Hermine Rheinberger

Hermine Rheinberger (14 July 1864 – 24 January 1932) was a Liechtensteiner writer. She was Liechtenstein's first female author.

Biography Hermine Rheinberger was born on 14 July 1864 in Vaduz, the capital city of Liechtenstein. She was the oldest of four children born to Peter Rheinberger, a civil engineer and army officer, and her mother Theresia Rheinberger, growing up with two sisters – Olga and Emma – and a brother, the artist and architect (1870–1936). Her uncle was the composer Josef Rheinberger.

After attending elementary school in Vaduz, Rheinberger studied at the Institut Gutenberg in Balzers, run by the Sisters of Christian Charity, from 1877 to 1881. The novel was well received, even drawing notice from Johann II.

Rheinberger never married, focusing on her literary pursuits, until her career was cut short by illness. After she contracted influenza-encephalitis, her mental health declined in the late 1890s, and she was cared for first at home; then in a hospital run by her Aunt Maxentia, a member of the ; and then at the teaching hospital in Innsbruck. From 1899 until her death in 1932, Rheinberger stayed at the St.-Josephs-Institut in Mils, Tyrol.

She is buried in the cemetery in Vaduz. Her parents and siblings are buried in the same grave.