Thekla Charlotte von Gumpert (married Thekla von Schober; 28 June 1810 in Kalisch – 1 April 1897 in Dresden) was a German children's and youth writer.
Origin
Thekla von Gumpert was born in Kalisch as the third of five children of Henriette née von Eckartsberg und Weißtrupp and the district physician Christian Gottlieb von Gumpert. In 1815, her father was transferred to Posen as a government medical officer, where he came into closer contact with Prussian government circles, in particular the Duke-Governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł. Thekla formed a close friendship with his daughter, Princess Wanda Czartoryski née Radziwiłł (1813–1846). The ending Napoleonic wars had spread immense misery across Europe. Thekla grew up in a healthy enclaveon, shaped by Prussian thinking and being a member of a professional society, which was to shape her and her future.
Head of the household and educator
Her father died when she was 22 years old. She lived on the family estate until it had to be sold. Afterwards she found accommodation with a relative, Baron von Seydlitz und Kurtzbach. Here Thekla von Gumpert dedicated herself to the upbringing of the children and recognized her inner vocation as a child educator. After the death of her former friend Princess Wanda, she took over the upbringing of her children and moved to Dresden. Six years followed, until her activity ended when Prince Adam Konstanty Czartoryski remarried with Countess Elzbieta Działyńska from Poznań. Then she moved to live with her mother in Berlin.
