Friederike von Reden
Portrait of Friederike von Reden
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, , which became a center of the Silezian aristocracy.
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- 1774 births
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- 18th-century German people
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