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Maria
Treben ,
was born on 27 September 1907 in Saaz in the
former Sudeten
region as the second of three sisters. Her father owned
a printing company. Her mother was a housewife. At the
age of 10, she lost her father in a tragic accident. Two
years later, her mother moved to Prague with her three
daughters. Maria Treben attended the girl's high
school and after her final examination found a position
in the editorial offices of the newspaper "Prague Daily
News".
After 14 years in her
profession, she married the engineer, Ernst Gottfried
Treben, and up to her death remained a
housewife.
As her husband was
from the Bohemian Forest , the young couple moved into
his parent’s house in Kaplitz. A few years later, their
only son Kurt Dieter was born. At the end of 1945, the
Treben family was evacuated. Ernst Treben was
imprisoned. His wife spent the next two years with her
small son in several camps.
When the Trebens were
reunited they found a new home in
Austria. For a few
years they lived in Mühlviertel (upper Austria) until
they settled in Grieskirchen in 1951. In
Grieskirchen, the family built a house in which Ernst
and Maria Treben spent the last years of their
life.
In the 17th century, the Swedish doctor Claus Samst
took up dispensing based on tradition: the herb elixir "
Swedish Bitters " made from extracts of 11 herbs.
The varied effects of which increase through mixture
with each other. The digestive system is
activated
and regulated - to the benefit of one’s
health and well-being - Maria Treben, an
Austrian herbalist and deeply religious
woman,
re-discovered the beneficial potion in the
1970s. | 
