You are bidding on one Pre Philatelic Cover from 1839 outKoenigslutter.

The ducal Office Koenigslutter turns to the ducal Chamber Directorate of Domains in Brunswick.

Dated Koenigslutter, 17. December 1839.

Run as Royal duty, with postmark and (two-part) wax seal.

Of thepostmark With handwritten dating!

Dated Koenigslutter, 17. December 1839.

Regards the "removal of the wood from the Esbeck church wood over the manorial. Warberger Forstort Missau." -- Esbeck (Schöningen) is mentioned; the Warberger Forstort Missau is probably connected to the Missaue stream, which has its source in Warberg?

Signed "W. Vorwerk", you the Justice Clerk Friedrich August Philip Wilhelm Vorwerk (* 20. June 1803 in Langelsheim, died. 30. January 1870 in Wolfenbüttel), later court director in Holzminden, finally senior judge and member of the supreme court in Wolfenbüttel.

Wilhelm Vorwerk was the one father of Women's rights activist, teacher and founder of the castle school in Wolfenbüttel Anna Vorwerk (* 1. April 1839 in Koenigslutter; † 18 November 1900 in Wolfenbuttel). -- Source: German Gender Book - Volume 19 (1911), page 432.

Format: 33.8 x 20.6 cm (folded 9.3 x 17 cm).

Condition: Strong paper slightly browned; good condition! BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: MM5

About the daughter Anna Vorwerk (source: wikipedia):

Anna Vorwerk (* 1. April 1839 in Koenigslutter; † 18 November 1900 in Wolfenbüttel) was a German women's rights activist, teacher and founder of the castle school in Wolfenbüttel.

Life and work: Anna Vorwerk came from a respected and wealthy middle-class family. In 1851 her father became a senior judge at the state's higher court in Wolfenbüttel. She had musical talent from an early age and was a student of Johannes Brahms and Hans von Bülow during her stays in Berlin and Hamburg. When the Vorwerks arrived, there was already a six-year girls' school in town, which they attended as a student. This was in the mid 19th century. century not a matter of course. Around 1865/66 she met Henriette Breymann, who gave lectures on Friedrich Fröbel's experiments and ideas. Finally, on Feb. May 1866 together with Breymann the "Association for Education". It opened on the 15th. May a kindergarten in Wolfenbüttel Castle and the Anna-Vorwerk School for girls. The school was also located in the castle, which has been home to the grammar school in the castle since 1970, which has long been open to girls and boys and is attended by around 1500 students. In 1870 there were already three elementary classes. After a quarrel between the two pedagogues, Vorwerk took over the management of the castle school from 1870, which also held a teacher's seminar. She steadily expanded this girls' school and so in 1880 a trade school, in 1884 the training institute for handicraft and physical education teachers and in 1890 a home economics school were added. Since 1887 she was the editor of the leaves from the palace. In addition, in 1896 Vorwerk set up an after-work house for retired teachers. In order to improve the scientific education opportunities for women, a separate advanced training course for female teachers was set up at the University of Göttingen through her efforts. In the fall of 1900 she died after work from a serious illness. She is considered an important pioneer of the emerging women's movement, which campaigned for better education for girls.

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On the senior teacher question: A word of peace. Wollermann, Wolfenbüttel 1888

Twenty-five years of work in the old castle at Wolfenbüttel. A review for the friends and children of the house. In: Leaves from the castle. Wolfenbuttel 1891

My memories of Johannes Brahms. In: Leaves from the castle. summer sheet no. 40. Wolfenbuttel 1897; also in: Schweizerische Lehrerinnen-Zeitung. 2. Jg. 1897–1898, no. 2