Wilhelmine Reichard

Wilhelmine Reichard
Wilhelmine Reichard around 1820
Born(1788-04-02)2 April 1788
Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died23 February 1848(1848-02-23) (aged 59)
Döhlen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
OccupationBalloonist
Known forFirst solo balloon flight by a German woman
SpouseJohann Gottfried Reichard

Johanne Wilhelmine Siegmundine Reichard (née Schmidt; 2 April 1788 – 23 February 1848)[1] was a German aeronaut who was the first German female balloonist.

  1. ^ Monjau, Heide (2003), "Reichard, Johanne Wilhelmine (Minna) Siegmundine", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 21, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 293–294; (full text online)