Goethe, Cornelia |
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BORN 7 Dec 1750, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen - DIED 8 Jun 1777, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg BIRTH NAME Goethe, Cornelia Friederike Christiane GRAVE LOCATION Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg: Alter Friedhof, Freiburger Strasse (southern wall) |
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Cornelia Goethe was the slightly younger sister of Johann Wolfgang Goethe. She learned Latin, English, Italian and French. After Goethe left for Leipzig she kept a secret diary of letters in French to he friend Katharina Fabricius from 1767 to 1769. In it she gave a damning view of many affluent citizens of Frankfurt am Main. It was preserved, while her letters to Goethe were lost since he burnt them. When she was 23 years old she married Goethe's friend Johann Georg Schlosser. She lived with him in Emmendingen, where he was the best paid civil servant. But the marriage wasn't happy and she felt lonely in Emmendingen. She almost died during the birth of her first daughter and she didn't survive the birth of a second daughter in 1777. She was buried at the Alter Friedhof in Emmendingen. Family • Father: Goethe, Johann Caspar • Brother: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Related persons • is brother/sister of Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
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 Marker indicating the gravesite of Cornelia Schlosser-Goethe at the alter Friedhof in Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg. Picture by Androom (20 Aug 2023) |
 The grave of Cornelia Goethe at the Alter Friedhof in Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg. Picture by Androom (20 Aug 2023) |
 The grave of Cornelia Goethe at the Alter Friedhof in Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg. Picture by Androom (20 Aug 2023) |
Sources • Blumenfeld, Carl, Goethe, Taschen, 1986 • Cornelia Goethe |
