Sophie Friederike Krickeberg

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Sophie Friederike Krickeberg (née Koch ; * December 24, 1770 in Hanover , † May 17, 1842 in Berlin ) was a German theater actress and translator.

Life

Sophie Friederike Krickeberg was born in 1770 as the daughter of the actor and ballet master Friedrich Karl Koch (1738–1794) and his wife, the singer and dancer Franziska Romana, geb. Gieraneck (1748-1796). As early as 1775 she was at the Gothaer Hoftheater, where her father was engaged, on stage for the first time, here she also received her first lessons from Konrad Ekhof and performed in various children's roles. She made her debut as an actress in 1787 at the Döbbelin Theater in Berlin with the role of Charlotte in "Three Daughters". In her engagements, she initially preferred to play young lovers and first soubrettes . After that she was at the court theater in Schwerin and played first lovers. Here she married the actor Karl Ludwig Krickeberg (1760-1818). She and her husband worked in Hamburg in 1799 and in Kassel in 1800 . In 1800 the couple returned to Schwerin, where Karl Krickeberg founded a theater in 1801. In 1811 they were again in Hamburg and then for several years in Königsberg, in 1816 they came to Berlin, where Sophie Friederike, after guest appearances as Claudine in " Emilia Galotti ", Mademoiselle von Seelen in "Die Unwölker" and head forester in "Die Jäger" at the Hofbühne was engaged for the subject of noble and funny mothers. In 1837 she celebrated her 50th anniversary on stage, on this occasion she was awarded the Prussian Great Golden Medal for Art and Science . In 1842 she was retired. She was also known as a translator of French plays.

Sophie Friederike Krickeberg had two children who also worked in their parents' professions; the son Carl became a singer and the daughter Auguste, later married Auguste Spengler, became an actress. Karl Krickeberg (1867–1944), educator, theater actor, theater director, playwright and writer was her great-grandson.

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5431 .

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personal data
SURNAME Krickeberg, Sophie Friederike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koch, Sophie Friederike (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actress and translator
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1842
Place of death Berlin