Bertha Behrens (7 September 1848,

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated ...

– 9 September 1912) was a

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, who used the pen name W. Heimburg (AKA Wilhelmine Heimburg). She completed ''Das Eulenhaus'', a posthumous novel by Marlitt in the '' Gartenlaube'', in which periodical most of her novels appeared. She is the daughter of

Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (23 June 1800 in Stuttgart25 August 1868 in Berlin) was a German actress, writer, director of the Stadttheater in Zürich for six years, and author of over 100 plays and libretto. Biography Charlotte Johanna Birch-Pfeif ...

, a German actress and dramatist. The following is a list of some of her works: * ''Aus dem Leben meiner alten Freudin'' (1879; twelfth edition, 1908) * ''Lumpenmüllers Lieschen'' (1879) * ''Ihr einziger Bruder'' (1882; fifteenth edition, 1909) * ''Waldblumen'' (1882; sixth edition, 1894) * ''Trudchens Heirat'' (1884) * ''Dazumal, eight stories'' (1887) * ''Um fremde Schuld'' (1895) * ''Antons Erben'' (1898) * ''Sette Oldenroths Liebe'' (1902) * ''Gesammelte Romane und Novellen'' (ten volumes, Leipzig, 1894–97) * ''Dr. Danz und seine Frau'' (1903) * ''Wie auch wir vergeben'' (1907) * ''Ueber steinige Wege'' (1908) * ''Der Stärkere'' (1909) * ''Familie Lorenz'' (1910)

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* * 1848 births 1912 deaths People from Thale People from the Province of Saxony German women novelists Writers from Saxony-Anhalt 19th-century German writers 19th-century German women writers {{Germany-writer-stub