Sophie Eleonore von Kortzfleisch

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Sophie Eleonore Helene von Kortzfleisch (born December 27, 1749 in Groß-Jännowitz; † June 18, 1823 in Breslau ), born as Sophie Eleonore von Wuntsch , married in second marriage as Sophie Eleonore von Titzenhofer , was a German writer .

Life

Sophie Eleonore von Kortzfleisch was the eldest daughter of the Electoral Saxon and Polish major Georg Ernst von Wuntsch on Groß-Jännowitz near Liegnitz and his wife Anna Eleonore nee Baroness von Seherr-Thoß . Sophie Eleonore showed talent and inclination for poetry from an early age . She began writing poetry herself at the age of 18 , mainly casual poetry and emotional poetry . A first collection of her poems appeared anonymously in 1776 under the title Poetic Attempts by an Aristocratic Woman to Her Friends . In the same year she published two more dramatic works: Laufus and Lydia and Osmann and Bella . In 1778 her operetta Wilhelm und Hannchen was published . In the years 1792 and 1793, three collections of poetry were published by Vieweg under their full names and no longer anonymously as before . Many of her poems are strongly patriotic and show a loyal, devoted attachment to the Prussian royal family.

Sophie Eleonore von Kortzfleisch was married to Karl Wilhelm von Kortzfleisch for the first time. This was staff assistant master and squadron chief and later postmaster in Ratibor . He died in 1805. Three years later, Sophie Eleonore married Friedrich Wilhelm von Titzenhofer, who had been inactive as a captain since 1805. Friedrich Wilhelm von Titzenhofer died of fever on February 1, 1813. Sophie Eleonore was awarded the Order of Louise by the Prussian court on January 16, 1816 for her patriotic work. She died in Breslau on June 18, 1823.

Works

  • (anonymous :) Poetic attempts by a noble woman to her friends . Publishing by Chr. Fr. Gutsch in Breslau (1776)
  • (anonymous :) Laufus and Lydia, a drama in 3 acts based on the moral stories of Mr. Marmontel, made by a noble woman in Silesia . Wroclaw (1776)
  • (anonymous :) Osmann and Bella, a drama in 5 acts from a woman in Silesia . Wroclaw (1776)
  • (anonymous :) Wilhelm and Hannchen (1778)
  • Earlier poems . Vieweg Berlin (1792–93, reprint of the poetic attempts of 1776)
  • Poems . Vieweg Berlin (1792–93)
  • Mixed essays in poetry and prose for women . Vieweg Berlin (1792–93)
  • Mixed fonts . Brown Berlin and Breslau (1811)
  • Nine poems in The Landwehr Cross in the Battle of the Katzbach Graß, Barth & Co. in Jauer (1816)

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personal data
SURNAME Kortzfleisch, Sophie Eleonore von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Titzenhofer, Sophie Eleonore von; Kortzfleisch, Sophie Eleonore Helene von; Wuntsch, Sophie Eleonore von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Groß-Jännowitz (Liegnitz)
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1823
Place of death Wroclaw