About Susanne von Klettenberg
Lived 1723 – 1774 (aged 50). Susanne von Klettenberg was a German poet, writer and philosopher.
Susanne Katharina Seiffart von Klettenberg (19 December 1723 – 16 December 1774) was a German abbess and writer. She was a friend of Catharina Elisabeth Goethe, the mother of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Klettenberg corresponded with Goethe, and he shaped a character, "Beautiful Soul," after her in his novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. She was also a friend of Friedrich Christoph Steinhofer (1706–1761), a former co-episcopus of the Moravian Church.
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German abbess and writer
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Susanne von Klettenberg was born on 19 December 1723 in Frankfurt.
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Susanne von Klettenberg died on 16 December 1774 in Frankfurt.
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Susanne von Klettenberg was a poet, writer and philosopher.
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Susanne von Klettenberg was German.
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