Marie Luise Marschall von Bieberstein
Marie Luise Marschall von Bieberstein , née Marie Luise von Gemmingen (* February 20, 1862 in Karlsruhe ; † July 28, 1949 in Neuershausen Castle ) was the chairwoman of the “Evangelical Women's Association for Inner Mission” in Baden from 1916 to 1934. In 1918 she founded the "Evangelical Social Women's School" in Freiburg, later the Evangelical University of Freiburg , and in 1925 the first maternity home in Baden.
Life
She was a daughter of the Baden Oberhofmarschall Wilhelm Pleikard Ludwig von Gemmingen (1823-1903) and Marie von Graevenitz (1837-1883). She came from one of those old aristocratic families in the Kraichgau who had advocated the cause of the Reformation very early on.
In 1887 she married the much older Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein (1842–1912), who worked as the Baden envoy in Berlin and was later appointed State Secretary in the Foreign Office . The connection resulted in five children, including the SA leader and NSDAP politician Wilhelm Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1890–1935). Marie von Marschall followed her husband to Constantinople in 1897, where he served as the German ambassador for 15 years. Baron von Marschall died unexpectedly in 1912 during a spa stay in Badenweiler.
As a widow, Marie von Marschall grew up in a new sphere of activity when she returned to Neuershausen near Freiburg. She devoted herself to church tasks and also recognized with her eye for the big events in the world that in the course of the war all kinds of social and economic needs would arise. That is why it seemed to her an urgent task to bring together all women who are ready for action in the church.
Working in the Church
In 1916 she founded the “Evangelical Women's Association for Inner Mission in Baden”, which was to bring together all the women's associations and women's associations that existed at the time, including the deaconess mother houses, and to use them for service in the congregations, and was the chairwoman of this “Evangelical Women's Association” from 1916 to 1934. In 1918 she founded the “Evangelical Social Women's School” in Freiburg, which later became the Evangelical University of Freiburg , and set up the first Baden mothers 'rest home “Sonnenhaus” in Königsfeld in 1925 (25 years before the mothers' convalescence organization was founded !).
From 1930 to 1938 she stayed in Berlin and in the meantime resigned in 1934 from chairing the women's organization of the Evangelical Church in Baden. When she said goodbye to women's work, Marie von Marschall wrote in a letter: “... These lines should mean thanks for all the help and for all the love that I have been able to experience over the years. But also the request for indulgence. Because when you stand at a stage in your life and look back, it becomes very clear to you how much you have missed, how much you should have done better. But the Lord, who has blessed our work so far, He will continue to confess to it in the future. May He grant that we continue to work in the national community in which we are placed for His honor and for the good of our Church ... "
After her house in Freiburg im Breisgau was destroyed in the Second World War in 1944, she moved to Neuershausen Castle near Freiburg, where she died on July 28, 1949.
Individual evidence
- ^ Women's history in Baden: Freifrau Marie von Marschall , accessed on November 21, 2017.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marshal von Bieberstein, Marie Luise von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gemmingen, Marie Luise von (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the Protestant women's association in Baden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1949 |
| Place of death | Neuershausen Castle |