Sophie Charlotte Ackermann (née Bierreichel) (10 May 1714 – 14 October 1792) was a German

Germany

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 actress from Berlin

Berlin

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Biography

She first married an organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

 named Schröder, who was unable to support his family. She entered the stage in 1740 in Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 and established her own troupe in 1741 who failed in 1744. She left the stage for three years. In 1749, she married Konrad Ackermann in Moscow

Moscow

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.They left Russia

Russian Empire

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 in 1751 and founded the famous Ackermann troupe (Ackermann'sche Gesellschaft).

The troupe visited Danzig, Königsberg

Königsberg

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...

, Breslau, Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, Halle

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...

, then Frankfurt am Main and with the beginning of the Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War

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 via Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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 to Switzerland

Switzerland

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. After the peace treaty, they returned via Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Braunschweig

Braunschweig

Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....

, Hanover

Hanover

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 to Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 which became the domicile of the troupe. In 1767 the troupe was sold to a consortium of private owners, called the Lessing

Lessing

Lessing - German family of writers and artists*Johann Gottfried Lessing pastor primarus in Kamenz, well respected, published theologian, translator and father of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Karl Gotthelf Lessing...

's Dramaturgie. The dramaturgie was home to famous founders of German histrionics such as Friedrich Ludwig Schröder

Friedrich Ludwig Schröder

Friedrich Ludwig Schröder was a German actor, manager and dramatist.He was born in Schwerin. Shortly after his birth, his mother, Sophie Charlotte Bierreichel , separated from her husband, and, joining a theatrical company, toured with success in Poland and Russia...

 and Konrad Eckhof.

Her children were Dorothea Ackermann

Dorothea Ackermann

Dorothea Ackermann was a German actor and the oldest daughter of Konrad Ackermann.Born in Danzig in the Polish province of Royal Prussia, she entered the stage at the age of four in the role of Annabella in Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson...

, Sophie Charlotte Ackermann and Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann

Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann

Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann was a German actor. She was the daughter of the actors Konrad Ernst Ackermann and Sophie Charlotte Ackermann.-Biography:...

. She died in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

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Sources

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at Wikisource
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