Emma Herwegh

Emma Herwegh was a writer and salonnière (1817–1904). She was born at Magdeburg and died at Paris.

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Identity and origins

Emma Herwegh was recorded at birth as Emma Siegmund. Her recorded language was German. Her recorded confession was reformed.

She was the child of Johann Gottfried Siegmund. She married Georg Herwegh. 3 children are recorded: Horace Herwegh, Camille Herwegh and Marcel Herwegh.

Identity

What the record establishes about Emma Herwegh.

Emma Herwegh is recorded with the citizenship of Kingdom of Prussia. Emma Herwegh is recorded at birth as Emma Siegmund. Emma Herwegh is recorded as writer and salonnière. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this name.

Holdings and surviving copies

Zur Geschichte der deutschen demokratischen Legion aus Paris Von einer Hochverräterin Emma Herwegh (1849) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel mit seiner Braut: Herausg. Unter Mitwirkung von ... (1906) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Emma Herwegh may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Emma Herwegh is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1338039.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Demokratischen Legion Aus Paris. 1848. Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel Mit Seiner Braut.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEORGE AND EMMA HERWEGH AND THE PRINCESS SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN, CHALLEMEL-LACOUR AND MINNA WAGNER, The Musical Quarterly, 1929. Lettre de Emma Herwegh à Natalie Herzen. Publication, commentaires et notes, Revue des études slaves, 2012. Emma Charlotte Herwegh et la Légion démocratique allemande (1848), « Nous nous en allons aux cyclones », 2024.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1817Emma Herwegh born at Magdeburg.
  2. 1817Emma Herwegh was born in 1817 at Magdeburg.
  3. 1849Zur Geschichte der deutschen demokratischen Legion aus Paris Von einer Hochverräterin Emma Herwegh (1849) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  4. 1849Zur Geschichte der deutschen demokratischen Legion aus Paris Von einer Hochverräterin Emma Herwegh digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1904Emma Herwegh died at Paris.
  6. 1904Emma Herwegh died in 1904 at Paris.
  7. 1906Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel mit seiner Braut: Herausg. Unter Mitwirkung von ... (1906) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  8. 1906Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel mit seiner Braut: Herausg. Unter Mitwirkung von ... digitised by Internet Archive.

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Died at

  • ParisPlace

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “In love and fidelity, your Emma”: Emma Herwegh, Minna Wagner, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Emma Charlotte Herwegh et la Légion démocratique allemande (1848), « Nous nous en allons aux cyclones », 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Emma Herwegh, espionne républicaine à Fribourg (1848), « Nous nous en allons aux cyclones », 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Lettre de Emma Herwegh à Natalie Herzen. Publication, commentaires et notes, Revue des études slaves, 2012

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Emma Herwegh (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEORGE AND EMMA HERWEGH AND THE PRINCESS SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN, CHALLEMEL-LACOUR AND MINNA WAGNER, The Musical Quarterly, 1929

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 140425692X, Emma-Herwegh-Gymnasium.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Emma Herwegh as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1338039: Emma Herwegh

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  10. 10.

    “Emma Herwegh”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Plates

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Drawing of Emma Siegmund (later Herwegh), 1842 by Friederike Miethe, in a folding travel frame

Drawing of Emma Siegmund (later Herwegh), 1842 by Friederike Miethe, in a folding travel frame

Friederike Miethe (later Frédérique Émilie Auguste O'Connell) · provided by a curator of the museum Dichter- und Stadtmuseum Liestal where the original work of art is located; permission to publish for Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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