Background
She was the daughter of the novelist Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer.
She was the daughter of the novelist Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer.
Her husband died 8 December 1882. After that, she lived chiefly at Oberammergau and Tutzing. Von Hillern"s Die Geyer-Wally became the subject for the Italian composer Alfredo Catalani"s last and most successful opera.