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The "Queen Louise League" (German: Königin-Luise-Bund, often shortened to Luisenbund) was a German monarchist women's organization. It was established in 1923 during the time of the Weimar Republic and lasted until the first years of Nazi Germany. This organization was inspired by the figure of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, who was held in reverence by many Germans of the time. The Bund Königin Luise had a youth branch - the Kinderkreis ("Children Circle").[1]
The Queen Louise League as an organization had cultic overtones[2][page needed] built around the veneration of the former Prussian queen as a role model for all German women. She became idealized for her feminine virtues, her determination and her love for her country, as well as for her beauty and the fact that Napoleon, portrayed as an "enemy of everything German", hated her.[3][page needed] The league's ideals were distilled into a booklet named ABC für unsere Arbeit ("ABC for our Work") which every member had to know by heart.[4][page needed] Like many of the emergent nationalistic movements of the time, this organization was highly structured, with local branches all over Germany.[5]
- ^ Liederbuch für den Kinderkreis: Das Kornblümchen Hg. von der Bundesleitung des Bundes Königin Luise, Halle a.d.S. 1933
- ^ Philipp Demandt, Luisenkult 2007
- ^ Johannes Thiele, Geliebte Luise. Königin von Preußen. Ihr Leben in Bildern. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89479-094-6
- ^ Philipp Demandt, Luisenkult 2007
- ^ "Der Königin-Luise-Bund - Ortsgruppe Garmisch-Partenkirchen". Archived from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2008-11-16.