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Rosalie Koch

1811–1880

A 19th-century German writer remembered today mainly for fairy tales and legends, she is best known in the public-domain record for work connected with the mountain spirit Rübezahl. Her surviving listings suggest a storyteller drawn to folklore and traditional tales.

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Rübezahl

Rübezahl

by Rosalie Koch

About the author

Rosalie Koch lived from 1811 to 1880 and wrote in German. Reliable public-domain catalog records for her work appear in places such as LibriVox and Project Gutenberg, where she is listed as the author of Rübezahl.

The sources available here do not provide a detailed life story, so it is safest to describe her as a 19th-century author associated with retellings of folklore, fairy tales, and regional legend. That makes her a good fit for listeners who enjoy classic storytelling shaped by older oral traditions.