Christine Enghaus

Christine Engehausen was born in Braunschweig, and grew up under poor circumstances in a large family.

She had work early to contribute to the living of the family, because her father died before she turned seven.

Due to her artistic talent she soon had little roles in plays and was finally discovered and supported by K. Köchy.

Soon after she played in the city theater of Hamburg where she was first spotted on stage by her later husband, Friedrich Hebbel.

The importance of Christine Enghausen (amongst other things, a safe source of money for her husband) can also be seen in the fact that two novels exist with her as the leading character (see literature section).