in 1836, during the great famine of erzgebirge and vogtland in saxony, maria anna organized the first women committees to help, "frauenvereinsanstalt der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen frauenvereine" — this was in 1859 renamed "zentralausschuß der obererzgebirgischen und vogtländischen frauenvereine" and existed until 1932. she constructed the chapel gedächtniskapelle in 1855. she is known as the correspondent of the writer ida von hahn-hahn (1805–1880).