Sophie Sabina Apitzsch
Sophie Sabina Apitzsch (* 1692 in Lunzenau ; † February 3, 1752 ibid) was an impostor in the early 18th century . Today she is known as "Prince Lieschen" .
In 1710 the weaver's daughter Apitzsch got engaged to a hunter who was in the service of Rochsburg Castle . Before her wedding in 1713, however, she fled disguised as a man and visited different parts of Germany.
During a trip to France by the Saxon Elector August in 1714, it was rumored that he was staying in the Ore Mountains . When she was taken there for this, she also presented herself as such. Their ceremonial forms, such as a "gracious expression", were not questioned by the betrayed, even when they met nobles.
On December 2, 1714 she was arrested, imprisoned in the Augustusburg hunting lodge and sentenced in 1716 by the Schöppenstuhl in Leipzig . She was sent to the Waldheim prison. She was there from August 24, 1716. She was the first female prisoner in Waldheim prison. After several requests for clemency, she was pardoned in 1717. The court files remained lost for a long time.
literature
- Bernhard Jahn, Thomas Rahn, Claudia Schnitzer (eds.): Ceremonial in the crisis. Disorder and nostalgia. Jonas-Verlag, Marburg, 1998, ISBN 3-89445-234-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apitzsch, Sophie Sabina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prince Lieschen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Impostor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lunzenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1752 |
| Place of death | Lunzenau |