Buff

Buff

Buff, Charlotte, geb. 11. Jan. 1753 zu Wetzlar, seit 1773 mit dem Reichskammergerichtssekretär Joh. Georg Christian Kestner vermählt, gest. 16. Jan. 1828, das Vorbild zur Lotte in Goethes »Werther«. – Vgl. Herbst (1881).


http://www.zeno.org/Brockhaus-1911. 1911.

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