Pauline Scherping
Pauline Scherping , née Kroß , (born December 9, 1852 in Japenzin , † January 22, 1932 in Wolgast ) was a Low German writer, local poet and publicist.
Pauline Kroß was born on the Japenzin estate that her father leased. Her mother Pauline Runge was the daughter of Gustav Runge (1781–1870), the youngest brother of Philipp Otto Runge . She attended the girls' high school in Wolgast. In 1874 Pauline Kroß married Wilhelm Friedrich Scherping, a Wolgast merchant, shipowner and tea importer. The two had four children.
Pauline Scherping wrote poems and short stories in Low German . She wrote short stories and articles in High German for the magazine Unser Pommerland .
On the occasion of a visit by director Alfred Lichtwark to Wolgast in 1904, she donated an unfinished oil study by Philipp Otto Runge with a portrait of his mother to the Hamburger Kunsthalle .
Pauline Scherping was buried in the old cemetery in Wolgast.
Fonts (selection)
- Wat sall ick shoulders? Paul Christiansen, Wolgast 1927.
literature
- Andrian Bueckling: Forgotten Wolgast life pictures. Thomas Helms, Schwerin 1999, pp. 57-62.
Web links
- Literature about Pauline Scherping in the state bibliography MV
- Pauline Scherping in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherping, Pauline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kroß, Pauline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Low German writer, local poet and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Japenzin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1932 |
| Place of death | Wolgast |