Figured it was something like that, when we weren't inundated with summaries after a week had passed. ;)
For future reference, I have two further requests, both Fredersdorf related.
One is "Anekdoten, die wir erlebten und hörten", from Achim von Arnim et al., which Wikipedia says has at least one anecdote about Fredersdorf in the context of Grandma's first marriage. I presume it's the source for the Zernikow page you summarized for us, but it might have something we don't already know, since Wikipedia has pending edits (I didn't realize until yesterday that pending edits were a thing), one of which reads:
Married as a nurse, Caroline lived "as a virgin [Jungfrau] under a thousand sorrows." Nevertheless, the married-for-convenience couple got along well with each other, so that Caroline lived with her husband "with blissful freedom, harmony and inner cheerfulness" until his death.
I don't recall the Jungfrau bit! And I remember you speculating that freedom might have played a role in her affection, but I don't remember that being confirmed?
Anyway, it may not have more on Fredersdorf than is in the pending edit, but it might be worth a look anyway (and if there's non-Fredersdorf stuff of interest to you, O PhD in German lit, I know you'll tell us :)).
The other request you probably won't be able to order, since it's from 1934 and only available via interlibrary loan, which is why I can't give you a direct link, but if you're ever in a position to check it out, it's:
Kiekemal: das Entstehen u. Vergehen e. Kolonie aus friderizianischer Zeit, by Paul Großmann.
As I said in another thread, Kiekemal is the colony Fredersdorf was allegedly involved in embezzling from, the wiki page for Kiekemal mentions dishonesty on the part of officials without mentioning Fredersdorf, and it gives two sources on the history of Kiekemal. One of them might mention Fredersdorf. (I won't necessarily believe them, mind you. But I really need to know where that quote comes from!)
Our gratitude as always, Royal Reader!
ETA: Oh, I forgot to mention, close inspection of the edit history for Fredersdorf's wiki page shows an (unsourced, of course) edit that made me raise both eyebrows:
Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorf hat seinen Adelstitel nachher abgetreten und den Nachnamen zu 'Fredersdorff' geändert.
Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorf later relinquished his title of nobility and changed his surname to 'Fredersdorff'.
Now, I'm skeptical, but I mention it just because it's a variant on the "ennobled or not ennobled" question that we haven't encountered.
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Date: 2021-07-09 01:46 pm (UTC)For future reference, I have two further requests, both Fredersdorf related.
One is "Anekdoten, die wir erlebten und hörten", from Achim von Arnim et al., which Wikipedia says has at least one anecdote about Fredersdorf in the context of Grandma's first marriage. I presume it's the source for the Zernikow page you summarized for us, but it might have something we don't already know, since Wikipedia has pending edits (I didn't realize until yesterday that pending edits were a thing), one of which reads:
Married as a nurse, Caroline lived "as a virgin [Jungfrau] under a thousand sorrows." Nevertheless, the married-for-convenience couple got along well with each other, so that Caroline lived with her husband "with blissful freedom, harmony and inner cheerfulness" until his death.
I don't recall the Jungfrau bit! And I remember you speculating that freedom might have played a role in her affection, but I don't remember that being confirmed?
Anyway, it may not have more on Fredersdorf than is in the pending edit, but it might be worth a look anyway (and if there's non-Fredersdorf stuff of interest to you, O PhD in German lit, I know you'll tell us :)).
The other request you probably won't be able to order, since it's from 1934 and only available via interlibrary loan, which is why I can't give you a direct link, but if you're ever in a position to check it out, it's:
Kiekemal: das Entstehen u. Vergehen e. Kolonie aus friderizianischer Zeit, by Paul Großmann.
As I said in another thread, Kiekemal is the colony Fredersdorf was allegedly involved in embezzling from, the wiki page for Kiekemal mentions dishonesty on the part of officials without mentioning Fredersdorf, and it gives two sources on the history of Kiekemal. One of them might mention Fredersdorf. (I won't necessarily believe them, mind you. But I really need to know where that quote comes from!)
Our gratitude as always, Royal Reader!
ETA: Oh, I forgot to mention, close inspection of the edit history for Fredersdorf's wiki page shows an (unsourced, of course) edit that made me raise both eyebrows:
Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorf hat seinen Adelstitel nachher abgetreten und den Nachnamen zu 'Fredersdorff' geändert.
Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorf later relinquished his title of nobility and changed his surname to 'Fredersdorff'.
Now, I'm skeptical, but I mention it just because it's a variant on the "ennobled or not ennobled" question that we haven't encountered.