''Grete Minde'' is an 1880 German novel by
Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...
, based on the case of Margarete von Minden who in 1619 took revenge on corrupt officials in Tangermünde by setting fire to the town, in which she and her child also perished.
Works based on the novel include:
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''Grete Minde'' (film), 1977 German film
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''Grete Minde'' (opera), German opera by Eugen Engel
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