| Julie Katharina Hausmann | |
| Birth Name: | Julie Katharina Hausmann |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1826 |
| Birth Place: | Riga, Latvia |
| Death Date: | 15 August 1901 |
| Death Place: | Võsu, Estonia |
| Known For: | Poet |
| Notable Works: | So nimm denn meine Hände |
Julie Katharina Hausmann ([1] –)[2] was a Baltic German poet, known for the hymn "So nimm denn meine Hände" ("Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me"), with a melody by Friedrich Silcher.
Born in Riga the daughter of a teacher, Hausmann worked for a while as a governess. Dut due to her ill health, she lived with and cared for her father, who had gone blind. After his death in 1864, she lived with her sisters in Germany, Southern France and St. Petersburg, Russia.
A legend holds that Hausmann wrote her most famous poem "So nimm denn meine Hände" after journeying to see her fiancé at a mission in Africa and, on arriving, finding that he had just died. Various explorations of her biography have yet to confirm or deny the rumor. She never married. Her poetry was published by others, including without mentioning her name, at her request.
She died during a summer vacation in Võsu, Estonia.