The Vulture Maiden

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The Vulture Maiden
Author Wilhelmine von Hillern
Original titleDie Geier-Wally
LanguageGerman
Publisher Deutsche Rundschau
Publication date
January–February 1875
Publication placeGermany
Pages338

The Vulture Maiden (German : Die Geier-Wally. Eine Geschichte aus den Tiroler Alpen) is an 1875 novel by the German writer Wilhelmine von Hillern. It is about Walburga "Wally" Stromminger, a young woman in the Tyrolean Alps, who has a pet bearded vulture and goes through hardships and amorous intrigues. It was inspired by an episode in the life of Anna Stainer-Knittel. [1]

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The novel was serialised in Deutsche Rundschau in January and February 1875 and published as a book in two volumes by Paetel in Berlin the same year. It became highly popular in the German-speaking world. It influenced the popular view of the Alps and has been adapted multiple times for stage and screen, beginning with Hillern's own theatre adaptation in 1880. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Silber, Leonie (2023). "The Alps as a Site of Boundary Suspension? Wilhelmine von Hillern's Die Geier-Wally (The Vulture Maiden, 1875) in Deutsche Rundschau". In McClelland, Richard (ed.). The Draw of the Alps: Alpine Summits and Borderlands in Modern German-speaking Culture. Walter de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783111150536-012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Päsler, Susanne (1995). "Die Geierwally. Eine Romanfigur im Spiegel ihrer Popularität". Augsburger Volkskundliche Nachrichten (in German) (1): 24–37. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
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