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      Charlotte Buff

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      Goethe's role model for Lotte in „Werther“

      Charlotte als junge Frau im Rokkoko-Kleid © Historisches Museum Hannover

      Charlotte Kestner, geb. Buff (Stahlstich, Verlag Brockhaus, Leipzig)

      Charlotte Buff was born on January 11, 1753 in Wetzlar. The young Goethe had fallen in love with Charlotte Buff. She was his model for the character of Lotte in his novel „The Sorrows of Young Werther“. However, Charlotte Buff married the later Hanoverian Hofrat Johann Christian Kestner.

      Her children and grandchildren had a significant influence on Hanover's cultural life. The family's cultural collections form the basis of the Kestner Museum, which opened 100 years ago. Charlotte Buff died in Hanover on January 16, 1828.