The weber daughter Sophie Sabina Apitzsch (* 1692 in Lunzenau; "† 3 February 1752 in Lunzenau) was a Hochstaplerin in early 18. Century. Today it is well-known as a "prince Lieschen".

In the year 1710 she got engaged with a hunter in the service of the lock smelling castle. While a France journey of the Saxonian successor to the throne August of the strong one (1670-1733) went around in the year 1714 the rumor that the Saxonian cure prince in the ore mountains is. When it was regarded as this, it spent itself also as such. Their to ceremonies forms, as for instance a "benevolent expression", by the Betrogenen, also with the meetings with noble ones, not were questioned.

On 2 December 1714 she was arrested and instructed 1715 from the to Leipzig into the penintentiary forest home. There it was starting from 24 August 1716. After repeated requests for grace it was however already begnadigt 1717. The court records remained verschollen for a long time.

Literature

• Bernhard Jahn, Thomas Rahn, Claudia Schnitzer (Hrsg.): Ceremony in the crisis. Disturbance and nostalgia. Marburg, 1998, ISBN 3-89445-234-X

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