Agnes Günther (born Agnes Breuning, 21 July 1863 – 16 February 1911)[1] was a German writer.

Agnes Günther
BornAgnes Breuning
(1863-07-21)21 July 1863
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died16 February 1911(1911-02-16) (aged 47)
Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany
SpouseRudolf Günther

Life edit

Agnes Breuning was a daughter of Hermann Otto Breuning, a businessman and banker, and his wife Anna Maria Barrell, who came from England. Agnes attended schools in Geneva and London.[2] In 1887 she married the theologian Rudolf Günther (1856-1936), with whom she had two sons. From 1891 to 1906 her husband was the parish priest of Langenburg, a small town above the river Jagst in the Hohenlohe district of the then kingdom of Württemberg. The family moved in 1906 to Marburg, where Rudolf Günther was appointed professor of church art. In 1911 Agnes died of a lung disease after a long illness.

Works edit

Günther's two works were published posthumously in 1913.

References edit

  1. ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg. "Standesamt Marburg Sterbenebenregister 1911" [Marburg Registry Office, Death register 1911] (in German). p. 68. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ^ Gisela Brinker-Gabler; Karola Ludwig; Angela Wöffen (1986). Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen 1800–1945 [Lexicon of German-language women writers 1800–1945] (in German). Munich. p. 116. ISBN 3-423-03282-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)