Amalie Baisch

Amalie Baisch (born Amalie Marggraff)
Photo of Baisch from 1890
Born	8 October 1859 Munich
Died	after 1904
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	German

Amalie Baisch(néeMarggraff;8 October 1859 inMunich– after 1904) was a German writer, best known for herVictorian eraguide bookson young women'setiquette.She wrote under the pseudonymErnesta.

Life

Amalie Baisch was born inMunich,Kingdom of Bavaria,on 8 October 1859. Her father wasRudolf Marggraff,a professor of Art History and Fine Art at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich.Her mother was called Elisabeth Marggraff. Amalie Basch attended theGymnasium Max-Josef-Stiftand subsequently took a job as a teacher in Paris. She was a guest in the Parisian salons and travelled extensively. She documented her experiences in a series of literary sketches.

In 1885, Baisch married the authorOtto Baisch(1840–1892). Otto had known Rudolf Marggraff since the 1870s. Before his death, Marggraff had been working on a biography ofJohann Christian Reinhart,which Otto completed as published in 1882 under the titleJohann Christian Reinhart und seine Kreise.

One year before their marriage, Otto took up the position of editor-in-chief of the illustrated magazineÜber Land und Meerin Stuttgart, and thus the pair relocated there. Amalie found a stimulating cultural atmosphere in Stuttgart. In 1886, Baisch gave birth to a son, Hermann Baisch.

From 1886 the family lived in a rented flat at 123 Neckarstraße, in the building of theDeutsche Verlags-Anstalt,the publishers ofÜber Land und Meer.After the death of Otto Baisch in 1892, Amalie and her son moved to 31 Kernerstraße for a year, before moving back to Munich, were they lived in 14 Barerstraße. Amalie Baisch later remarried to a Major Florian Gassner.

Work

Amalie Baisch's books had a target audience of young women and were predominantly advice books. Below is a selection of her works:

• Aus der Töchterschule ins Leben. Ein allseitiger Berater für Deutschlands Jungfrauen,1889
• Die kleiner Feuerwehr,1892
• Der Mutter Tagebuch. Aufzeichnungen über die ersten Lebensjahre ihres Kindes,1893
• Das junge Mädchen auf eigenen Füßen. Ein Führer durch das weibliche Berufsleben,1902
• Hilde Stirner. Eine Jungmädchenerzählung,1909