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Lina Walther
1824–1907
A 19th-century German writer who turned small-town life, faith, and history into warm, readable fiction. Writing under the name Lina Walther, she published novels, stories, and youth books that kept her closely connected to Protestant family reading in her time.
1 Audiobook
Das Weihnachtslied: Eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen
by Lina Walther
About the author
Born Henriette Karoline Friederike Möller in Erfurt in 1824, she later became known by the pen name Lina Walther. Reliable biographical sources agree that she was a German writer, and that she died in Wernigerode in 1907.
She was the daughter of the theologian Johann Friedrich Möller and married the pastor Hermann Walther in 1855. Reference works and literary biographical sources place her life in Veltheim, Seehausen near Magdeburg, and Wernigerode, experiences that seem to fit the strong religious and domestic world reflected in her writing.
Walther published a substantial body of work, including novels, historical tales, and books for younger readers. Her fiction was associated with Protestant middle-class reading culture, and she remained known enough to be documented by major German literary and biographical databases.