Louise von Gall was a nineteenth-century German novelist and social critic.
Background
Johanna Udalrike Louise Gerhardine Freiin von Gall was the daughter of General Ludwig Friedrich Christian Wilhelm Philipp von Gallery With her mother, Louise von Gall made several trips to Vienna, where she published the first works under the pen name "Louis Leo".
Career
She spent her childhood in Darmstadt and lived from 1830 to 1831 in the Schenkendorfstraße in Mannheim, where she learned English, French and Italian and received singing lessons. After her mother"s death in 1841, she returned to Darmstadt, where she was friends with Ida and Ferdinand Freiligrath. With him she had five children:
Lothar, born on 19 December 1844, in Augsburg;
Gerhardine, born 10 January 1846, in Cologne;
Theophanie (called "Theo"), born 19 April 1850;
Adrian, born 13 July 1852.
And
Adolfine, born 19 September 1854, who died on 9 December 1854.
An attempt in the autumn of 1853, again to settle in Darmstadt failed. Louise Schücking died on 16 March 1855, and against her express wish she was buried in Sassenberg.
Her grave there is preserved in front of the church.