Sophie von Arnim

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Sophie Countess von Arnim (born February 21, 1876 in Dresden , † August 17, 1949 in Grainau ) was a German writer.

Life

Sophie Countess von Arnim was born as the daughter of the royal Saxon general of the cavalry retired. D. Franz Graf and Edler Herr zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1820–1880) and Marie Freiin von Beschwitz (1836–1921) were born. She grew up in Dresden and married in Dresden on September 29, 1902 the Prussian landowners and outdoor nobleman Adolf Count von Arnim (1875-1931), law Knights of St John , Fideikommißherrn the outdoor able Muskau and President of the Automobile Club of Germany . In addition to her duties as a landlady and mother of four children, she began to write in 1931 after her husband's death. She found her fabrics mainly in her home area of Muskau . It described the life and work of the respective lords of Muskau, the Counts of Callenberg , Prince Pückler and the Prince of the Netherlands , the previous owners of Muskau Castle , before the family of Counts von Arnim took over the class, their seat in the Prussian mansion and the castle inherited.

Since she was interested in many things, she also dealt with the romantic painter Carl Gustav Carus , whose biography she wrote. In 1945 she had to leave Muskau during the war; Muskau Castle burned down a few days after the end of the war, and the land and Muskau Park were expropriated.

Works

  • Carl Gustav Carus. V. Zahn and Jaensch-Verlag, Dresden 1930.
  • Goethe and Prince Pückler. V. Zahn and Jaensch-Verlag, Dresden 1932.
  • The bailiff of Callenberg. CA Starke-Verlag, Görlitz 1934.
  • Images from Muskau's past. Part 1, Strong, Görlitz 1935.
  • Images from Muskau's past. Part 2, Starke, Görlitz 1934.

Web links

Wikisource: Sophie von Arnim  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Princely Houses . Volume I, pages 70, 71. CA Starke-Verlag, Glücksburg / Ostsee, 1951
  2. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Band GAV . CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1967, p. 17, with a picture of Sophie von Arnim between pages 16 and 17
  3. ↑ German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Volume 1, KG Sauer-Verlag, Bern / Munich 2000, p. 329.
personal data
SURNAME Arnim, Sophie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnim, Sophie Countess of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1949
Place of death Grainau