Agnes Miegel

Agnes Miegel
Impressions of Dr. phil. h. c. Agnes Miegel
Born	9 March 1879(1879-03-09) in Königsberg, Province of East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	26 October 1964 (aged 85) in Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Poet Writer Journalist

Agnes Miegel (9 March 1879 – 26 October 1964) was a German author, journalist and poet. She was affectionately and honorarily titled Mutter Ostpreußen ("Mother East Prussia") by her admirers and the German press, particularly from the late 1930s onward, in recognition of her profound poetic embodiment of East Prussian identity, landscape, and spirit.

Honored with prestigious awards including the Kleist Prize, she became a literary guardian of Ostpreußen's spirit, especially amid the trials of the 20th century. Even after the cataclysm of expulsion in 1945, when millions of Germans were driven from their ancestral eastern lands, Miegel stood as a beacon of solace and remembrance for the Heimatvertriebene. Her verses offered comfort and continuity, preserving in timeless words the lost paradise of amber coasts and Königsberg spires for generations yearning for their rightful inheritance.

Life

Agnes Miegel, Königsberg 1902; Her maternal ancestors lived in Filzmoos at the Oberhofgut, the oldest estate in the Salzburg region. They were among the Salzburg exiles who were driven from the Archdiocese of Salzburg in 1732 for religious reasons and invited to East Prussia by Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia. The Hofmuseum is located in the Oberhof, one of the oldest buildings in Filzmoos. A memorial plaque to the German poet Agnes Miegel can be found at the Oberhof.

Königsberg, 1936

Miegel by Wolfgang Willrich, 1942

Born on 9 March 1879 in the historic city of Königsberg, East Prussia—the proud eastern bulwark of the German Reich and cradle of Immanuel Kant—Agnes Miegel emerged as one of the most cherished voices of Eastern Germany. The only child of merchant Gustav Adolf Miegel and his wife Helene Wilhelmine, née Hofer, she grew up immersed in the fertile plains, amber shores, and ancient forests of a land steeped in Teutonic history, knightly legacy, and unyielding German diligence. From her earliest years, the soil, sea, and soul of Ostpreußen coursed through her veins, awakening a lyrical gift that would immortalize her homeland.

Miegel attended the Higher Girls' School in Königsberg and then lived in a boarding school in Weimar from 1894 to 1896, where she wrote her first poems. In 1898, she spent three months in Paris, and another study trip took her to Italy. Around 1900, she joined a literary circle in Göttingen, which also included Lulu von Strauß und Torney and Börries Albrecht Conon August Heinrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (1874–1945). Miegel considered von Münchhausen her mentor in every field, including the arts.

From 1900, Miegel trained as a pediatric nurse in a children's hospital in Berlin and worked as a governess at Clifton High School, a girls' boarding school in Bristol, England, from September 1902 to April 1904. In 1904, she attended teacher training college in Berlin but had to leave due to illness and in 1905 went to an agricultural school for girls near Munich. She also worked briefly as a journalist in Berlin.

In October 1906, Agnes Miegel, already a well-traveled and worldly young woman for her time, returned to Königsberg to care for her ailing parents (her mother died in a nursing home in 1913), and especially her father, who was going blind, until his death in 1917. During these ten years, she was only minimally artistically active and lamented the monotony of her daily life. Nevertheless, she used this time to read extensively both historical and mythological literature, and, inspired by her father's stories, became a passionate East Prussian. This was reflected in her subsequent work.

In 1919, after WWI, Miegel took in the young Elise Schmidt as a housekeeper and later adopted her (1955). From 1920 to 1926, Miegel was the editor of the feuilleton section of the Ostpreußische Zeitung (East Prussian Newspaper) and wrote 284 newspaper articles. She lived in Königsberg until 1945, interrupted by longer trips, working there as a journalist, author, and, from 1927 onward, as a freelance writer. During this time, East Prussia gained special attention within Germany due to the continuing consequences of the First World War and its isolated location, and Miegel's poems about the region brought it widespread recognition. In 1923, Miegel wrote to Lulu von Strauß und Torney:

“On the right stand my closest blood relatives, the people I hold in the highest esteem, superiors and those who stood by me—and I inwardly do not support their cause as it has developed—however conservative my nature may be—and yet I know quite well that I will stand up for it with my life and blood.”

Together with Hans Leip, Hans Franck, Hans Friedrich Blunck, Wilhelm Scharrelmann, and Manfred Hausmann, she founded the conservative to nationalist-populist writers' association "Die Kogge" in Bremen in 1924. Miegel's poetry and prose, rich with ballad-like power and tender empathy, sang of East Prussia's heroic past, its resilient farmers and fisherfolk, its mythic women of Nidden, and the eternal rhythms of nature that bound blood to Boden.

Works such as her celebrated Geschichten aus Alt-Preußen and collections of verse captured the quiet strength, profound rootedness, and luminous beauty of this frontier province, evoking both its windswept grandeur and intimate human warmth. Her voice resonated as a maternal hymn to a beloved Heimat—earthy yet transcendent, conservative in its fidelity to tradition, and deeply patriotic in its celebration of German eastern culture. Her 50th birthday (1929) brought tributes in 76 German newspapers and a large official celebration in Königsberg. From that day forward, she also received an honorary pension from the province of East Prussia.

In May 1933, she was appointed to the Academy of Arts in Berlin (Poetry Section) which was considered a great hounor. She was a member of the Reich Association of German Writers as well as board member of the Deutsche Akademie der Dichtung or German Academy of Poetry (along with Edwin Erich Dwinger, Hans Grimm, Hans Friedrich Blunck, Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Hanns Johst and many more).

In 1937, Miegel became a member of the National Socialist Women's League. On 8 March 1939, Reich Leader Martin Bormann delivered a greeting on behalf of the poet Agnes Miegel's 60th birthday on the Königsberg Reich Broadcasting Station. After repeated readings for the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls, Miegel was awarded the Golden Badge of Honor of the Hitler Youth in 1939. In 1940, she became a member of the NSDAP.

During Advent in 1944, she gave her last lecture, "Farewell to Königsberg," to a packed house at the Königsberg Playhouse. The Red Army was drawing ever closer. On the afternoon of February 27, 1945, she managed to secure a place on a rescue ship. She arrived at the Grindsberg camp in Denmark, which was later dissolved, and then spent the rest of the year, until 1946, in the Oksbøl camp with 20,000 fellow sufferers. In October 1946, Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen's brother obtained entry permits for Agnes and Elise Schmidt (from 1955 Schmidt-Miegel), and the two were admitted to Apelern Castle.

In May 1948, they moved to Bad Nenndorf. From 1949 onward, the Eugen Diederichs publishing house resumed printing her poems. In 1952, she and Elise were finally able to move from their two makeshift rooms into a respectable apartment. In 1953, Agnes Miegel (with Elise) then moved into the new house in Bad Nenndorf, which was provided to her as a retirement home and where she lived until her death in 1964.

Literary works

Early ballads

Miegel rose to prominence with her 1901 debut Gedichte and the 1907 collection Balladen und Lieder, which established her as one of Germany’s foremost ballad writers. These works often draw on historical and legendary figures, showcasing her gift for vivid storytelling and psychological insight.

• Die Nibelungen (The Nibelungs): One of her most celebrated early ballads, this powerful retelling captures the epic tragedy of the Nibelung saga with dramatic force and rhythmic drive. It highlights themes of fate, loyalty, and heroic downfall, reflecting Miegel’s fascination with Germanic legend and her ability to infuse ancient tales with fresh emotional resonance.
• Die Frauen von Nidden (The Women of Nidden, 1907): A haunting masterpiece inspired by East Prussian folklore and history. Set in the village of Nidden (now Nida) on the Curonian Spit, it recounts a bubonic plague epidemic and the stoic endurance of the women who face loss and desolation. The poem’s stark imagery of the windswept coast and its empathetic portrayal of feminine strength and communal suffering make it a cornerstone of her oeuvre, frequently anthologized for its folk-ballad authenticity and quiet heroism.

Other notable early ballads, such as those featuring figures like “Jane,” “Lady Gwen,” or historical personalities (e.g., Cleopatra or Mary Stuart), demonstrate her range—from intimate psychological portraits to sweeping historical drama.

Heimat poetry

As Miegel matured, her work increasingly turned to the landscapes, people, and spirit of her native East Prussia. Collections like Heimat: Lieder und Balladen (1925/1926), Ostland (1940), and later volumes capture the province’s fertile plains, amber coast (Bernsteinküste), ancient forests, and the steadfast character of its inhabitants—farmers, fishers, and descendants of the Teutonic Order. Her poems evoke the sensory beauty of Königsberg’s seven bridges, the Baltic winds, blooming violets, and snow-laden fields, infusing them with a deep patriotic affection and maternal tenderness. Nature here is never mere backdrop but a living extension of German eastern identity—rooted, enduring, and sacred.

Post-expulsion elegies

The catastrophe of 1945, when East Prussia was lost and its German population expelled, infused Miegel’s later poetry with profound melancholy and defiant remembrance. As Mutter Ostpreußen, she became a poetic guardian for the Heimatvertriebene, offering solace through verses that preserved the lost paradise in luminous words.

• Es war ein Land (“Once There Was a land,” 1949): Widely regarded as her most famous late poem, this elegy idealizes the harmonious, pastoral beauty of pre-war East Prussia—its villages, fields, and coastal splendor—while subtly conveying the shock of sudden loss. It stands as a poignant lament and a source of strength for displaced Germans, embodying the idealized memory cherished by expellee communities.
• Heimweh (Homesickness): A lyrical expression of longing, contrasting familiar natural signs (singing starlings, blooming violets) with the altered tones of exile. Its gentle rhythm and heartfelt contrast between “daheim” (home) and the foreign present capture the ache of displacement with empathetic clarity.

Other later works, such as those in Du aber bleibst in mir (“But You Remain within Me,” 1949), affirm the indestructible inner presence of the homeland, blending Christian faith, quiet resilience, and patriotic devotion.

Style and enduring legacy

Miegel’s style favors irregular yet musical lines—some rhyming, others free—evoking folk song and ballad tradition while allowing intimate, conversational warmth. Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), a Polish Jew who achieved great prominence as a literary critic in post-WWII Germany, recognized her excellence by including Die Schwester, Die Nibelungen, and Die Frauen von Nidden in his canon of essential German poetry. Her major poems do more than describe; they embody the soul of the German East—its knightly past, earthy strength, and luminous beauty. In an age of upheaval, Miegel’s voice remains a beacon of empathetic patriotism: tender toward suffering, fierce in fidelity to ancestral soil, and eternally hopeful that the spirit of Ostpreußen endures in the hearts of those who cherish it.

Death

Agnes Miegel's grave in Bad Nenndorf

She passed away on 26 October 1964, following heart disease and glandular surgery in April of that year, in a hospital in Bad Salzuflen, yet her legacy endures as the eternal Mutter Ostpreußen—a poetess whose empathetic heart and patriotic fervor continue to stir love for the German East, reminding us of the unbreakable bond between a people and their sacred soil. In her work, East Prussia lives on: noble, indomitable, and forever German.

Funeral

The funeral in Bad Nenndorf took place on 31 October 1964; thousands of people traveled from home and abroad for it.

Commemoration

When the Agnes Miegel Society held a multi-day event in March 2004 to mark the poet's 125th birthday, the then spa director, Hartmut Manthey, emphasized in his welcoming address:

"What could be more fitting than to offer special recognition to Agnes Miegel—as an honorary citizen and honorary spa guest of Bad Nenndorf—for her poetic work in Bad Nenndorf? Bad Nenndorf can be proud of this honorary citizen."

City treasurer Richard Allnoch, who had known Agnes Miegel personally, spoke on behalf of Mayor Wilfried Battermann. He called Agnes Miegel's 125th birthday a particularly honorable day for Bad Nenndorf.

“We can consider ourselves fortunate that Agnes Miegel found her retirement home here – ‘Beloved little home of my heart,’ as she called Bad Nenndorf, and that is a special honor after the loss of her homeland, her escape, and her restlessness. […] Even today, Agnes Miegel still holds special significance for Bad Nenndorf, as visitor groups are taken to the monument of the honorary citizen in the spa park during city tours.”

At the instigation of the town or the spa management, the monument was moved within the spa park around 2006. Those in charge had decided that the previous location was too hidden and that the poet deserved a more attractive spot where the monument could be seen more clearly. And so, for several years, it stood next to the small castle, a popular attraction for tourists, spa guests, and, of course, the residents of Nenndorf.

However, in recent years the statue has increasingly become a stumbling block for a small group of far-left agitators. They reduced the life's work of seven fruitful decades to a single poem about Hitler and pressured the local press to print lengthy articles in their favor, while excluding or even denying explanatory statements from the Agnes Miegel Society and other readers.

Paint attacks on the sculpture, coverings, and acts of violence, meanwhile, testified to the primitive mindset of these critics. Anyone who advocated for Agnes Miegel's significance and the preservation of her memory was summarily defamed and attacked by them as "right-wing" or "Nazi". Political criticism was also leveled at the sculptor, Ernst Hackländer, and the donor, Willibald Völsing.

The critics' intention to erase Agnes Miegel from the cultural memory of the spa town found an audience among the new town councilors, who, by a narrow majority, decided to remove the monument from the spa park, as it "cast a bad light on the modern, cosmopolitan spa town." On 24 October 2015, the Agnes Miegel monument was relocated and re-erected and unveiled in front of the Agnes Miegel House, now a memorial.

Awards and honours

On 26 October 1992, the Agnes Miegel Society (AMG) unveiled a memorial plaque for Agnes Miegel in Königsberg, inscribed in Russian and German, on Hornstraße at the poet's last residence before her expulsion. The "Königsberg Group" was formed as the Russian branch of the AMG. Meanwhile, the Russian Germanistik Studies department at Kaliningrad University is also studying the work of Agnes Miegel.

In the heart of Bad Nenndorf's spa gardens, directly opposite and in the presence of the imposing turn-of-the-century building of the "Esplanade" sanatorium, an almost life-size bronze figure greets the numerous passing spa guests and strollers. The lively, expressive sculpture depicts "The Young Agnes Miegel," seated with her right elbow slightly propped up, offering the viewer a book with her right hand, her clear, even face gazing attentively into the distance. Her left hand grasps a cup-like vessel from which water flows, perhaps symbolizing the overflowing cornucopia of poetry that flows to those who take the offered book. The meaningful, gracefully crafted sculpture was created by the renowned Essen sculptor Ernst Backländer and unveiled to the public on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Agnes Miegel's death, which fell on 26 October 1994. The monument was donated by Willibald Völsing from Giesen-Hasede near Hildesheim. Since then, it has been a much-visited spot in the well-maintained spa gardens in Bad Nenndorf, where Agnes Miegel took up residence after fleeing and being expelled from her East Prussian homeland, and where the Agnes Miegel Society maintains the house in which the famous German poet spent her last years as a memorial.

Agnes Miegel Monument in front of the Agnes Miegel House (since 2015) in Bad Nenndorf

• 1911 Literature Prize of the Schiller Association
• 1916 Heinrich von Kleist Prize
• 1924 Honorary Doctorate from the Albertus University of Königsberg on the 200th anniversary of Immanuel Kant's birth
• 1935 Honorary Ring of the General German Language Association
• 1936 Johann Gottfried von Herder Prize of the F.V.S. Foundation (since 1994 Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S.)
• 1939 Honorary Citizen of the City of Königsberg
• 1939 Golden Badge of Honor of the Hitler Youth
• 1940 Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main
• 1952 Westphalian Cultural Prize
• 1954 Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Bad Nenndorf
• 1957 Honorary Plaque of the East German Cultural Council
• 1957 Prussian Shield (Preußenschild), the highest distinction of the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen
• 1959 Grand Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
• 1959 Agnes Miegel is modeled by sculptor Georg Franz Fugh
• 1959 The Agnes Miegel Plaque was established by the district town of Warendorf for services to Eastern German culture and the integration of expellees
  • Besides street names in the district, a bronze plaque at Warendorf Town Hall commemorates her.
• 1962 Cultural Prize of the West Prussian Association

Posthumously

• 1968 Agnes Miegel Memorial Stone in Wunstorf
• 1979 Commemorative Stamp of the German Federal Post Office on the occasion of her 100th birthday
• 1979 Commemorative Medal of the Agnes Miegel Society in Bad Nenndorf on the occasion of her 100th birthday
• 1992 Agnes Miegel Memorial Plaque in Königsberg
• 1994 Commemorative Medal of the Agnes Miegel Society in Bad Nenndorf on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her death
• 1994 Agnes Miegel Monument in Bad Nenndorf

Streets (excerpt)

• Agnes-Miegel-Hof, Hilden
• Agnes-Miegel-Platz, Bad Nenndorf
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Aachen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Ahlen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Beckum
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Bergheim
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Bergisch Gladbach
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Bergkamen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Bottrop
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Braunschweig
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Coesfeld
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Erlangen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Gronau (Westphalia)
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Hagen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Herten
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Herzogenrath
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Höxter
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Langenberg
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Leonberg
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Münster
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Ratingen
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Saerbeck
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Salzkotten
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Sankt Augustin
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Schwerte
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Stuhr-Brinkum
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Verl
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Wadersloh
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Wunstorf
• Agnes-Miegel-Straße, Wuppertal
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Baesweiler
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Haan
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Kamp-Lintfort
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Oerlinghausen
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Olfen
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Remscheid
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Steinheim
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Velbert
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Warendorf
• Agnes-Miegel-Weg, Wermelskirchen

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Works

Agnes Miegel (right) and her adopted daughter Elise Schmidt-Miegel on 9 March 1964

Elise "Tatta" Schmidt-Miegel (b. 9 November 1896 in Neukuhren; d. 20 September 1972 in Bad Nenndorf)

Poems, short stories, plays

• 1901: Gedichte, Cotta, Stuttgart.
• 1907: Balladen und Lieder, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1920: Gedichte und Spiele, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1925: Heimat: Lieder und Balladen, Eichblatt, Leipzig.
• 1926: Geschichten aus Alt-Preußen, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1926: Die schöne Malone: Erzählungen, Eichblatt, Leipzig.
• 1927: Spiele, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1928: Die Auferstehung des Cyriakus: Erzählungen, Eichblatt, Leipzig.
• 1930: Kinderland: Erzählungen, Eichblatt, Leipzig.
• 1931: Dorothee: Erzählungen, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1932: Der Vater: Erzählungen, Eckhart, Berlin.
• 1932: Herbstgesang: Gedichte, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1933: Weihnachtsspiel, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1933: Kirchen im Ordensland: Gedichte, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1934: Gang in die Dämmerung: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1935: Das alte und das neue Königsberg, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1935: Deutsche Balladen, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1936: Unter hellem Himmel: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1936: Kathrinchen kommt nach Hause: Erzählungen, Eichblatt, Leipzig.
• 1936: Noras Schicksal: Erzählungen, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1937: Das Bernsteinherz: Erzählungen, Reclam, Leipzig.
• 1937: Audhumla: Erzählungen, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1937: Herden der Heimat: Erzählungen mit Zeichnungen von Hans Peters, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1938: Und die geduldige Demut der treuesten Freunde: Versdichtung, Bücher der Rose, Langewiesche-Brandt, Schäftlarn.
• 1938: Viktoria: Gedicht und Erzählung, Gesellschaft der Freunde der deutschen Bücherei, Ebenhausen.
• 1939: An die Reichsfrauenführerin Scholtz-Klink
• 1939: Frühe Gedichte (reissue of the 1901 collection), Cotta, Stuttgart.
• 1939: Herbstgesang, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1939: Die Schlacht von Rudau: Spiel, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1939: Herbstabend: Erzählung, published by herself in Eisenach.
• 1940: Ostland: Gedichte, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1940: Im Ostwind: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1940: Wunderliches Weben: Erzählungen, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1940: Ordensdome, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1944: Mein Bernsteinland und meine Stadt, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg in Preußen.
• 1949: Du aber bleibst in mir: Gedichte, Seifert, Hameln.
• 1949: Die Blume der Götter: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.
• 1951: Der Federball: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.
• 1951: Die Meinen: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.
• 1958: Truso: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.
• 1959: Mein Weihnachtsbuch: Gedichte und Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln (a new, extended edition appeared in 1984).
• 1962: Heimkehr: Erzählungen, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.

Selections and collected works

• 1927: Gesammelte Gedichte, Eugen Diederichs, Jena.
• 1952: Ausgewählte Gedichte, Eugen Diederichs, Köln.
• 1952-1955: Gesammelte Werke, Eugen Diederichs, Köln (six volumes).
• 1983: Es war ein Land: Gedichte und Geschichten aus Ostpreußen, Eugen Diederichs, München (reprinted by Rautenberg, Leer in 2002).
• 1994: Spaziergänge einer Ostpreußin, Rautenberg, Leer (journalism 1923–1924).
• 2000: Wie ich zu meiner Heimat stehe, Verlag S. Bublies, Schnellbach (journalism 1926–1932).
• 2002: Die Frauen von Nidden: Gesammelte Gedichte von unserer ‘Mutter Ostpreußen’, Rautenberg, Leer.
• 2002: Wie Bernstein leuchtend auf der Lebenswaage: Gesammelte Balladen, Rautenberg, Leer.

Books about Agnes Miegel

• Agnes Miegel, Werden und Werk, mit Beiträgen von Professor Dr. Karl Plenzat, Hermann Eichblatt Verlag, Leipzig, 1938.
  • This is what the title page says. In fact this is a study by Plenzat about Miegel's work, with a foreword by Miegel herself and many citations from her work.
• Anni Piorreck: Agnes Miegel. Ihr Leben und ihre Dichtung. Eugen Diederichs, München, 1967 (a revised edition appeared in 1990).
• Alfred Podlech (editor), Agnes-Miegel-Bibliographie, Agnes-Miegel-Gesellschaft, Minden, 1973.
• Elisabeth Römer / Anni Piorreck: Agnes Miegel, Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen, 1978 (Archive)
• Walther Hubatsch, Ostpreussens Geschichte und Landschaft im dichterischen Werk von Agnes Miegel, Agnes-Miegel-Gesellschaft, Minden, 1978.
• Harold Jensen, Agnes Miegel und die bildende Kunst, Rautenberg, Leer, 1982.
• Ursula Starbatty, Begegnungen mit Agnes Miegel, Agnes-Miegel-Gesellschaft, Bad Nenndorf, 1989.
• Annelise Raub, Nahezu wie Schwestern: Agnes Miegel und Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Grundzüge eines Vergleichs, Agnes-Miegel-Gesellschaft, Bad Nenndorf, 1991.
• Marianne Kopp, Agnes Miegel: Leben und Werk, Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2004.

See also

• Guthmannshausen Memorial