Henriette Johanne Marie Müller, called the Zitronenjette, (18 July 1841 – 8 July 1916) was a popular figure now identified with the city of Hamburg.
[1] Born in Dessau, Müller made a living in the last two decades of the nineteenth century by selling lemons (in German Zitronen) on the Grasbrook during the day and at nights in the pubs of the Neustadt.
Due to drunkenness and mental illness, in August 1894 she was sent to the Friedrichsberg asylum.
It states in Low German: Already in 1900, a play named after her was performed in the Ernst-Drucker-Theater, and other works were to follow.
In the 1920s Paul Möhring wrote a play with music entitled Zitronenjette; the role of Müller was originally written for the actor Ernst Budzinski.