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Wilhelmina Koch
Wilhelmina (Mina or Minna) Amalie Koch (22 February 1845 – 6 March 1924) was a German composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrumental music. She is one of only four women that have had compositions included in the Protestant hymnal. Biography Mina Koch was born in Waldböckelheim. She was the second of six children of Waldböckelheim pastor Karl August Schapper (1815–1898). She spent her childhood in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Münster am Stein and in Koblenz. When she was eleven years old her mother Schapper Amalie née Weinrich (1816–1856) died. In 1860 her father became the Professor and Director of the Royal Theological Seminary and Superintendent for Wittenberg. The family moved there to a big house at the parish church square where Johann Bugenhagen had lived and where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon had met. Mina Koch spent the first years there in a girls' school in Droyßig at Zeitz, where her Confirmation was cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldböckelheim
Waldböckelheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. Geography Waldböckelheim is located north of the Nahe in the Rhenish Massif. Waldböckelheim is surrounded by three extinct volcanoes. History It was mentioned first on 10 February 824 ''Becchilenheim''. The prefix ''Wald'' (forest) was prefixed in the 13th Century to distinguish themselves from Gau-Bickelheim. In the castle ''Böckelheim'' was Emperor Henry IV prisoner of his son in December 1105. The office Bockelheim was formed together with the surrounding villages. After changing ownership several times, it belonged more than 300 years to the Electorate of the Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of .... Economy In Waldböckelheim there are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |