Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing (née
Varnhagen
The Varnhagen family was a German noble family from Westphalia. Its most notable members were Rosa Maria Varnhagen, Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense and (by marriage to Karl) Rahel Varnhagen.
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; 28 May 1783,
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...
– 22 January 1840,
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
) was a German
lyric poet, prose-writer, educator, translator, and
silhouette artist. She was the elder sister of
Karl August Varnhagen, sister-in-law of
Rahel Levin, wife of
David Assing (1787 – 1842), and mother of
Ottilie and
Ludmilla Assing. Her friends included
Amalie Schoppe
Amalie Schoppe (9 October 1791, Burg auf Fehmarn, as Amalie Weise – 25 September 1858, Schenectady, New York) was a German author. She was also known by her pseudonyms Adalbert von Schonen, Amalia and Marie. She is most notable as the author of ...
,
David Veit
David Veit (8 November 1771, in Breslau – 15 April 1814) was a German doctor and writer.
Life
His father, Juda Veit (1716–1786), was a banker, and his brother, Simon Veit, was the husband of Moses Mendelssohn's daughter Brendel, making Dav ...
, and
Fanny Tarnow.
References
* Johann Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Merzdorf: "Assing, David." In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 624 f. – Nebeneintrag
1783 births
1840 deaths
Writers from Düsseldorf
People from the Electoral Palatinate
19th-century German educators
German women poets
Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Silhouettists
Varnhagen family
German salon-holders
19th-century German poets
19th-century German women writers
19th-century German artists
19th-century German women artists
19th-century German translators
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