You are bidding on a handwritten one Funeral speech from Sprottau in Lower Silesia (today: Szprotawa in Poland) from1876.

"2.5.1876. eulogy for Fr. v. Reder born Wider (!)".

The deceased is the widow Dorothea von Reder, b. Breither, living in sprottau, daughter of Hofrat Breither from Brieg and Christiane Wilhelmine, b. conrad, Widow of District Administrator Robert von Reder (d. 1869 in Sprottau), died On the 29th. April 1876 in Sprottau at the age of 66.

"For more than 39 years she was connected to her dearly loved husband, who had been kidnapped by her death almost 7 years ago. Together with him, she understood the art of forming a community around herself [...]."

Scope: 8 pages (21.7 x 17.5 cm), presented in two loosely nested double sheets.

Condition: Slightly browned, stained and creased; into the. still good. bitte also note the pictures!

Internal note: MM files 2-4

About the late husband (source: wikipedia):

Wilhelm Robert Heinrich Magnus von Reder (* around 1800 in Sprottau; † 1869 there) was a German lawyer and politician. He was district administrator of the Sprottau district (1857-1869) and member of the Prussian House of Representatives (1855-1858).

Life: Born as the son of the mayor of Sprottau, he studied law in Breslau after attending high school in Glogau. During his studies he became a member of the old Breslau fraternity Arminia in 1820. Because of his fraternity activities, he was expelled from the university senate in 1822 and was therefore no longer allowed to study at any German university; In 1824 he was pardoned so that he could finish his studies in Breslau. Because of a false statement in 1821 regarding his membership in a fraternity, he had to serve eight weeks in prison. After completing his studies, he became a district and city judge in 1834 and district court director in 1846. As a privy councillor, he took over the Spottau district office from 1857 until his death. From 1855 to 1858 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives (constituency Liegnitz 4). He was a manor owner in Walddorf.