Theodora Korte

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Theodora Korte (pseudonym: Theo von Nienhaus ) (born November 12, 1872 in Aschendorf / Ems , † August 31, 1926 in Münster ) was a German poet and writer .

Life path

Memorial plaque on the house where the poet was born in Aschendorf, Papenburg

Theodora Korte was the daughter of the then governor Johann-Heinrich Korte and his wife Marie auf Nienhaus in Aschendorf / Ems . After attending the local school, she switched to the Catholic convent school Sacré Coeur Riedenburg in Bregenz on Lake Constance (Austria) in 1887 . Then she went to the preparatory work in Emdenin preparation for the teacher examination. Since her mother was in need of care, she then returned to Aschendorf. Theodora Korte looked after her seriously ill mother until 1914. Despite these pressures, she occasionally made trips abroad, for example to Paris. Otherwise she lived quietly and withdrawn and devoted herself entirely to her parents. During this time, a number of poems, sketches and stories were written. She published this in numerous newspapers and magazines, initially under the pseudonym "Theo von Nienhaus".

Theodora Korte moved to Münster in 1915/16. During her time in Münster, Theodora Korte began to write and publish intensively. In addition to the Münster newspapers, she was a regular contributor, especially to large Catholic newspapers and magazines, which gave her a certain degree of popularity, especially since a large part of her works were strongly religious in color. The poet, who is deeply connected to the Emsland , wrote her most famous work in Münster, the Emsland homeland novel "Jan Bernd Hoeftmann" (1919). Most of her work has been published in numerous press organs and has not yet been recorded.

Her work, which was published in book form, can largely be assigned to the genre of children's and youth literature. The books for children and young people in particular, which often appeared in special series, saw several editions in rapid succession. She was considered a well-known children's and youth writer in her time.

Theodora Korte adapted to the general nationalist wave in and immediately after the First World War, which she is said to have regretted later. After a long illness, the bachelor died on August 31, 1926 at the age of 53 in the Clemenshospital in Münster.

Works

  • Trude Friedwald. Story for children (= youth library of the Association of Catholic German Teachers, 1st episode, 9th volume), Münster 1908, 2nd edition Münster [1913], 5th edition Münster 1925.
  • Zeitgesänge (poems), Papenburg 1915
  • Jan Bernd Hoeftmann. The story of an Emsland boy, Cologne 1919 [Reprint of the 1926 edition, Aschendorf (1982)].
  • Helen Keller. From: The story of my life. Tell the children by Th. Korte (= stories for school children, 9th series, booklet 11/12), Limburg 1910 (2nd edition 1921).
  • Up, up, to the fight. War stories for communion children, Dülmen 1916.
  • The sisters (= Elfenbüchlein. Selected gems of contemporary literature, 3rd order, vol. 4), Elberfeld (1925).
  • Emsland. Homeland stories: healing springs, the ferryman on the Ems, dark waves, Wilm Leffer's homecoming, Elberfeld 1926 [Reprint Aschendorf (1982)].
  • Bells ringing. Story for first-time communicators, Einsiedeln 1922 (1st and 2nd edition).
  • Of fights and victories. Story for first-time communicants, Einsiedeln 1922 (2nd edition 1923).
  • Am Meere and other stories, Elberfeld (1926).
  • Of longing and home - atmospheric images from the Emsniederung, Leer o. J.
  • Mother and I, Innsbruck no year

literature

  • German Biographical Archive NF Microfiche No. 746, p. 136.
  • Henning Buck, literature, in: Werner Franke / Josef Grave / Heiner Schüpp / Gerd Steinwascher (eds.), The district of Emsland. Geography, history, present. A circle description. Edited on behalf of the Emsland district, Meppen 2002, 492-497, pp. 495-496.
  • Elisabeth Friedrichs, The German-speaking women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. A lexicon (= repertories on German literary history, Vol. 9), Stuttgart 1981, p. 167.
  • Aiga Klotz, Children's and Youth Literature in Germany 1840-1950. Complete list of publications in German, Vol. 2 (= Repertories on German Literary History, Vol. 12), Stuttgart 1992, p. 497.
  • Wilhelm Kosch, Catholic Germany. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Lexikon, Vol. 2, Augsburg o. J. (1937), p. 2295.
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar for 1926, vol. 43, Berlin / Leipzig 1926, column 528.
  • Alois Ovelgönne / Marianne Wulf / HW Zöller (eds.), Theodora Korte - The Aschendorfer Heimat Dichterin, Aschendorf 1982.
  • Alois Ovelgönne / Johannes Rüschen, Art. Korte, Theodora Johanna Antonia, in: Study Society for Emsländische Regionalgeschichte (ed.), Emsländische Geschichte Vol. 12, Haselünne 2005, pp. 340–349 (with detailed catalog raisonné).
  • Karl Pardey, Art. Korte, Theodora, in: Rainer Hehemann (arrangement), Biographical Handbook on the History of the Osnabrück Region. Edited by the Landschaftsverband Osnabrück, Bramsche 1990, p. 171.
  • Johannes Rüschen, Theodora Korte - Aschendorf's great poet (1872-1926), in: Johannes Rüschen (Hrsg.), Known Emsländer from the past, Bremen 1988, pp. 138-143.
  • Westphalian Author Lexicon 1850 to 1900. Vol. 3. On behalf of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association, ed. and edited by Walter Gödden and Iris Nölle-Hornkamp, ​​Paderborn 1997, pp. 391-393.

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personal data
SURNAME Korte, Theodora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nienhaus, Theo von (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschendorf / Ems
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1926
Place of death Muenster