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Adele Gaus-Bachmann
1869–1945
An Austrian writer and translator from Vienna, she is remembered today for a dramatic retelling of the city’s famous Stock-im-Eisen legend. Her work carries a dark, folkloric mood that makes her an intriguing rediscovery for readers of older German-language literature.
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About the author
Born in Vienna on October 29, 1869, she published under the names Adele Gaus-Bachmann and A. Hohenwart. Sources identify her as an Austrian writer and translator, and record that she died in Vienna on April 3, 1945.
The work most readily documented online today is Der Teufelsschlosser (1906), a verse drama in three acts inspired by the Viennese Stock-im-Eisen legend. That connection to local myth gives her writing a strong sense of place, blending folklore, morality, and theatrical storytelling.
Some details of her life remain hard to confirm from easily available sources, but even the small record that survives suggests a literary figure rooted in Vienna’s cultural world. For listeners and readers, she offers a glimpse of Austrian popular drama and legend-writing from the turn of the 20th century.