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born 12 January 1797 at Hülshoff-Castle near Münster/Westphalia died 24 Mai 1848 in Meersburg on the Lake of Constance |
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| 1804 - 1815 | she and her siblings are educated in music and literature by private teachers; they receive a quite liberal education; because of her premature birth, she was a weak child who suffered from ill health a lifetime |
| 1825 | travels to Bonn, Cologne and Koblenz to visit relatives and to meet other German writers, including Adele Schopenhauer and A.W. Schlegel |
| 1831 | meets the novelist Levin Schücking (1814-1883) and falls in love with him; but the 17-years-younger Schücking regards her only as a good friend; anyway he encourages her writing. |
| 1838 | releases first collection of poems; Annette's first book was met with either disrespect or lack of interest and only 74 copies were sold |
| 1841 | writes her most famous poem, the ballad "Der Knabe im Moor" (The Boy in the Moor) |
| 1844 | releases second collection of poems |
| 1851 | publishes "The Spiritual Year", a collection of religious and philosophical poems |
| today | Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is regarded as the most significant female poet of her age. To honour her, her portrait adorned the German 20-mark note until the introduction of the Euro |
