Anselm Reichlin from Meldegg

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Portrait of Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg (18th century)
Grave of Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg in the crypt of St. Lorenz (2nd coffin from the left)

Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg (* December 16, 1679 at Horn Castle near Göggingen ; † December 15, 1747 in Kempten ), born Johann Christoph Wilhelm Reichlin von Meldegg, was prince abbot in the Kempten monastery from 1728 to 1747 .

Origin and life

Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg came from a family of servants from the St. Gallen monastery . He was a son of Baron Franz Wolf Reichlin von Meldegg, who was the ruler of the Horn, and his wife Anna Margaretha von Thurn und Taxis-Valsassina .

On September 29, 1700 he made his profession in the Benedictine monastery of Kempten and was given the monastery name Anselm. On March 24, 1703 he was ordained a deacon in the Constance Minster and was ordained a priest in St. Gallen the following year. After studying theology, philosophy and law in Dillingen , Salzburg and Innsbruck, he returned to Kempten, was a novice master and teacher of philosophy and church law as well as a librarian at the collegiate high school from 1709 to 1714 . Reichlin von Meldegg was elected coadjutor in September 1723 and his successor after the death of Prince Abbot Rupert von Bodman in 1728. Even as pin Kapitular he financed a two-year study tour of the painter Balthasar Riepp to Italy.

Act

During his reign as abbot he had in Kempten the stables and a new Hofmühle in Günzach a new hunting and brewery in Lautrach the provost and the nave of the church of Santa Croce (Kempten) built and rebuilt the castle Burg Wagegg expand. Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg also furnished the state rooms in the south wing of the abbot's residence . On the ceiling painting of the throne room he is shown with his entourage as he took part in the coronation of Empress Maria Amalia in 1742 in Frankfurt as arch marshal . His trip to the coronation of Emperor Charles VII was associated with enormous costs for the prince monastery. Reichlin-Meldegg had the rooms in Frankfurt, which he lived in specifically for the duration of his stay, extensively renovated before his departure. His pronounced need for representation as well as the high expenditures for numerous buildings and the court keeping plunged the prince monastery into high debts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Bauer: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century . Volume 3, part 2. 3rd edition. Beck , Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-39452-3 , page 314.
  2. ^ Gerhard Immler : Prince Abbot Reichlin von Meldegg (1679–1747) . In: Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund 99 (1999), p. 74.
  3. ↑ Balthasar Riepp - Alpic.net!
  4. ↑ Maximilian Walter: The Princely Monastery of Kempten in the Age of Mercantilism. Economic policy and real development (1648–1802 / 03) ( contributions to economic and social history, vol. 68). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-515-06812-0 , p. 63.
  5. ^ Wolfgang Petz: Twice Kempten. History of a Twin City (1694–1836) ( Writings of the Philosophical Faculties of the University of Augsburg. Historical-Social Science Series No. 54). Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89650-027-9 , pp. 239-240.
predecessor Office successor
Rupert I of Bodman Prince Abbot of Kempten
1728 - 1747 		Engelbert von Syrgenstein
personal data
SURNAME Reichlin von Meldegg, Anselm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meldegg, Johann Christoph Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German abbot, prince abbot in the prince monastery Kempten
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1679
PLACE OF BIRTH Horn Castle near Göggingen
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1747
Place of death Kempten