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Else Wildhagen
1861–1944
Known for continuing the much-loved Trotzkopf stories, this German writer helped carry one of the best-known girls' series of her era into a new generation. Her books followed growing-up, marriage, and family life with a warm, readable touch.
2 Audiobooks
Trotzkopf's Brautzeit
by Else Wildhagen
Aus Trotzkopf's Ehe
by Else Wildhagen
About the author
Born in Leipzig in 1861, Else Wildhagen was the daughter of two writers: Emmy von Rhoden, author of Der Trotzkopf, and Hermann Friedrich Friedrich. She later married the jurist Georg Wildhagen and remained closely linked to the literary world that shaped her early life.
She is best remembered for extending her mother's famous Trotzkopf cycle. Sources consulted during this search agree that Wildhagen wrote later volumes including Trotzkopfs Brautzeit and Aus Trotzkopfs Ehe; one source also credits her with Trotzkopfs Nachkommen. Her continuation of the series helped keep the character of Ilse alive for readers beyond the original novel.
Wildhagen died in Leipzig in 1944. Even today, her work remains of interest through library catalogs, reference works, and public-domain editions, showing the lasting place she holds in German popular literature.