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.
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
- 1817Emma Herwegh born at Magdeburg.
- 1817Emma Herwegh was born in 1817 at Magdeburg.
- 1849Zur Geschichte der deutschen demokratischen Legion aus Paris Von einer Hochverräterin Emma Herwegh (1849) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1849Zur Geschichte der deutschen demokratischen Legion aus Paris Von einer Hochverräterin Emma Herwegh digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1904Emma Herwegh died at Paris.
- 1904Emma Herwegh died in 1904 at Paris.
- 1906Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel mit seiner Braut: Herausg. Unter Mitwirkung von ... (1906) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1906Georg Herwegh's Briefwechsel mit seiner Braut: Herausg. Unter Mitwirkung von ... digitised by Internet Archive.
Connections
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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.
“In love and fidelity, your Emma”: Emma Herwegh, Minna Wagner, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Emma Charlotte Herwegh et la Légion démocratique allemande (1848), « Nous nous en allons aux cyclones », 2024
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Emma Herwegh, espionne républicaine à Fribourg (1848), « Nous nous en allons aux cyclones », 2024
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Lettre de Emma Herwegh à Natalie Herzen. Publication, commentaires et notes, Revue des études slaves, 2012
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Emma Herwegh (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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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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Gemeinsame Normdatei 140425692X, Emma-Herwegh-Gymnasium.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Emma Herwegh as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1338039: Emma Herwegh
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“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
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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