig II , Kobell lived in close contact with the highest levels of Bavarian society as well as with contemporary artists, poets and poets Scholarly circles. Through her husband she was known to the poet Joseph Victor von Scheffel and the theologian Ignaz von Döllinger . She wrote biographies about both of them. Among the four first kings of Bavaria is considered her main work, a thoroughly personal memory book with lots of anecdotal detail, based on thorough diary notes and precise knowledge, which is an important source for the time of the Biedermeier and Ludwig II. She also wrote numerous articles for the Allgemeine Zeitung , the Deutsche Revue and the Fliegende Blätter . A selection of these contributions was published as a book under the title Munich Portraits . For her richly illustrated work on ornate miniatures & initials from manuscripts from the 4th to the 16th century , she was awarded the golden Ludwig medal for science and art.

She is buried in the Altes Südfriedhof in Munich.

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SURNAME Kobell, Luise von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kobell, Franziska Maria Louise Karoline von; Eisenhart, Lusie (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1901
Place of death Munich