2 Letters Detmold 1829/30, Pastor-Witwe Luise Althaus, Born Rosenhahn (

You bid two letters from 1829 and 1830 out of Detmold.

Written by Luise Elisabeth Friederike Charlotte Henriette Althaus, born Rose Rooster (1748-1831), born on 29. December 1748 in Laasphe as the daughter of the office director Paul Gottfried Rosenhahn (1681-1754) and Anna, b. von Ritterich (1718-1795), died in Detmold in 1831.

she was the Widow of the pastor Philipp Heinrich Althaus (* 14. September 1739 in Berleburg as the son of the head forester Johann Philipp Althaus and Katharina, b. Neuendorf, died 1818 in Falkenhagen).

Her children included:

-the ref. theologian Karl Philipp Christian Althaus (1775-1869), who was pastor at the Reformed Church in Hanover for 64 years

-theGeneral SuperintendentGeorg Friedrich Althaus (1790-1863) in Detmold, father of Theologian, writer and Revolutionary Theodor Althaus (1822-1852).

addressed to his grandson, the student and later professor of philosophy at the University of BerlinKarl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1886), son of Karl Philipp Christian Althaus.

The second letter is torn into 16 fragments (all are available); the Content, however, resides as a contemporary transcript of a relative ("Tante Reitz"), who added another addition.

1.) 1-page letter (11.2 x 18.7 cm), dated Detmold, 29. January 1829. Verso with address "Dem Herr Carl Althaus in Berlin."

Transcription: "Greetings, my dear, dear Carl, in beautiful and unique Berlin, the goal of your wishes. I was quite pleasantly surprised. What a field do you find there for your spirit; what an opportunity to meet people and know the world. Your research must succeed in everything! my blessing wishes and my uncovering accompany these. Never doubt the tender love of your faithful grandmother Luise Althaus."

Short addition on the address page: "Th. Dräseke lives with Bishop Hanstein's widow."

Is meant the theologian Theodor Draeseke (1808-1870), a son of Bishop's Johann Heinrich Bernhard Draseke (1774-1849), as well as the widow of Berlin theologian and Oberkonsistorialrat Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein (1761-1821), who like Johann Heinrich Bernhard Draseke was a grandfather of the composer Felix Draeseke (1835-1913).

2.) 3-page letter (approx. 20.5 x 12 cm), dated Detmold, 28. December 1830. Addressed to Karl Heinrich Althaus in Berlin.

The letter is torn into 16 fragments.

Enclosed in an envelope marked "Grandmother's last letter. 30. Dec 1830." (The later date due to a postscript added later.)

The content is as 3 ½-page copy of an "Aunt Reitz"., which added almost half a page to Karl Heinrich Althaus.

Excerpts from the letter from Luise Althaus, b. rose cock: "My beloved Carl! [...] Your assurance does me very good that d. last summer was the brightest, best and most uninhibited of your life - off. i.e. Addition: & d. most economical, was quite close to me. darling! You m. dearest Carl! please! please! take that n. too far. It is you and many, i. Loving you, guilty of taking care of your health and the noblest thing that {God} gave you, life and health Christian. to preserve."

Then she describes a trip with a friend, Christiane Althaus from Heiligenkirchen, to Elberfeld and Düsseldorf, among other places, where her grandson Carl Kühnen works in a pharmacy, and a fall that broke her upper left arm. "M. good dear sister dressed me and undressed me and carried me, Julie did what she could."

"Up to the last breath, your grandmother Luise Althaus, who carries you in her heart."

A PS follows from Luise Althaus, b. Rosenhahn, which was written in the margin of the original letter: "By your diligence. Studying only cares about your health. I suspect that you the academ. Love your life [...] On the 30. M. yesterday was my birthday {there is a gap, maybe should an illegible word from the original letter be inserted} children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and gifts came early on. [...] It's time to call you a good life."

Excerpts from the addition of Aunt Reitz: "Number dear Carl, warmest congratulations from your old aunt Reitz, friendly E. and keep you in true love [...]. Your aunt Reitz."

Note:I didn't put the torn letter together accurately to photograph it, I just checked that the 16 fragments were complete. Thus, in the overall picture, some fragments can be seen in the front view and some in the rear view. The address field is only partially visible, but is present (with postmark).

Condition: The letter from 1829 stained and with edge damage. The 1830 letter torn into 16 fragments (all are there, so the letter could be pieced together again); the copy with tears in the fold. Please also note the pictures!

Internal note: Althaus Althaus 2023-3 Leitz 2

About the recipient:

Karl Heinrich Althaus was 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.

on the 8th On April 1, 1843, he married Angelika Luise (Angelica Louise) Schüler, b. at the 14th. June 1808 in Berlin as the only daughter of the merchant Johann Benjamin Schüler; died on the 25th. August 1880 at the age of 72 in Berlin. On March 3, her father had December 1794 married Carolina Sophia Tornow, eldest daughter of the Spandau merchant Carl Friedrich Tornow (died 18. March 1823 in Berlin).

She was the widow of the professor of philosophy in Halle Johann Georg Mußmann (1795-1833), whom she married on 23. September 1830 (son of the master blacksmith in Reichenberg near Danzig Johann Friedrich David Mußmann). This marriage remained childless.

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

From the marriage between Karl Heinrich Althaus and Angelika Luise, b. Pupils gave birth to five children:

- 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 Teupit. --They had the following children: Karl Althaus (1886-1956), last district judge in Perleberg, Angelika Althaus (* 18. January 1888 in Berlin), Luise Althaus (* 19. December 1888 in Berlin) and Adelgunde Althaus (* 16. July 1891 in Berlin). her eldest SongeorgeAlthaus (* 7. February1885 in Berlin) was already at the age of ten years on 13. October 1895 died in Halle as a student of the Latina.

- 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