Therese Brunsvik

Countess Therese [von] Brunsvik (in Hungarian Teréz Brunszvik, sometimes referrred to in English as Therese Countess von Brunsvik or Brunswick) (July 27, 1775, Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary – September 23, 1861, Pest, Kingdom of Hungary) was a member of the Hungarian nobility, pedagoge and a follower of the Swiss Pestalozzi. Her father was the Hungarian count Antal Brunszvik and her mother was the baroness Anna Seeberg; her siblings were Franz, Josephine, and Charlotte.

"Thérèse von Brunswick" redirects here. For the abbess, see Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
The native form of this personal name is korompai Brunszvik Teréz grófnő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Therese Brunszvik (1775-1861)
A bust of Therese Brunsvik

She was the founder of nursery schools in Hungary on July 1, 1828,[1][2] after Robert Owen's example set in New Lanark, Scotland in 1816. Soon the pre-school institution became famous all over Hungary and in 1837, Friedrich Fröbel founded the first "kindergarten" in Germany.

One of Ludwig van Beethoven's students, Therese was the dedicatee for his Piano Sonata No. 24 (in F♯ major, Opus 78), and some writers speculated that she—not her sister Josephine who is generally accepted as the addressee—may have been the intended recipient of Beethoven's letter to the "Immortal Beloved". Her memoirs were first published by La Mara, who subscribed to this theory.[3] and her diaries and notes (up to 1813) by Marianne Czeke,[4] both claiming to reveal much about the relations between Beethoven and the Brunsvik family, in particular her sister Josephine.

References
  1. Public Preschool Education In Hungary: A Historical Survey, 1980
  2. Vag, Otto (March 1975). "The Influence of the English Infant School in Hungary". International Journal of Early Childhood. Springer. 7 (1): 132–136. doi:10.1007/bf03175934.
  3. La Mara (1909) [Ida Maria Lipsius]: Beethovens Unsterbliche Geliebte. Das Geheimnis der Gräfin Brunsvik und ihre Memoiren. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel.
  4. Marianne Czeke (1938): Brunszvik Teréz grófno naplói és feljegyzései. [Countess Therese Brunsvik's Diaries and Notes.] Vol. 1. Budapest.


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