Laura Gonzenbach [SEP] residence
Laura Gonzenbach
Laura Gonzenbach (1842–1878) was a Swiss fairy tale collector, active in Messina, who collected fairy tales in a number of Sicilian dialects.
Gonzenbach was born in a Swiss-German community of Sicily, to a German-speaking mercantile family. (Her sister, Magdelena, began a school in Messina.) She became well educated and gained renown for the stories she gathered from a diverse range of sources, often other women. After the prompting of Otto Hartwig for material to append to a historical
Gonzenbach
Gonzenbach is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carl Arnold Gonzenbach (1806–1885), Swiss painter
- Laura Gonzenbach (1842–1878), Swiss fairy tale collector