Marie von Reitzenstein

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Marie Freifrau von Reitzenstein (born December 2, 1854 in Hanover , † March 9, 1894 in Baden-Baden ) was a German writer .

Life

She was the daughter of the Hanoverian colonel and later ambassador to the Prussian court Wilhelm von Reitzenstein (1815–1864) and his wife Georgina von Halkett (born April 17, 1817),

On October 19, 1886, she married the officer Johann Karl Hermann von Reitzenstein (* May 15, 1851 - April 30, 1924) in Baden-Baden, who wrote in 1908 about The Royal Hanoverian Artillery in the War of 1866 .

Because of her works, especially her poetry , she was nicknamed " Hanover's Nightingale " in Hanover.

Marie Freifrau von Reitzenstein died, barely 50 years old, in Baden-Baden. She was buried in Celle .

Works (incomplete)

  • I am a Welfe , Zeitgedicht, 1891
  • The dragonsmith. A war picture in 5 acts , 1891
  • The House Search , comedy, 1892
  • Count Palatine Heinrich, Duke Henry the Lion's son , 1892

Honors

After the City Council of Hanover decided in 1999 to name new streets mainly after women who played an important role in the history of the city, a brochure was published in August 2011 which gives information about previous street names after female personalities and a series lists of people after whom street names should be made in the future. The latter also includes a short biography of Marie Freifrau von Reitzenstein .

literature

  • German Literature Lexicon , Vol. 12, Col. 972f.
  • Hiltrud Schroeder (Ed.): Sophie & Co. Important women of Hanover. Biographical portraits , Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-7716-1521-6 , p. 254
  • Hugo Thielen : Reitzenstein, Marie woman from. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 295 ( online in the Google book search).
  • Hugo Thielen: Reitzenstein, Marie woman from. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 520.
  • Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (editor), Petra Utgenannt (design): Important women in Hanover. Help for future naming of streets, paths, squares and bridges according to female personalities , brochure, ed. from the Department for Equal Opportunities for Women and from the Planning and Urban Development Association, City of Hanover, June 2013 ( Online , PDF, 736 kB).
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1894, forty- fourth year, p.714

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Hugo Thielen: Reitzenstein, Marie Freifrau von (see literature)
  2. ^ Gravestone on the garrison cemetery in Hameln
  3. ↑ GND entry for Johann Karl Hermann von Reitzenstein : Tp 101144830
  4. ↑ Online in Google Book Search
  5. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1894, forty- fourth year, p.715
  6. ↑ Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (editor), Petra Utgenannt (design): Significant women ... (see literature)
personal data
SURNAME Reitzenstein, Marie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reitzenstein, Marie Freifrau von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1894
Place of death Baden-Baden