Friederike von Reden

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Gender
Female
Birth12 May 1774, Wolfenbüttel
Death14 May 1854Mysłakowice (aged 80 years)
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Friederike von Reden (1774-1854), was a German philanthropist and salon-holder. She is known as the Mutter des Hirschberger Tales.
She married minister Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden in 1802. After being widowed in 1815, she became a significant philanthropist. She founded the bible society Buchwalder Bibelgesellschaft, whose president she was. She founded a number of charitable societies active in Silesia. She also hosted a literary salon in her home, Schloss Buchwald, which became a center of the Silezian aristocracy.

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