Therese von Lützow
# Therese von Lützow

Baroness Therese von Lützow (born 4 July 1804 in Stuttgart; died 16 September 1852 in Tjilatjap, Java) was a German noblewoman and an author.

## Early life

Born as daughter of Heinrich Christian Gottfried von Struve (1772-1851), member of the Struve family and his wife, Countess Sophie Elisabeth Wilhelmine Oexle von Friedenberg (1780–1837).

## Biography

She moved to Hamburg, and finally to Saint Petersburg, where her father served as an ambassador. Therese married firstly Robert Gabriel von Bacheracht (1798-1884). Later she divorced him and married Baron Heinrich von Lützow (1807-1879). Therese accompanied her second husband, to Java, where she died.

## Works

Her chief publication is the correspondence between Wilhelm von Humboldt and her friend Charlotte Diede, under the title Briefe an eine Freundin von Wilhehn von Humboldt (1847; 12th ed. 1891). Her other works include society novels, such as Lydia (1884) and Weltglück (1885), and several volumes of travel.

