9 Letters Berlin 1861-69, From Angelika Althaus, Born Student (Wife Philosopher)

You bid nine letters from 1861-69, most of time out of Berlin (next to one from vacation in Friedrichsroda).

Written byAngelica Althaus, b. Pupil (1808-1880), wife of the professor of philosophy at the University of Berlin Karl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1886).

Addressed to a good friend and godmother of her daughter Adelheid Althaus, Julie Koepke, b. Hanstein (* 22. September 1806 in Berlin; died 12. January 1885 in Berlin), a daughter of Berlin theologian and chief consistorial councilor Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein (1761-1821), Sister of the Berlin chess player Wilhelm Hanstein (1811-1850) and widow of Privy Council of Justice, Division Auditors of the 5. Division and musician Gustav Köpke (b. 3. July 1805; died 10. December 1859 in Glogau), a son of Gustav Köpke (1773-1837), educator, philologist and theologian, director des Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin and 1830-1832 one of Otto von Bismarck's teachers.

A daughter was the later nun Maria Salome Katharina "Käthe" Köpke, nee. 1847 in Frankfurt (Oder), died. at 3. January 1918 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.

Julie Köpke lived with her daughter Käthe the summer months over first in the country Wollup (today belonging to Steintoch, a district of Letschin in Brandenburg), probably with a family Koppe, which is mentioned regularly; later then in Schwarzbach. -- What is meant is Bad Schwarzbach (today: Czerniawa-Zdrój), a district of Bad Flinsberg (today: Świeradów-Zdrój) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.

Scope: into the. 31 written pages; each without an envelope.

Format:usually 22.2 x 13.8 cm; the last two letters 21.8 x 13.8 cm.

Excerpts:

1.) Letter Berlin, 7. Sep 1861: "A strange feeling came over me when your lettering of the 27th August rested in my hand; I had thought so much about you and your well-being over the past few days that it almost seemed to me that my soul had forced you to approach me in kind words and tell me about your life and doings. [...] My husband greets you warmly; the children are looking forward to your return, which will bring Käthchen closer to them again. [...] Faithfully, your Angelika Althaus."

2.) Letter Berlin, 12. July 1864: "That you, dear Julie, are thinking about it and want Adelheid to share your delicious still life is very nice of you and of your friends. [...] By the way, there is no mention of any habit with Adelheid and I wish that you, dear friend, consider her your daughter at this time. [...] She herself had only just heard about it and was happy to share the rural tranquility with her aunt and Käthchen. [...] At the moment we are busy building a gallery for our apartment, which causes us a great deal of annoyance, since the master builder first drew up a plan contrary to the police and later the engineer left us in the lurch, ie did not deliver the ironwork on time. [...] In faithful spirit, your Angelika Althaus."

3.) Letter Berlin, 11. August 1864: "Adelheid wrote to me happily and happily that it was really difficult for me to tell her that her time was up and that she had to get ready to leave on Monday. [...] I am very grateful to you that your kindness made it possible for Adelheid to have a special bedroom."

4.) Letter Berlin, 21. September 1864 (i.e. one day before Julie’s 58. Birthday): "Since you, dear friends, like to dress in dark colours, I have selected a small finery of this kind for you to wear every day and wish that when you put it on you will think of me. It is probably suitable for country life. my l Man tells me to tell you that tomorrow he will drink from the beautiful goblet to your health and everything that can bring your heart lasting joy. My sons recommend themselves to you and wish Käthchen back soon. [...] Adelheid often thinks of the happy days she spent in Wollup thanks to your kindness [...]."

5.) Letter Berlin, 7. July 1865. About the death of a good friend Teacher Luise Wolf (b. around 1808, died 21. June 1865 in Berlin) at the Royal Elisabeth School in Berlin, Kochstr. 65.

"[...] it was one of the saddest birthdays that I celebrated in my life, he added a new link to the chain of memories that this day always awakens in me. Once again I was standing at the deathbed of a loved one, with whom the more mature seriousness of the years connected me for almost a generation. Luise Wolf, so superior to me in knowledge, culture and character, thought I was worthy of being your friend, she who made such great demands of herself; this, I don't deny it, has often given me self-confidence and courage in the harder days when everything seemed to falter. She's gone; nameless afflictions which beset her, made her end long for in the end. At the 14th. June was the last time we saw each other. [...] Berlin has been on its feet for a few days to see Mr Blondin, curiosity seems to be increasing from day to day. The outrageous appeals to me too."

Note: This refers to the French tightrope artist Charles Blondin (1824-1897), who was the first to cross the Niagara Gorge on the tightrope.

6.) Letter Berlin, 23. August 1865: "You know, dear Julie, that we have friends in Zurich; then we received the unexpected news from there that the man who seemed so strong and flourishing has died far from home after a long illness. It was such a noble, efficient family life, a large business house full of patrician pride, and with it he lost his head and my girlfriend, a man devoted to her with the tenderest devotion. 33 years ago, in a difficult, dreary time, I met these friends and love them to this day."

Note:The silk manufacturer is meant Johann Jakob Baumann (1803-1865), owner of the important textile company Hoehn & Baumann, and his wife Elise Baumann, b. Diezinger, who lived in Leipzig until 1839.

7.) Letter Berlin, 27. July 1866: "I fully share your friend Koppe's view of keeping you in her circle when the other migratory birds have gone. You will feel more at home with your loved ones there than here in the bad Berlin; worrying about Katie would always worry you; i know it in me [...] We've had really difficult weeks here since the victory in Königgrätz with my cousin Wette, whose youngest son was killed there. It was a good son and a pure youth who promised to be good. The circumstances under which his parents found out about his death, or rather only his wound, made the event doubly difficult. Although his comrades knew his end, they left it doubtful to the parents that after 14 days they sent the eldest son, a doctor and a friend to the theater of war, had all hospitals searched to find the son who had been there for a long time rested in the bosom of the earth. Their efforts were of course in vain and only when they returned are the parents told the sad truth. Will the horrible war never end? Will its fruit match the many sacrifices that had to be made?

Note: What is meant is probably the non-commissioned officer Paul Wette from the Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment (Emperor Nicolaus I of Russia) No. 6, 4 Squadron, which took place on 3 July 1866 in Königgrätz by a shot in the abdomen.

8.) Letter Friedrichsroda, 15. (and 18th) August 1868: "Yes, this Thuringia is beautiful with its gently rising and ever higher mountains, its lovely valleys, adorned with the proudest trees and most beautiful meadows [...]. Even the deer come [...] down from the mountain every evening, probably to quench their thirst from the small Hörsel that separates our house from the beautiful Gottlob. Our apartment is in a really romantic location, and we don't lack space either, since I rented the whole floor, consisting of 2 rooms and 3 chambers, in the expectation that my husband will soon follow us [...]. the 18th August. An extraordinarily strong thunderstorm with terrible rolling thunder woke us up at 3 a.m. and soon the whole town was lit up."

9.) Letter Berlin, 11. August 1869: "Dear friend, you shouldn't leave your dear Schwarzbach without receiving a few lines of thanks from me for your dear, heartfelt letter [...]."

Then about her husband Karl Heinrich Althaus: "Today he finished his last lecture and I still hope that with his leisure time he will also have the desire to travel, which he completely lacked at the moment. [...] Well, my dear, fare you and your little Käthchen well, live happily and think of your friends at home from time to time. [...] your friend Angelika Althaus."

About the author: Angelika Luise Schüler was born on April 14. June 1808 in Berlin as the only daughter of the merchant Johann Benjamin Schüler and Carolina Sophia, b. Tornow (eldest daughter of the Spandau merchant Carl Friedrich Tornow) and died on 25. August 1880 at the age of 72 in Berlin. On March 3, her parents had Married in Berlin in December 1794.

on the 23rd On 1 September 1830 she married the professor of philosophy in Halle Johann Georg Mußmann (1795-1833) in Berlin. This marriage remained childless.

In her second marriage she married on 8. April 1843 in Berlin the private lecturer and later professor of philosophy Karl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1886). From this marriage five children were born:

- Karl Hermann Althaus (* 9. February 1844 in Berlin, died. 25. March 1898 in Berka), Dr. of philosophy and high school teacher, who died on 1. March 1875 in Berlin Marie Louise Charlotte Anna Schrader von Beauvryé had married, b. 29. December 1852 in Schöneberg near Berlin as the daughter of the Royal Board of Auditors and retired Firstleutnant Albin Schrader von Beauvryé. Children were Elisabeth Althaus (* 17. December 1875), who married Alfred Scheel, and Marta Althaus (* 9. March 1883)

- Heinrich Georg Althaus (* 25. February 1845 in Berlin, died. on the 31st October 1894 in Berlin), Royal District judge and district court councilor in Berlin, who died on 2. April 1884 in Berlin Marie Adelgunde Auguste von Dechend had married, b. on the 22nd November 1855 in Berlin as the daughter of Reichsbank President Hermann von Dechend (1814-1890) and Adelgunde, b. Wilke, died on the 30th March 1917 in Teupitz

- Adelheid Althaus (* 17. October 1846 in Berlin, died. 20. August 1923 in Wittstock / Dosse)

-Ernst Ludwig Althaus (* 9. May 1848 in Berlin, died. 5. April 1933 in Brunswick), Dr. of philosophy (Diss. Berlin 1874 "Quaestionum de Iulii Pollucis fontibus specimen") and teacher at the Ascanian Gymnasium in Berlin. on the 15th On April 18, 1884 he married the teacher Anna Elisabeth Schmiel (* 19. April 1857 or 1858 in Berlin), daughter of the full teacher at the teachers' seminar at the Augusta School Wilhelm Ottomar Schmiel and Julie Luise Anna, born. stepf. One of their sons was Ernst Althaus (* 19. February 1889 in Berlin; † 21 April 1977 in Herford), German lawyer and mayor of the cities of Minden and Herford.

- Conrad Althaus

About her husband:

Karl Heinrich Althaus was born on 1. January 1806 in Hanover as the son of Karl Philipp Christian Althaus (* 6. April 1775 in Gehmen, died. 28. March 1869 in Hanover), from 1805 to 1869 Protestant pastor in Hanover, and Friederike, b. born limp.

He received his doctorate in Halle in 1837 (dissertation: "Prolegomena de summo in literarum studio fine et de disciplinarum nexu. Particula I"; i.e. about the introduction to the end of the literature studies and the connection of the disciplines) and completed his habilitation in Berlin in 1838. From 1837 he was a private lecturer at the University of Berlin, in 1859 he became a professor there.

From 1837 Althaus in Berlin was also a member of the so-called Doctor Club ("Doctorklubb") of the Left Hegelians, which united the criticism of religion and the Prussian state. The young Karl Marx (1818-1883), Karl Friedrich Köppen (1808-1863), Bruno Bauer (1809-1882) and Adolf Friedrich Rutenberg (1808-1869) also hung out there.

Karl Heinrich Althaus died on 22. October 1886 at the age of 80 in Berlin.

Condition: Letters folded, paper slightly browned, with some minor edge damage. Without envelopes. BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Althaus 2023-3 folder 1

About the fathers of the Köpke couple and Julie's brother Wilhelm Hanstein (source: wikpedia):

Georg Gustav Samuel Koepke (* 4. October 1773 in Medow; † 28 June 1837 in Berlin) was a German pedagogue, philologist and theologian, director of the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin and 1830-1832 one of Otto von Bismarck's teachers.

Life: Gustav Köpke was the son of the evangelical pastor Samuel Anastasius Christoph Köpcke in Medow near Anklam, and Johanne Salome, born. Hasselbach. He attended the Latin school in Anklam and from 1788 the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin. In 1791 he went to the University of Halle to study theology. However, his financial means were only sufficient for two years of study and attending a philological college with Friedrich August Wolf. Although his interests had shifted from theology to philology, in order to please his father, he took the exam pro licentia concionandi before the Faith Commission in Stettin.

Mediated by Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto, he was admitted to the pedagogical seminar for learned schools by Friedrich Gedike. From 1793 he taught at the Köllnische Schule, which at that time was attached to the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. In 1797, at Gedike's suggestion, he was elected the ninth regular teacher at the Grauen Kloster and was confirmed as a "collaborator" by the clerical "Immediate Examinations Commission" after an examination.

He was born at the University of Halle on September 9th. May 1798 doctorate in philosophy. At 6. On September 18, 1800, he was appointed full professor and pro-rector of the Berlin and Köllnische schools. This improved his income situation in the following years, so that he no longer had to give private lessons and write newspaper articles. From 1810 to 1828 he taught German at the newly founded General War School, and from 1816 also history of old and new literature. During the wars of liberation he led a company of the Landsturm as a captain.

In the years 1816/1817 he belonged to the scientific commission at the consistory in Berlin for education. on the 1st On June 1, 1821, he was appointed co-director "cum spe succendi" of the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He became a member in 1824, and from 1826 to 1831 was Director of the Royal Scientific Examination Board for History and Geography. The University of Heidelberg awarded him his doctorate on August 8. December 1827 as a doctor of theology, which was the prerequisite for the sole directorate at the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, which he took up on December 6, 1827. October 1828 took over.

In 1831 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order 3rd Class. class, to which he was awarded the ribbon in 1835. He died in 1837 after a short illness, his grave was in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in the Prenzlauer Berg district.

Family: Gustav Köpke married on 5. August 1802 Henriette Rohleder († 9. January 1835), daughter of a superintendent. Of their five children, two sons and two daughters survived their parents. One son, Gustav Anton Heinrich Köpke (1805-1859), was a Privy Counselor, senior auditor and musician; the other, Ernst Siegfried (1813-1883) worked as a teacher. His daughter Emilie Antigone (b. May 1803; † 10 January 1871) was married to Leopold von Caprivi (1797–1865).

factories

About the warfare of the Greeks in the heroic age. In addition to an appendix containing the most important tactical inventions of the post-Homeric period, Berlin 1807.

About the question: Should the teaching of the Greek language precede the teaching of Latin in our learned schools; or the other way around? In: Archiv deutscher Nationalbildung 1, H. 4, 1812, pp. 485-508 (digital copy).

De Statu Et Condicione Christianorum Sub Imperatoribus Romanis Alterius Post Christum Seculi. Dissertatio Inauguralis, Berlin 1828, 50 pages (= Theol. dissertation, Heidelberg 1828; also printed: program of the Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, Berlin 1828).

Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein (* 7. September 1761 in Magdeburg; † 25 February 1821 in Berlin) was a Protestant theologian and chief consistorial councilor.

Life:The son of a criminal counselor was a student at the Magdeburg Cathedral School under Gottfried Benedict Funk. After studying theology, philosophy, mathematics and physics at the University of Halle, August Hanstein returned to his hometown in 1782 and worked as a teacher at the cathedral school.

Five years later he became a pastor in Tangermünde. Here he consolidated his good reputation as an educator and pulpit speaker. Hanstein's main interest lay in practical homiletics (sermon teaching). He became known as a trainer of the next generation of preachers and, alongside Friedrich Schleiermacher, was considered an outstanding homiletic of his time.

His most important patron was the influential theologian and chief consistorial councilor Wilhelm Abraham Teller. It was thanks to him that Hanstein was appointed Oberdomprediger by the cathedral chapter in Brandenburg in 1803. There he also taught at the Knight Academy. His career took a big leap when he was appointed by King Friedrich Wilhelm III in November 1804. was appointed as Teller's future successor in Berlin. After his unexpected sudden death in December 1804, Hanstein became Teller's successor in his various offices. He became provost of the Petrikirche, superintendent of the diocese of Berlin and a member of the Lutheran High Consistory in Berlin.

His tenure at the Petrikirche was overshadowed by the serious fire that broke out on 20th April. September 1809 completely destroyed the church building. In that year, after the dissolution of the senior consistory, Hanstein was appointed to the "Section for Culture and Education" of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior. As a lecturer, Hanstein took part in the preparation of the measures associated with the 1817 Lutheran-Reformed Church Union in Prussia (Evangelical Church in the Royal Prussian Lands). As a theologian fully committed to the Enlightenment, Hanstein embodied a supernaturalistic rationalism influenced by sensitivity.

Hanstein was held in high esteem by the Prussian royal couple. Under the protectorate of Queen Luise, Hanstein was a co-founder of the Luisenstift, an institution for the education of morally endangered boys.

Hanstein's activities coincided with the deep crisis of the Prussian state after the military defeat by Emperor Napoleon in 1806. The prominent preacher was popular as a patriotic pulpit speaker between 1808 and 1814. Even after the end of the wars of liberation, his sermons, which were considered exemplary, were widely published.

Schleiermacher delivered the eulogy at his grave. August Hanstein left a family. His son Wilhelm, a lawyer, became known as a chess player. Another son, August Hanstein, died in 1827. Fanny Hensel dedicated a fugue and the song Sehnsucht to him. To a dying friend. The composer Felix Draeseke was a grandson of Hanstein.

Works (selection)

Memoirs of Jesus Christ, 1808 (multiple editions until 1820)

The serious time. Sermons delivered in 1813 and 1814, 1815

The life of faith. Sermons (2 volumes), 1831.

William Hanstein (* 3. August 1811 in Berlin; † 14 October 1850 in Magdeburg) was a German chess player and was one of the masters of the influential Berlin Chess School. He was one of the strongest chess players of his time.

Life: Hanstein was born in Berlin in 1811, the son of the Protestant theologian and chief consistorial councilor Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein.

His chess teacher was Ludwig Bledow. Among the Berlin masters mentioned were his frequent game opponents Tassilo von Heydebrand and Lasa as well as Hanstein's cousin Carl Mayet. Hanstein was regarded as an expert on openings and worked for a time on the chess manual that goes back to Paul Rudolph von Bilguer (the main author was von Heydebrand and Lasa). After Bledow's death in 1846, he finally took over the editing of the Berliner Schachzeitung.

Two competitions are known of him. In 1842 he won against Carl Ferdinand Jänisch 4:1 with only one draw and in 1847 against Carl Mayet 12:5 with also a draw.

In 1848 Hanstein, who was a lawyer, was called to Magdeburg as a government councillor. He died there two years later at the age of 39 from an illness.

A variant of the King's Knight Gambit is named after Hanstein. The Hanstein Gambit occurs after the moves 1. е2-е4 е7-е5 2. f2–f4 e5xf4 3. Ng1-f3 g7-g5 4. Bf1–c4 Bf8–g7 if Weiß, instead of moving h2–h4, continues its development and then attacks the enemy pawns with g2–g3.