Reichardt's extended family includes not only the authors Ludwig Tieck, Heinrich von Kleist, a native of Frankfurt/Oder, and the historic Huguenot family , but also the Silesian poet Hermann Isaac Emil von Petit (June 9, 1811 – January 30, 1864; also called Hermann de Petit). Von Petit, who was the son of a lieutenant in the regiment of Malschitzky and a French Protestant refugee ("Réfugié"), worked in the Silesian town of Brieg (now Brzeg, Poland) and was the author of the volume "Poems: My Whole Wealth Is My Song" ("Gedichte. Mein ganzer Reichtum ist mein Lied", 1857) that is archived in the library of the Brieg museum. He also taught French, English, Italian, and Spanish, and published educational textbooks for these languages. Of these, especially his "Practical Course for Learning the Italian Language" ("Praktischer Lehrgang zur Erlernung die italienischen Sprache", 1862 in its 3rd edition) and "Indispensible Interpreter for Germans Who Travel to France, Especially Those Who Want to Visit the Paris Industrial Exhibition" ("Unentbehrlicher Dolmetscher für Deutsche, die nach Frankreich reisen, insbesondere für diejenigen, welche die Pariser Industrie-Ausstellung besuchen wollen"), published on the occasion of the first major Paris Industrial Exhibition in 1855, have survived to this day. His volume of "Festival Poems for Children" ("Festgedichte für Kinder", 1857) contained verses in German, French, English, Italian, and Spanish. In 1853, he published a weekly Brieg newspaper under the title of "Jest and Seriousness" ("Scherz und Ernst"), which contained essays, poems, and epigrams related to literature and history by various writers.