Amalie Winter [SEP] occupation
Amalie Winter
Amalie Winter was a pen name used by Amalie von Gross (1802–1879), a poet and novelist of Weimar, Germany.
Her maiden name is recorded as being von Seebach.
In early life, she became acquainted with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and her taste and mind were formed under his influence. At the age of twenty-seven, her writing appeared as contributions to a popular Weimar journal Chaos (1829-1832). In 1838, she published "Pictures of German life" and
this was the enthusiasm of her husband for Napoleon, which the Duchess didn't share -her parents had been forced to flee into exile after the occupation of Hesse-Kassel by the French army in 1806-.
After her husband's death in 1822, Karoline Amalie retired to Gotha Winter Palace (in German: "Winterpalais") as her widow's seat -for this the residence was renamed by the population in her honour as the Widow's Palace (in German: "Witwenpalais")-.
Her summer residence, Schloss Friedrichsthal,