Emma Jung’s Father, Mother and Sister
Jean Rauschenbach 1856–1905
Bertha Rauschenbach 1856–1932
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The Rauschenbach sisters, Marguerite left and Emma right, c. 1885. Photographers: Tronel & Koch, Schaffhausen
Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 22
Emma Maria Rau schenbach was born in Schaffhausen on 30 March 1882,
daughter of Bertha Rauschenbach (1856–1932), née Schenk, and Johannes Rauschenbach (1856–1905), known as Jean. She spent her childhood years together with her parents, her sister, Marguerite, who was fifteen months younger, and her paternal grandmother in the spacious house “zum Rosengarten” on the banks of the Rhine.
The rooms of this historical house were furnished with Jonc furniture and mirrors, and there were plenty of toys for the children. ~Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 22
She [Emma] enjoyed going to school and passed with flying colors. She had lessons in both dance and piano and practiced so diligently that by the age of ten she could already play piano pieces from the opera Der Freischütz by C. M. von Weber. In October 1896, at the age of fourteen, she passed her music exams in Schaffhausen and, three years later, a further one in Paris.
She also devoured books with a passion. During a stay in Baden (Canton Aargau), where she was accompanying her mother, who was there for treatment, she wrote to her sister7 that, because of the bad weather, she was lying in bed until noon, reading one book after the other.
One girls’ novel which she found to be, in her own words, “terribly fine” was Der Trotzkopf by Emmy von Rhoden. Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 3-4
Compared to her sister, Marguerite, Emma Rauschenbach was an introverted child.
She was reticent, rather reserved all her life, and extremely discreet.
Nevertheless, she was able to enjoy herself to the full and reported exuberantly on her pleasant experiences, whether it be day trips into the countryside with her sister and her two cousins Hedwig and Gertrud Bendel, hours spent with her sister ice-skating or playing tennis, vacations in the Swiss mountains (Churwalden, Engelberg), or later, her first beach vacations in Belgium, which she spent with her aunt Anna Bendel-Rauschenbach and her two cousins. ~Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 4
Emma Rauschenbach had a very close relationship to her parents and her sister, and when either she was on vacation or her parents were away on one of their various spa or business trips, she shared her life with them by letter almost daily.
She described her observations in detail and always inquired about the well-being of her loved ones.
When writing letters, she was not very particular about her handwriting or her choice of words.
She felt it was more important to recount her feelings and experiences “hot off the press” than it was to wrap them in beautiful words and phrases. Even ink blots and deletions were countenanced. ~Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 5
Despite their different characters, the two sisters remained close to each other until the end of their days.
Emma was more serious and reserved. In many ways, however, they shared a similar fate.
They married in the same year; each had a busy and successful husband; they each had five children (some born in the same year); and they built their homes within two years of each other.
They often spoke on the phone and discussed the development of their offspring and the concerns of their relatives and their respective communities.
Questions about housekeeping, fashion, performing arts, or planned travel destinations also provided topics for xonversation.
Every now and then, the Jung and Homberger couples enjoyed trips
and vacations together.
From time to time, Emma lent or sent Marguerite books, which she read with interest.
Marguerite also took part in Emma’s development on the way to becoming an analyst.
That Emma’s professional work was also a part of their discussions is evidenced in Marguerite’s occasional drawing on Emma’s in-depth knowledge in her fields of expertise, for example, Egyptian mythology
and Christianity. ~Emma Jung – Dedicated to the Soul_ The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, Page 18
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