Tita von Hardenberg

Katharina Habsburg-Lothringen-Kyburg née Katharina Isabel Gräfin von Hardenberg (born 21 April 1968), known professionally by her stage name Tita von Hardenberg is a German television journalist, presenter and producer.

Born the daughter of Isa Gräfin von Hardenberg and the banker Andreas Graf von Hardenberg, she hails from the German nobility of the von Hardenberg. She grew up in Lüneburg and Isernhagen near Hanover; passing her Abitur 1987 at the Rudolf-Steiner-Schule in Berlin. After that, she studied history and political science in Munich. Later, she obtained a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Tita von Hardenberg lives in Berlin and is married to Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen-Kyburg since 1999. They have three children.

Her first contact was in 1991 during a traineeship at the regional station FAB in Berlin. She went on to become an editor for the daily programme Fenster aus Berlin. Between 1992 and 1994, she worked at the ORB's magazine TIP TV, serving as its chief editor between 1995 and 1997.

In 1997, von Hardenberg, together with Stefan Mathieu and Michael Khano, founded the company Kobalt Productions Film und Fernseh GmbH. Her company produced the magazine format Polylux for the RBB. Apart from performing as the host for Polylux which was broadcast on Das Erste since 2001, she also made her own reports.

Between 2001 and 2003, she wrote a weekly column called Schöner leben ("Better Living) for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

Von Hardenberg's company also developed the political magazine Absolut (1997–2009) and the music magazine Tracks. The European magazine Yourope is also being produced by her company since 2010. In 2011, she developed the weekly culture programme zdf.kulturpalast hosted by Nina Sonnenberg and Pegah Ferydoni on ZDFkultur. Since 2012, Kobalt Productions has produced several installments of the culture show Metropolis on ARTE.

In 2011/2012, von Hardenberg produced the documentary series Kulturkrieger ("Culture Warriors"). with Katrin Sandmann on ZDFkultur and 3sat. Also in 2012, she produced two new live music shows, Introducing for RBB/ARTE and Berlin Live on ZDFkultur.

On 20 October 2012, von Hardenberg hosted the festive concert for the 100th anniversary of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which led to controversial reactions.

• 2007: Grimme Online Award for the online video portal Polylog.tv (discontinued)
• 2015: Bronze World Medal in the category History & Society at New York Festivals - World's Best TV & Films for "The Age of the Supermodels"