Leontine Hippius

Leontine Hippius (born 23 July [O.S. 4 August][a] 1868 in Jakobstadt, Courland Governorate; now Jēkabpils, Latvia)[b] was an Estonian politician.[1]

During World War I, she was a member of the Estl. Damenkomitee d. R. K., for the care of Estonian prisoners of war in Germany and Austria-Hungary, and a society for the care of Baltic-German prisoners, among others.

From 1917 to 1939, she was a member of the council of the governmental Estonian public welfare committee.

She was arrested in 1941 and subsequently disappeared, with no further record of her fate.

Notes

  1. ^ The two dates correspond to the Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) systems.
  2. ^ Jakobstadt is the German name for Jēkabpils, a town in Latvia. (Kurl) is short for Courland (German: Kurland), a historical region in western Latvia that was part of the Courland Governorate in the Russian Empire.

References

  1. ^ "BBLD: Hippius, Olga Leontine* (Lonny) Ottilie v. (1868-)". bbld.de. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
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